[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":465},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-33842406":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":46,"post_text":47,"what":48,"said":64,"maker_in_thread":150,"shape":162,"grid":166,"attempts":427,"same_week":428,"maker_shows":34,"maker_hidden":457,"reader_version":458,"card":459},"33842406","Wikiwho","Explore Wikipedia edits made by institutions, companies and governments","title","Show HN: Explore Wikipedia edits made by institutions, companies and governments","http:\u002F\u002Fwikiwho.ailef.tech","wikiwho.ailef.tech","ailef",1670063551,2022,261,94,174,2570,7,"legend","data","wikipedia edit analysis","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"wikipedia edits","ip ranges","wikipedia transparency","organization edits","curious",0.056,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},5,14,3,4,26,{"execution":37,"docs":40,"idea":41,"design":43,"privacy":44,"performance":45},{"positive":38,"critical":39},0,1,{"positive":39,"critical":39},{"positive":42,"critical":38},2,{"positive":38,"critical":38},{"positive":38,"critical":39},{"positive":38,"critical":39},[38,38,38,38,38,38,38,38,38,38,38,38,38,38,39,33,33,31,38,38,38,34,38,31,38,38,38,33,38,33,33,38,33,33,33,38,34,33,39,33],"Hi HN!\n\nWikiwho is a tool that scans Wikipedia edits and extracts those coming from specific IP ranges associated to known organizations. I've made this as a for-fun side project two years ago.\n\nIf you want to read more on how it works I've written a short blog article about it here: https:\u002F\u002Failef.tech\u002F2020\u002F04\u002F18\u002Fdiscovering-wikipedia-edits-made-by-institutions-companies-and-government-agencies\u002F\n\nI had already posted it here at the time (previous discussion: https:\u002F\u002Fnews.ycombinator.com\u002Fitem?id=22907200) but I've now decided to release the code openly, hence the repost.\n\nIf you're insterested,",{"problem":49,"audience":55,"pricing":55,"motivation":56,"time_to_build":55,"stack":60,"openness":61,"stage":62,"team_size":63},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Shows Wikipedia edits coming from IP ranges tied to known organizations","maker",[53],{"id":54},"post",null,{"value":57,"source":51,"evidence":58},"For-fun side project; code released openly",[59],{"id":54},[],"open_source","launched","unknown",{"praise":65,"objections":82,"requests":104,"questions":123,"alternatives":135},[66],{"value":67,"source":68,"evidence":69},"Useful, transparent tool for spotting organizational edits","commenter",[70,74,78],{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},"33842635","skilled","I have to say, this is depressing to see just how corrupt brands and institutions are to protect their own bullshit. Nevertheless, great work and a very useful project.",{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},"33842662","Sophira","This is amazing. Thank you for making this! I want to highlight one part from the About page[0], as it's important enough to bear repeating: > Any information that you find with…",{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},"33843539","ibejoeb","This is a great idea. Thanks for making and sharing.",[83,94],{"value":84,"source":68,"evidence":85},"IP-to-organization mapping is imprecise; shared ranges pool unrelated edits",[86,90],{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"33845567","sushiburps","This is an amazing tool, but I'd caution it's using IP lists for groups of specific organizations. One of the 2 IP lists provided by the author is just the US military:…",{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"33846019","karaterobot","This tool is interesting and useful, but it's important to remember that it is constrained by the lists of mapped IP addresses. It will only show edits made by these specific…",{"value":95,"source":68,"evidence":96},"Tool only catches amateurs; professionals evade via VPNs or accounts",[97,101],{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"33842877","akolbe","Of course, this only catches the relative \"amateurs\". Proper professionals change IP address before making their edits, or they register a \"volunteer\" account (this also prevents…",{"id":102,"by":11,"text":103},"33842890","Yes, this is unfortunately a very big issue and one of the reasons I didn't develop it further.",[105,116],{"value":106,"source":68,"evidence":107},"Serve the site over HTTPS",[108,112],{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"33842898","mhitza","Pretty cool, please make it run under HTTPS",{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"33852126","jmprspret","No TLS? Really? What year is this?",{"value":117,"source":68,"evidence":118},"Link each page to its Wikipedia article",[119],{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"33843164","11235813213455","You could link to the wikipedia article in each page",[124,128],{"value":125,"source":68,"evidence":126},"Which organizations are included in the dataset?",[127],{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},{"value":129,"source":68,"evidence":130},"How is institution or company defined?",[131],{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"33843084","iso1631","How is \"institutiion\" or \"company\" defined? I couldn't find any international news providers for example, Newscorp, BBC, Daily Mail Probably not a major issue though. As…",[136,143],{"value":137,"source":68,"evidence":138},"WikiScanner by Virgil Griffith",[139],{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"33843524","erie","Virgil Griffith had earlier done a similar tool and paid dearly for it after exposing CIA and FBI edits\" 16 Aug 2007 — CIA and FBI computers used for Wikipedia edits ... 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