Omri Schwarz wrote:
I and some friends have been discussing the issue of
whether 10 years
from now it will become important for your average corporate manager
not to do anything that might wind up being documented in his company's
Wikipedia entry. A brief look through Wikipedia does show articles
detailing the controversial actions of some corporations, but not enough
to indicate a concerted effort by any corporate history geeks or labor
history geeks.
Said friends reached the conclusion that the addition of many articles
on corporate history and ongoing activities would be a good thing indeed,
but a concerted effort to do so would be obnoxious, since it increases the
chance of Wikipedia facing disruptive efforts (in the form of legal threats
or revert-wars conducted by paid minions). It would be a good thing since
a wiki is not time indexed, like any press article, and cannot just be
"ridden out." But before any effort is made to write articles on
corporate activities, it would be good to come here and ask whether
possibly controversial articles are wellcome in Wikipedia, or whether a
fork of the project would be a better thing to do.
Articles about particular corporations are a valid part of Wikipedia.
Corporate edit warriors should be resisted just as much as individual
ones. As long as we strive to be truthful in what we report we have
nothing to be ashamed of. If we are to bow to and be censored by
corporate intimidation we might as well all pack it in.
Ec