News on the Wikipedia Entry from PWTorch.
Wikinews features a "confession" of sorts from the person who posted the item that Nancy Benoit had died - more than 12 hours before authorities discovered her body. It has been headline news in newspapers and cable TV shows across the nation (and world). The person, posting from the same IP address (which virtually confirms it is the same person), claims it was a lucky guess and now feels terrible about he commotion it caused.
Excerpt: "Hey everyone. I am here to talk about the wikipedia comment that was left by myself. I just want to say that it was an incredible coincidence. Last weekend, I had heard about Chris Benoit no showing Vengeance because of a family emergency, and I had heard rumors about why that was. I was reading rumors and speculation about this matter online, and one of them included that his wife may have passed away, and I did the wrong thing by posting it on wikipedia to spite there being no evidence. I posted my speculation on the situation at the time and I am deeply sorry about this, and I was just as shocked as everyone when I heard that this actually would happen in real life. It is one of those things that just turned into a huge coincidence. That night I found out that what I posted, ended up actually happening, a 1 in 10,000 chance of happening, or so I thought. I was beyond wrong for posting wrongful information, and I am sorry to everyone for this."
The confessor did not reveal an identity, citing family privacy reasons. Wikinews said it is still attempting to contact and interview the individual responsible.
Apology/Confession Link
WK ANALYSIS: This is a story I sat on for two days (I got emails on it dating back to Tuesday) because I didn't consider anything more than a lucky guess and not worth pursuing in a busy news week. But once the IP was traced to Connecticut, it became intriguing and worth exploring. Then, when investigation through Wikipedia's history linked to that IP address revealed that the individual had previously edited just a month earlier a Chavo Guerrero entry on Wikipedia - not to vandalize it, but to eliminate vile and outlandish accusations - it seemed too big of a coincidence. The fact that a person who accurately predicted something that few people could have had insight into at that point had also come to the defense on Wikipedia of one person who had tons of insight into Benoit's situation that weekend, then it became a story.
The problem with the confession is that it fits two scenarios: One, a guy guessed right and is now sorry. Two, someone who broke confidence with someone who had inside info, who somehow has a tie with Chavo Guerrero, and is scared to death that he or she has just gotten into a lot of trouble and perhaps gotten Chavo or someone else who was a middleman between them in trouble because the Wikipedia entry indicates Chavo might have known more earlier than he let on. The only way to eliminate the potential tie-in to anyone who was privy to insight into Nancy's well-being or Benoit's potential actions or confessed actions is for this person to come forward and be investigated and then cleared of any such connection.
This confession, frankly, makes me more suspicious that there's more to it than I was before the confession was made. A prankster who used vile anti-black and anti-gay terms in previous Wikipedia posts (those sharing the same IP number) doesn't seem like the type who would want to end the media frenzy surrounding his attention-seeking posts so quickly. This confession comes across as more likely someone doing damage control to try to stop the attention because there is something to hide. That's just my take on it, nothing more or less.
taken from wrestling-edge.com
