Thursday, October 11, 2007

Mercedes hunts for Wikipedia vandal

Mercedes-Benz has begun a search for one of its employees in Spain, who vandalised the Wikipedia entry on Lewis Hamilton. Entries on the free online encyclopedia can be edited by any person, but the website keeps track of the changes.

Last week on Friday, an unregistered user accessing Wikipedia from an IP address belonging to Mercedes-Benz in Spain made several unflattering modifications to the Hamilton entry. The modifications falsely accuse Lewis of studying medieval literature, Christian apologetics, literary criticism, and fiction; citing he is best known today for his series The Chronicles of Narnia, and Alice In Wonderland.

In a statement, Lewis also refuted any allegations he had ever had close relations with J.R.R Tolkien.

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