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'''Brian Chase''' (born circa ]) is a ] individual who vandalized '']'' by posting a ] on the online public encyclopedia, 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 ] on ] ]. His post suggested that ], a former editor of '']'' in Nashville, had been involved in the assassinations of both ] and ] and had lived in the ] for several years. The article remained unedited for several months until Seigenthaler was made aware of the article and subsequently criticized Misplaced Pages in several media outlets.

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 ]. With pressure mounting, Chase resigned from Rush Delivery on ] and delivered a handwritten apology that day to Seigenthaler. 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}} Seigenthaler encouraged Chase's boss not to accept his resignation.

== Notes ==
# {{note label|NYTSeigenthaler|1|a}}{{note label|NYTSeigenthaler|1|b}} Seelye, Katharine Q (], ]). . '']''.

== Sources ==
* Page, Susan (] ]). , ''USA Today''. Retrieved ] ].
* Mielczarek, Natalia (] ]). ''The Tennessean''.
* Brandt, Daniel (] ]). via wikipedia-watch.org. Retrieved ] ].
* Terdiman, Daniel (] ]). ''C|Net News.com''. Retrieved ] ].

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