A follow up was published by the Independent after Jimmy Wales reacted to the matter ... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-dark-arts-Wikipedia-founde...

On 07/12/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.ghoda@gmail.com wrote:

High time people realised that Marketing and Wikimedia don't go together.

On 06/12/2011, wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com wrote:

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I believe Srikanth R mentioned this a few days ago on the India list.

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From: bodnotbod@gmail.com Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 10:14:26 +0000 To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Foundation-l] WP being edited by lobbying firm

Hello,

Hardly surprising or new, but something we need to be aware of: Wikipedia is being edited by a large lobbying company, Bell Pottinger. It removes negative coverage of its clients:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/caught-on-camera-top-lobbyists...

Bodnotbod

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