WikiScanner
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WikiScanner (also known as Wikipedia Scanner) was a publicly searchable database that linked anonymous edits on Wikipedia to the organizations where those edits apparently originated. It did this by cross-referencing the edits with data on the owners of the associated block of IP addresses, though it did not investigate edits made under a username. It was created by Virgil Griffith and released on August 13, 2007.
Key facts
- Website.name
- WikiScanner
- Website.screenshot
- 250px
- Website.caption
- Screenshot of the website on August 22, 2007.
- Website.url
- wikiscanner.virgil.grVirgil Griffith'svirgil.gr (current)
- Website.commercial
- No
- Website.type
- Database tool
- Website.language
- Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish
- Website.registration
- No
- Website.owner
- Virgil Griffith
- Website.author
- Virgil Griffith
- Website.current_status
- Offline (at least since 2013, page moved)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Website
- Country
- Greece
- Headquarters
- New York City
- Owned by
- Virgil Griffith
- Official website
- wikiscanner.virgil.gr
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- Commons category
- WikiScanner
- language of work or name
- Dutch
- inception
- 2007-00-00
- described at URL
- wikispooks.com/wiki/Wikiscanner
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0