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Renegade:
Sigh...

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Snowden&diff=566904988&oldid=566903734

Note the highlight there.

Info for the changing IP address:

Spoiler[Querying whois.arin.net]
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NetRange:       156.33.0.0 - 156.33.255.255
CIDR:           156.33.0.0/16
OriginAS:       AS3495
NetName:        USSAA
NetHandle:      NET-156-33-0-0-1
Parent:         NET-156-0-0-0-0
NetType:        Direct Assignment
RegDate:        1991-12-03
Updated:        2007-04-05
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-156-33-0-0-1

OrgName:        United States Senate
OrgId:          USSAA
Address:        2 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, N.E. 6TH FLOOR
City:           WASHINGTON DC
StateProv:      DC
PostalCode:     20510
Country:        US
RegDate:        1991-12-03
Updated:        2011-09-24
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/USSAA

OrgTechHandle: NOC143-ARIN
OrgTechName:   NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER
OrgTechPhone:  +1-202-224-4186
OrgTechEmail:  [email protected]
OrgTechRef:    http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/NOC143-ARIN

OrgAbuseHandle: NOC143-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-202-224-4186
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And a link for another source identifying the IP address:

http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-156-33-0-0-1/pft

wraith808:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:156.33.241.5

That's more telling than anything...

Renegade:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:156.33.241.5

That's more telling than anything...
-wraith808 (August 03, 2013, 10:57 AM)
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Holy f*&^ing tip of the iceberg Batman!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Congressional_staff_edits_to_Wikipedia

I've got a feeling that article barely scratches the surface. No evidence (as of yet), but I'd bet on it.

app103:
Seven years ago at dinner, I mentioned something I had read on wikipedia and my 12-year-old piped up and said, "I edit postings there all the time!" And after dinner he proved to me that he did. He is 19 now and I just asked him if he remembered that incident and he just snickered and walked away. Just sayin'.
-Joe Hone (January 05, 2013, 06:57 PM)
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If he was anything like I was at the age of 12, the quality would have been top notch and quite reliable.

40hz:
Seven years ago at dinner, I mentioned something I had read on wikipedia and my 12-year-old piped up and said, "I edit postings there all the time!" And after dinner he proved to me that he did. He is 19 now and I just asked him if he remembered that incident and he just snickered and walked away. Just sayin'.
-Joe Hone (January 05, 2013, 06:57 PM)
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If he was anything like I was at the age of 12, the quality would have been top notch and quite reliable.
-app103 (August 03, 2013, 12:50 PM)
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+1! Ditto. ;D 8)

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