From May to June 2014, Wikipediocracy, a website critical of Wikipedia, and The Daily Telegraph identified the culprit behind the offending edits to Wikipedia. Using the results of the investigation published in the Telegraph, the UK government identified and took action against the suspect.Duggan, Oliver, "Civil servant fired after Telegraph investigation into Hillsborough Wikipedia slurs", The Daily Telegraph, 17 June 2014 In June 2014, an unnamed 24-year-old civil servant, who was born in London but lived in Liverpool, was sacked for posting offensive comments about the disaster on Wikipedia. After the sacking, the United Kingdom government issued new rules for its civil servants with regard to editing Wikipedia. The guidelines include the statement that anyone making inappropriate edits will be disciplined.
