With my comms head on (and as an individual, not an employee of WMUK) I would say this is very difficult. The exception in my view would be neutral factual data, such as addresses, date of formation and so on. Even things such as financial information could be seen as a COI, especially if they show their client in a favourable light.
Are there PRs who edit for their clients without a COI? Serious question!
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On 28 June 2012 17:05, David Gerard <dgerard@gmail.com> wrote:On 28 June 2012 17:00, Richard Symonds <richard.symonds@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> On 28 June 2012 16:55, Charles Matthews <charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com>
> wrote:
>> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/pr-firms-urged-not-to-edit-wikipedia-7893579.html?origin=internalSearch
> Ah yes, spotted this on my way in this morning. At least it's accurate!Coupla PRs on CREWE are *deeply* upset it says that PR people
shouldn't edit, rather than that PRs *with a COI* shouldn't edit.
Apparently this is "amoral".
- d.
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