[WikiEN-l] "Corporate Representatives for Ethical Wikipedia Engagement"

[David Gerard]

On 29 March 2012 15:38, Charles Matthews
<charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> I noticed that in the Bell Pottinger meltdown Lord Bell switched from
> saying that the PR operatives had not actually broken the law (i.e.
> minimalist on professional ethics), to a line that WP was really just too
> complicated and fussy about it all. The latter is only convincing in the
> absence of figures on the hourly rate being charged for whitewashing.
> Almost by definition, service industries thrive on the principle that they
> can charge for doing a good job: we mostly prefer not to cut our own hair.


In the Bell Pottinger incident, Wikipedians and even Jimbo may have
fussed - but it was the press who really took them to the cleaners.


- d.