WASHINGTON, D.C. — WIKIPEDIA has blocked editing rights from some computers at the US House of Representatives in response to “disruptive” revisions of the online encyclopedia.

A 10-day ban imposed on Thursday blocked any editing from an IP address at the US Capitol, which is shared among a number of computers.

“You have been blocked from editing for a period of 10 days for persistent disruptive editing,” a Wikipedia posting said on Friday.

The move came after unusual revisions were pointed out by Twitter account @congressedits, which describes itself as “a bot that tweets anonymous Wikipedia edits that are made from IP addresses in the US Congress”.

The account was created by a software developer named Ed Summers.

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