[WikiEN-l] Yet another PR company busted ... apparently it's all our fault

[Delirium]

On 11/12/12 2:49 PM, David Gerard wrote:
> Yet another PR company busted:
>
>    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/9671471/Finsbury-edited-Alisher-Usmanovs-Wikipedia-page.html
>    http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/telecoms/article3597035.ece
> (you can read the article text in "View source")
>
> The industry response? An apparently unanimous "our bad behaviour is
> totally Wikipedia's fault":
>
>    http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/1159206/pr-industry-blames-cumbersome-wikipedia-finsbury-editing-issue/
>
> Guys, this really doesn't help your case.

Lying somewhere between amusing and sad, The Times has an update to 
their article (linked above) noting that Alisher Usmanov is now suing 
them over that exposé. Will be interesting to see if any more facts come 
to light in that suit.

-Mark