Gallic agents at the Direction Centrale du Renseignement Intérieur ( DCRI ) , apparently ferment their attention to Wikipedia for the first fourth dimension in long time , demanded last month that the Wikimedia Foundationdelete an entryabout a militaryradio relay stationwritten in 2009 .
When Wikimedia refused , the DCRI approached a French man with administrative editing power on Wikipedia about taking down the page . The man tell them that he had no involvement in the page ’s creation or hosting . And that his mother told him not to talk to strangers .
Wikimedia release a program line today saying it is confused about the DCRI ’s desperate action devote that all of the information on the page seems to be readily available through other internet sources . There is even avideoof the top dog of the wireless relay post , station hertzienne militaire de Pierre sur Haute , giving an interview about the station ’s function and taking a reporter on a tour of the facility . In a statement , Wikimedia wrote that , “ without further information , we could not understand why the DCRI believes information in the article is classified . ”
We requested more information from the DCRI , such as which specific judgment of conviction or section they believe to contain classified information . Unfortunately , the DCRI resist to provide any more specific detail and reaffirmed their demand that the entire clause be deleted . Therefore , the Foundation was forced to refuse their request pending reception of more data that we could apply to amply evaluate their claim .
With word of the incident spreading , the military station ’s Wikipedia page has gone from take in two or three views a day to thousands . Focus up , people : when seek to keep state secrets hush-hush do n’t call attention to them by have a temper fit on the cyberspace . Everyone understand ? Okay , good hustle . [ WikimediaviaBoing Boing ]
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