Wikipedia volunteer faces reprimand over ‘Shapps account’ investigation
by Randeep Ramesh from Technology | The Guardian on (#APRY)
Site's arbitration committee looks certain to strip Richard Symonds of right to unearth users' IP addresses
Wikipedia's "high court" looks likely to reprimand one of its senior administrators over the way he investigated claims that the former Conservative party co-chairman Grant Shapps used an account to edit his own page and those of rival Tories.
The site's arbitration committee - a group of volunteers chosen by the community to adjudicate on controversial decisions - looks certain to strip Richard Symonds of the right to unearth the IP addresses of Wikipedia users and also the ability to hide certain key edits.
