It seems that the media has taken a fascination with Wikipedia -- it tends to cling onto certain companies/organizations it finds interesting (they've done this with Apple too) and report every turn. This story is legitimately interesting, though: Wikipedia entry causes pro-golfer Fuzzy Zoeller to sue. Basically someone slammed the golfer on Wikipedia. Since the poster wasn't logged in, the only trace of his identity was his IP address. The golfer sues, the IP address is traced back to a company, and will soon be traced back to an individual. If he wins a lawsuit against the individual who posted the remarks, the case would set an important precedent that significantly changes the tone of vandalism on Wikipedia.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, squashing vandalism on Wikipedia is a great thing. On the other hand, tracing the post back to the individual feels a little Big Brotherish to me.

This is an easy example of the obvious problem with Wikipedia's openness. On the other hand, I wish this golfer would just take a chill pill and let it go. From what I hear, he's a jerk anyway. At least that's what his Wikipedia page says.