Japanese Bureaucrats Reprimanded for Wikipedia Editing 177
sufijazz writes "Six bureaucrats in the Japanese agricultural ministry have been reprimanded for working on the job ... for Wikipedia. The six officials were publicly chastised for editing hundreds of Wikipedia entries during work hours. These included over 250 entries about robots in anime. '"The agriculture ministry is not in charge of Gundam," said a ministry official, Tsutomu Shimomura ... The ministry's internal inquiry followed recent media allegations that a growing number of Japanese public servants were contributing to the internet encyclopaedia, which anyone can edit, often to reflect their personal views. The ministry verbally reprimanded each of the six officials, and slapped a ministry-wide order to prohibit access to Wikipedia at work, while disabling access to the site from the ministry, Mr Shimomura said. '"
People have been goofing off at work for (Score:5, Funny)
[1] Thog, you to kill it, not fuck it. Eat first, fun later [Bonk!]
Tell me.. (Score:2, Funny)
So which ministry is in charge of Gundam then? (Score:5, Funny)
Wrong Ministry (Score:5, Funny)
i can literally see this becoming a meme. (Score:2, Funny)
srsly, what were they smoking, err thinking ?
Re:People have been goofing off at work for (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Censorship (Score:5, Funny)
Hmm, this sounds familiar... (Score:3, Funny)
CmdrTaco said it best: Our uptime, your downtime
Re:People have been goofing off at work for (Score:3, Funny)
I Would Like to Know... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:They have brought Shame on themself and Family (Score:3, Funny)
But wait until they're done correcting the "Seppuku" entry in Wikipedia to remove the death requirement.
Re:Wrong Ministry (Score:3, Funny)
How many articles did they edit? (Score:1, Funny)
I, for one, welcome our Gundam-piloting overlords.
Re:Wrong Ministry (Score:3, Funny)
New meme's abrewin'? (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot, for instance, is certainly *not* in charge of Gundam.
Repoat (Score:5, Funny)
I lolled.. hard!
Re:New meme's abrewin'? (Score:4, Funny)
In Soviet Russia, Gundam is not in charge of YOU.
ROW ROW FIGHT DAH POWAH (Score:2, Funny)