There's an interesting story leading in the British newspaper the
Independent this morning based on an undercover sting of lobbyists Bell
Pottinger:
"Discussing techniques for managing reputations online, Mr Wilson mentioned
a team that could 'sort' Wikipedia.
"'We've got all sorts of dark arts,'
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:57, Sam Blacketer wrote:
> What might be better is to stress that any lobbyist seeking to use 'dark
> arts' to correct inaccurate or unfair Wikipedia articles, or to add
> properly sourced positive information, is best advised to use OTRS and to
> provide sources. It seem
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Tom Morris wrote:
>
> This sounds like a splendid idea. Perhaps we could supplement it by
> informing criminals that they can avoid a life of crime by getting an
> education and a job, or maybe we could tell politicians to tell the
> truth. Or maybe News of the Wor
On 6 December 2011 16:08, Sam Blacketer wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Tom Morris wrote:
>
> >
> > This sounds like a splendid idea. Perhaps we could supplement it by
> > informing criminals that they can avoid a life of crime by getting an
> > education and a job, or maybe we could te
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Sam Blacketer wrote:
> There might be some editors who want to start an immediate investigation to
> search for the members of this 'team' but I think that would probably be a
> waste of time which would put suspicion on a large number of innocent
> editors. It's al
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Sam Blacketer
> wrote:
>> There might be some editors who want to start an immediate
>> investigation to
>> search for the members of this 'team' but I think that would probably
>> be a
>> waste of time which would put suspicion on a large number of innocent
>> ed
>> I think its pretty obvious in this case.
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Zahra_Ahmed
>
> Does that relate to a known employee or client?
No. The user created the account only to edit Dahabshiil ‎article.
Four of his edits were tagged with "references removed".
His point o
