[WikiEN-l] PR puff piece on Wikipedia

[Steven Walling]

Seems to me that a complete review of factual accuracy, and perhaps a stern
reminder of COI editing is in order.

On 7/13/07, Sheldon Rampton <sheldon at prwatch.org> wrote:
>
> Heads up: Just today I happened to notice that Wikipedia has a bio
> that reads like a press kit for [[Ronn Torossian]], the owner/founder
> of a New York city PR firm named [[5W Public Relations]], which has
> its own separate article. Both of those articles have been heavily
> and repeatedly edited by User:Judae1, whose user page describes him
> as "Juda S. Engelmayer, Senior Vice President, Government and
> Corporate Issues Practice at 5W Public Relations."
>
> I also noticed that User:Judae1 has himself repeatedly edited
> [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard]], so it is hard to
> imagine that he is unaware that his editing of the [[Ronnn
> Torossian]] and [[5W Public Relations]] articles is in violation of
> Wikipedia policy.
>
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