President Barack Obama creates his first article on Intellipedia
After much persistence from Intellipedia evangelists, President Barack Obama created his first article on Intellipedia. Intellipedia insiders wouldn't comment on the specific article, but there is some speculation that the article is related to Occidental College.
How Obama came to be on Intellipedia is a story in and of itself. It started when an Intellipedia insider suggested on change.gov that Obama create an Intellipedia account as a sign of support. A change.gov administrator that previously worked on Intellipedia saw the request and somehow got it in front of the President. Soon after, he was convinced and got his technology representatives to show him Intellipedia. He soon tried to self-register, but was unable to because his name was mistaken for someone on the FBI terrorist watchlist. A quick call to the FBI resolved the issue though and soon Obama had an account and the rest as they say "is history!"
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