Wikipedia Battle over Controversial Web Site Entry Ended
News Discussions. Andrea Yates Conviction Overturned. Chatmag News Special Reports Chat Network Operators and Users Wary of "Uniformed" Police Presence. SPEWS No Longer Anonymous. Vigilante Web Site Perverted-Justice.com News Archives 2004 2003 2001-2002	29 January 2005 Chatmag News Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, has for the past few weeks been the battle ground between a controversial web site and it's critics.  The format of Wikipedia allows for user input and editing of individual entries, similar to a "Blog. The controversial entry focuses on Perverted-Justice.com, an online vigilante web site that has been the target of many articles taking their methods to task.  Perverted Justice operates a web site that posts private conversations between volunteers and either Yahoo! or AOL chatters. The Perverted Justice volunteers cruise teen and regional chat rooms, posing as minors, in an effort to entice would be Internet predators to engage them in a private conversation.  The chat logs are then posted on the Perverted Justice web site, with contact information of the person, including telephone numbers.  Chatmag posted an extensive article last year regarding Perverted Justice, and our opposition to their tactics. One of the editors of Wikipedia approached the owner of Perverted Justice, with the intention of placing an article within Wikipedia featuring an overview of the group.  Shortly after the article first appeared, links and references to web sites and individuals critical of Perverted Justice were added to the article. The owner of Perverted Justice took it upon himself to delete any and all references critical of his organization, and an "edit" war ensued, with others replacing the links and references.  As fast as the critical sections were added, the owner of Perverted Justice deleted the links. This "edit" war caused the entire Wikipedia article to be "locked down", preventing any more editing from occuring.  In the "Talk" section, both sides involved in the issue traded accusations, and only recently has the article itself been unlocked. The links critical of Perverted Justice remain intact within the Wikipedia article. During the time the article was locked, it became known as one of the most hotly disputed articles within Wikipedia. Chatmag News Staff
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