Okay, I know. I'm from the 'Watergate' era, during the Nixon years.
Since then, we've had:
Now I'm hearing WikipediaGate.
Essentially, it describes the situation created when an article is edited to benefit an individual or organization. This could be someone who writes their own, inflating their contributions, an organization removing unfavorable bits about itself (or hiding the truth entirely), or any number of similar, FBO entries.
Up until recently, most anyone with an account could edit an article on Wikipedia. Entries and updates were rudimentarily tracked.
Then, along came WikiScanner, a nifty tool created by Virgil Griffith and released earlier this month. WikiScanner tracks who (by IP and other means) posted what, when and where.
Allegedly, CIA and FBI computers were used to edit posts in Wikipedia. Topics include the Iraq situation and the prison at Guantanamo.
Not that I'm political (I'm really not), but: why would the government want to change articles?
As the changes will likely violate Wikipedia's conflict-of-interest guidelines (duh), I suspect we'll hear more about this by the outraged web as time goes by.
Reuters: "CIA, FBI computers used for Wikipedia edits".