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More than 700 instances of vandalism were found and recorded into a database. All of the data is available for analysis in a '''[http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=psAWteTSyixEB98YcV-5VEw Google spreadsheet]''' that is open to the public.

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~~== Other cases of vandalism ==~~

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* The article on British journalist Tom Utley was vandalised by an edit (since [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_Utley&diff=143953179&oldid=143597498 deleted entirely] from the Wiki database) claiming "He is the proud father of 4 sons. One of them is propa belta at smokin tac. The other is currently havin an affair with Mylene "Sideboob" funbags Klass. Raker. One other is MDMAzin. and the other i dont have any scoop on but there are rumours he was caught fornicating with a dead brown bear that was actually black<ref>'tac' is British underclass slang for cannabis, 'belta' is a term of approval meaning great, terrific, brilliant</ref>. " made on 11 July 2007 and which was not spotted until 23 July 2007. Utley [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-558786/Abortion-boy-fiddled-Wikipedia-entry-Ive-feared-sinister-power-internet.html wrote about this] commenting "I notice that Wikipedia's article on itself is marked with a padlock, meaning it's protected from interference by you or me - which doesn't say much for its managers' faith in the emergence of truth through absolute freedom".

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