[WikiEN-l] preventing COI edits by corporations

[David Gerard]

On 12/09/2007, Steven Walling <steven.walling at gmail.com> wrote:

> Honestly, it doesn't if it's "cluelessness" or not. When employees of the
> Miller Brewing Corporation significantly alter, or even remove altogether,
> content critical of their company, it is COI editing that has resulted in a
> slanted article. I think the idea that "they'd be smart enough to create a
> login" is a fallacy. If the CIA wasn't smart enough to create a login, who
> is?


What you're missing is that the wikiscanner *only* shows the anon
edits. We don't see the ones who are logged in. And we do get plenty
of edits on company articles from company users, just not in a nicely
set-out and mediapathic format like the wikiscanner provides.


- d.