Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-08-13/Special report

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¡Hola! We in the government in the socialist paradise of Cuba are very pleased our editing is not noted as part of this report. ¡Viva la Revolución! 190.6.88.85 (talk) 04:11, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan would like to express the same pleasure as our Cuban brothers. Allahu akbar. 180.94.84.207 (talk) 06:34, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

+1 from the Syrian Arab Republic. 31.9.1.149 (talk) 06:59, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

+1 from the government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Sooner or later we will succeed in having Burma moved to Myanmar. 203.81.80.26 (talk) 07:06, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's worth remembering that we don't know who makes these edits. It could be an elected representative, a member of their staff, working under instruction, a student intern independently trying to curry favour, a member of administrative staff, or even a cook or cleaner using their tablet through Wi-Fi during a rest break. False flag editing is also possible. Conversely, propaganda edits may be made by politicians or spooks from home, libraries and other public networks, or mobile 9cellular) connections. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 08:40, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The IP posted comments that implied s/he was acting under the direction of a Congressperson, but without substantiation we can't consider that anything more than trollish bluster. Gamaliel (talk) 15:37, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The IP was blocked again for a month following a series of transphobic edits and comments. Gamaliel (talk) 22:48, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Canadian governmental IP addresses that are reported through the Twitter feed are also available to journalists, and anyone who has internet access in a large number of research archives and libraries; in some cases, it includes wi-fi in places like government offices, which can sometimes be accessed by the general public. I suggest that these "reports" be taken with sufficient quantities of sodium chloride, since the number of people with access is huge. Risker (talk) 20:00, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There's another Twitter bot that was inspired by the others: Wikibills. The bot tweets out edits made to United States legislation. FYI. HistoricMN44 (talk) 15:18, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Who uses Twitter (an asocial company that sells propaganda and is not using an open standard like Diaspora (software))? What the report is missing: the government users with an account and especially the administrators who work for the government. 87.78.171.150 (talk) 11:08, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]