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By Brian Ries2014-12-10 20:10:46 UTC

An anonymous Wikipedia user from an IP address that is registered to United States Senate has tried, and failed, to remove a phrase with the word "torture" from the website's article on the Senate Intelligence Committee's blockbuster CIA torture report.

The unknown individual has attempted on at least two occasions first on Dec. 9 and then on Dec. 10 to remove a line describing the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques as "a euphemism for torture."

(Click below to expand to see the edit made on Dec. 9.)

In both instances the anonymous editor explained that he or she was "removing bias" from the article. And each time the revision was overruled.

The debate over the classification of "torture" for the CIA's techniques has played out in the halls of Congress, on Sunday talk shows and behind closed doors. Wikipedia appears to be the latest battleground over public opinion as many, now, ponder the legalities of some of the more aggressive techniques used by CIA officers during the decade-long war on terror.

The United Nations, joined by a number of human rights groups, have called for the prosecution of U.S. officials who were responsible for the CIA torture program.

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Senate staffer tries to scrub 'torture' reference from Wikipedia's CIA torture article

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Wikipedia provides a service that many of us make use of on a daily basis, but when youre viewing individual entries, its easy to forget the sheer scale of information on offer. The beta of WikiGalaxy, which you can view right now if youre using the Chrome browser (it also works on Firefox), provides a more tangible visualization of that information, and while it might not be the most intuitive way to assimilate, its certainly a fascinating one.

The beta of the project contains 100,000 articles, or stars, which the user can navigate from either a top-down or fly-through perspective. You can search topics just like you usually would, though due to the limited nature of the beta, you often wont be able to get to the page youre looking for. Once youve selected an available article, yellow tendrils will extend to related topics, making it easy to dig deeper or read around a topic.

The virtual galaxy of crowd-driven articles was created using HTML5, CS33, WebGL, jQuery and THREE.js, and while its a little clunky to use at present, itll likely become smoother as development continues. Cornec intends to employ a color-coding system in the future, grouping articles into broad topics, and even has plans to add Oculus Rift support.

Check out the video below for a closer look a WikiGalaxy, or head through the first source link to try it out for yourself.

Sources: WikiGalaxy, Chrome Experiments via Creators Project

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