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'''Brian Chase''' is an ] worker who posted a ] on ] which led to the ]. {{ref label|NYTSeigenthaler|1|a}}

Chase was the operations manager of Rush Delivery in ] when he anonymously posted to Misplaced Pages from his employer's ] (65.81.97.208) on ] ]. Chase became aware of the effect of his post through the news. Meanwhile, the IP address he had used was traced back to his company {{ref label|Rush|2|a}} by ] and others. With the pressure mounting, Chase resigned from Rush Delivery on ] and delivered a handwritten apology that day to ]. Chase said he had done it as a joke to shock a colleague, after he had found out anyone could edit Misplaced Pages. {{ref label|NYTSeigenthaler|1|b}} Chase's identity was reported in the '']'' on ] ].

== Notes ==

# {{note label|NYTSeigenthaler|1|a}}{{note label|NYTSeigenthaler|1|b}} Seelye, Katharine Q (], ]). . '']''.
# {{note label|Rush|2|a}} , , and

== Sources ==
* Page, Susan (] ]). , ''USA Today''. Retrieved December 12, 2005.
* Mielczarek, Natalia (] ]). ''The Tennessean''.
* Brandt, Daniel (] ]). via wikipedia-watch.org. Retrieved December 11, 2005.
* Seelye, Katherine Q. (] ]). ''New York Times''.
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