This is your tax dollars at work, America?
Someone with a Congressional IP address noticed that NHL great Wayne Gretzky wasn't getting his props on Wikipedia -- and did something about it.
[seealso url = "http://sale-online.click/2014/11/04/jadeveon-clowney-instagram/"]
A Twitter bot called @CongressEdits tracks anonymous Wikipedia edits made from Congressional IP addresses. On Wednesday morning, it noticed that someone with such an address made a change to Gretzky's Wikipedia page, the first result that shows up when you Google the hockey legend's name.
It seems Gretzky's height was listed as 5 feet 10 inches on Wikipedia -- until someone in the high reaches of U.S. government apparently decided to give The Great One a few more inches in stature, and boost his height up to an even 6 feet.
Wayne Gretzky Wikipedia article edited anonymously from US Senate http://t.co/qeAM8QuZZc— congress-edits (@congressedits) November 5, 2014
Here's a closer look at the changes:
What's Gretzky's actual height? Six feet, according the NHL.com.
So justice, as they say, has been served for the Canadian hockey icon. If only passing legislation was so simple.
Meanwhile, here are six minutes of Gretzky highlights -- you know, in case any of those bored Congressional staffers are looking for something to do: