Hurricane Sandy's Climate-Change-Denying Wikipedia Scribe Banned From Wikipedia For 24 Hours

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - 12:21 in Earth & Climate

Ken Mampel Courtesy Ken Mampel Ken Mampel, the Floridian man who repeatedly editing the Wikipedia entry on Hurricane Sandy to remove any mention of climate change, has been blocked from Wikipedia for a period of 24 hours due to "edit warring" on the Hurricane Sandy page. He appealed the block and was denied, though he's not banned for good--he's encouraged to keep editing after his block is lifted. Read more on his Talk page.

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