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Posted by: privatemusings

Well I noticed this on http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&oldid=274328424#JimmyWales.Org_and_JimmyWales.Net whilst asking an unrelated question, and thought it was kinda amusing in a sort of 'little bit annoying, little bit funny' sort of way.

Just amusing enough to drop a note in here in fact.

http://www.jimmywales.net/ and http://www.jimmywales.org/ are being squatted on.

Perhaps most note worthy is the fact that the .org refers to a version of Jimmy's page which says 'Guten Tag! Heil Hitler! Welcome!' as an intro - now using a public diff. of a wikipedia page to commit a possible libel raises all sorts of questions, no?

ps. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=prev&oldid=274309340 seems to indicate that a chap called 'Wayne Smith' who's an 'internet prankster' may be the protagonist in this little sideshow - http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/hightech-highjinx-as-website-hijacked/2009/02/20/1234633046342.html one of his previous japes (from the diff)

Posted by: EricBarbour

At .net AND .org, I see the website for Australian politician Pauline Hanson.
If this was intended to be a prank, it's a damn boring prank.

And PS: Coren is still an ass.

Posted by: Son of a Yeti

What's the point? The only idea I have is to make the sites look legitimate.

I wonder if the candidate knows she "owns" the sites.

Posted by: DoctorHver

Jimmy Wales in his female form.