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Premier Stephen McNeils Wikipedia page faced a series of angry edits Tuesday.

For at least portions of the day, McNeils page included having his job listed as the Antichrist and the Honourable Stephen McNeil changed to the Dishonourable.

He also had his birthdate changed to the year 1664, his wifes name changed to Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development Karen Casey, and his children changed to 31 MLAs.

The edits came the same day as the McNeil government proposed a bill to legislate a contract on the Nova Scotia Teachers Union after three rejected tentative agreements.

At one point, part of his introduction read: His most notable accomplishment is the absolute failure to negotiate in good faith with the teachers in his province.

Other notable achievements include gutting the film tax credit, attempting to privatize Access Nova Scotia, cutting funding for nursing homes, and jacking up the cost of prescription medication.

Someone later came to McNeils defense, adding that he is best known for his fiscal responsibility in dealing with a group of greedy teachers. That user also added, The rest of this article was altered by the imbeciles.

The edits began in the early hours of Tuesday. By 3:12 a.m. Tuesday the page was protected from edits due to persistent vandalism.

The premiers office confirmed Wednesday they were not responsible for changing the page back to normal. The office was made aware of the edits, but when staff looked at the Wikipedia page, it had already been changed back, said spokesman David Jackson in an email.

The IP addresses attached to the changes belonged to people in Whycocomagh, Kentville and Sydney, according to ip-address.org, an IP tracking website.

One user, named Eeguru2, was blocked from editing Wikipedia for adding defamatory content, according to his profile page.

Fraserjs, another user who made numerous edits Tuesday morning, changed McNeils successor to NDP party leader Gary Burrill and has the hashtag #feeltheburrill on the user page.

Fraserjss only other edits are to the page of Canadian female hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser.

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