A Democratic campaign manager has lost his job after abusing Wikipedia’s openness. This is the first case I know of where unethical wiki editing has led a campaign staffer’s head rolling. Ironically, his name is “Brilliant” (how funny is that?).

From Politics Online’s weekly newsletter:

“A Georgia gubernatorial candidate accepted the resignation of her campaign manager Wednesday after he was accused of changing the online Wikipedia biography of an opponent in the upcoming Democratic primary.

Secretary of State Cathy Cox’s opponent, Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor, said campaign manager Morton Brilliant altered an online encyclopedia entry to include a reference to Taylor’s son being arrested for DUI after an accident that killed his passenger. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales confirmed these accusations. The Taylor for Governor campaign responded by accusing Cox of exploiting a family tragedy for political purposes and calling for her resignation, although Cox denied any knowledge of the addition.”

(Read more at the Politics Online blog)