Shades of 1984? rewriting history? removing references[2] to Tom DeLay

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This RFC is being opened in order to further a centralized discussion concerning actions to be taken against US Congressional staffers and possibly other federal employees who have engaged in unethical and possibly libelous behavior in violation of Wikipedia policies (WP:NPOV, WP:CIV). The editors from these IP ranges have been rude, abrasive, immature, and show disregard for Wikipedia policy. The editors have frequently tried to censor the history of elected officials, often replacing community articles with censored biographies despite other users' attempts to dispute these violations. They also violate Wikipedia:Verifiability, by deleting verified reports, while adding flattering things about members of Congress that are unverified.

The offending editors have been blocked. This RFC is needed to gather community comments. It is proposed that a one week block is not enough. The block was lifted January 30, 2006. A new block for additional vandalism was enforced for three hours February 1, 2006 at 14:59.
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Evidence of disputed behavior

A full list of details can be found at Wikipedia:Congressional Staffer Edits. A lot of details are self-evident. Additional background can be found in this newspaper article:

* Lehmann, Evan. (January 27, 2006) 'Rewriting history under the dome: Online 'encyclopedia' allows anyone to edit entries, and congressional staffers do just that to bosses' bios'. Lowell (Mass.) Sun. - accessed January 20, 2006

The following policy violations are documented:
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Continuing Violations

In the article for Congressman Thad McCotter (R-MI) removing references[2] to Tom DeLay:

'In 2005, he has come under srutiny for accepting campaign contributions from embattled former house leader Tom Delay'

This violation occurred 19:39, 31 January 2006.

IP was blocked for 3 hours, see the noticeboard. ~Cheers —Achille 2006-02-01 16:53Z

In the article for Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) removing references[3] to Tom DeLay:

'Musgrave received $30,000 in campaign contributions from former majority leader Tom DeLay's ARMPAC.'

This violation occurred 14:16, 1 February 2006.

In the article for Congressman Dan Lungren (R-CA) removing references[4] to percentage of vote received in defeat for for Governor of California:

'Lungren received 38% of the vote.'

This violation occurred 01:05, 2 February 2006."