Spanish Mercedes employee Wiki-trashes Hamilton
Mercedes-Benz, which supplies the engines to the McLaren team where British rookie Lewis Hamilton and Spanish champion Fernando Alonso have been battling it out on and off the track all season, is hunting down one of its employees in Spain. The as-yet unidentified employee, evidently an Alonso fan, logged on the Wikipedia and posted some less-than-flattering remarks about Hamilton, who enters the final round of the 2007 F1 season with a commanding lead over his rivals.The employee modified a quote from Michael Schumacher on the Hamilton Wiki to read "I know he is quite ugly, but if he keeps this up I'm sure he will reach F1." (Modification italicized.) Deep. In his edit, the employee also lambasted Hamilton for a crash with Mark Webber and Sebastien Vettel at the Japanese Grand Prix.
In response, site administrators removed the edits and locked the page from further modification until October 20, the day before the final round in Brazil. Meanwhile Mercedes, which confirmed that the IP address originates from its Spanish headquarters, is trying to find out exactly who's culpable, while issuing a reminder to its staff about its internet policy. And we thought NSFW pornographic material was a problem in the workplace.
[Source: Autosport]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rafa 9:31AM (10/13/2007)
Someone´s going to get fired...
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Vivek 10:02AM (10/13/2007)
Do people really think that the internet is anonymous?
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bathtub gin 10:18AM (10/13/2007)
And from work? Brother.
What if Spain were having an equivalient to "Take Your Daughter to Work Day," or some similar nonsense, and an employee's kid uses the parent's work computer to post the Wikipedia entry? Sounds like a Seinfeld episode.
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Daniel 1:33PM (10/13/2007)
Sounds like a kid wrote it anyway haha
SPG 10:20AM (10/13/2007)
This person only made themselves sound stupid.
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SuperSkyline89 11:27AM (10/13/2007)
Jackass, people like him are the reason that my professors don't consider Wikipedia a legitimate source for projects.
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arthurc3 1:38PM (10/13/2007)
This person is even more pathetic than the whining Alonso they idolize.
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AndyMF 2:52PM (10/13/2007)
If he really wanted to vent his anger at Lewis, uncyclopedia.org would have been the better bet. Not as conspicuous as posting on Wikipedia.
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton
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catgirlshyla 2:18AM (10/14/2007)
WikiScanner is such an amazing tool....
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James Sonne 12:32PM (10/14/2007)
Just because someone is culpable (worthy of blame) doesn't mean they are the guilty.
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