[WikiEN-l] PR firm accused of whitewashing Wikipedia article on Maldives

2009-09-02 Thread Keith Old
Minivan News, an independent article on the Maldives, has published accusations that a PR company whitewashed an article on the Maldives. A data-mining tool called WikiScanner http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/ has purportedly revealed PR firm Hill Knowlton deleted a number of statements critical of

Re: [WikiEN-l] PR firm accused of whitewashing Wikipedia article on Maldives

2009-09-02 Thread Isabell Long
2009/9/2 Keith Old keith...@gmail.com: (More in article) I think you forgot the link to the article. ;) -- Regards, Isabell Long. isabell...@gmail.com [[User:Isabell121]] on all public Wikimedia projects. Freenode Community Co-Ordinator - issyl0 on irc.freenode.net PGP Key ID: 0xB6CA6840

Re: [WikiEN-l] PR firm accused of whitewashing Wikipedia article on Maldives

2009-09-02 Thread Keith Old
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Isabell Long isabell...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/9/2 Keith Old keith...@gmail.com: (More in article) I think you forgot the link to the article. ;) -- Regards, Isabell Long. isabell...@gmail.com [[User:Isabell121]] on all public Wikimedia projects.

Re: [WikiEN-l] PR firm accused of whitewashing Wikipedia article on Maldives

2009-09-02 Thread Fred Bauder
Regardless of the truth, reliance on reliable published sources should resolve most of these charges and countercharges. That is what we expect of a public relations firm, both that they identify their purpose in editing and cite appropriate sources. Fred Minivan News, an independent article

Re: [WikiEN-l] PR firm accused of whitewashing Wikipedia article on Maldives

2009-09-02 Thread David Goodman
The material that was removed seems to have been in need of sourcing and rewriting to a NPOV (whatever the truth of the matter may be). The present article says very little of any sort, has over-emphasis on two riots, and skips the period from 2004 to 2008, The other articles on these islands