Last week, I wondered whether adding information about the John Edwards "love child" controversy to Edwards' Wikipedia article was way to sneak a smear in through the backdoor. Well, Edwards has admitted to the affair (though, he denies the "love child" part).

So, it seems The Enquirer was on to something, regardless of whether it is a "legitimate" news source. And here we are - less than two weeks removed from an edit war - with a John Edwards Wikipedia article that isn't even locked. Here's the section on Edwards' affair:

Starting in October 2007, The National Enquirer began a series of reports alleging an intimate affair between Edwards and a former campaign worker, Rielle Hunter. By July 2008, several news media outlets speculated that Edwards' chances for the vice presidency may have been harmed by the allegations, which now included that he fathered a child with Hunter and had visited her and the baby girl Frances Quinn, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Edwards stated "I've responded, consistently, to these tabloid allegations by saying I don't respond to these lies and you know that."

However, in an August 8, 2008 statement, and an interview with Bob Woodruff of ABC News, Edwards admitted that he had an affair in 2006 but denied that he is the father of the child. He acknowledged that he had been dishonest in denying the entire Enquirer story, admitting that some of it was true, but said that the affair ended long before the time of the child's conception. He further said he is willing to take a paternity test. A campaign aide, Andrew Young, claims that he, not Edwards, is the child's father.

A quick glance at the article's talk page seems to show that things have calmed down. Nice work Wikipedia.