Jimmy Wales was recently in London to give the keynote speech at
The Guardian’s Changing Media Summit and he
quoted the founder of the PR firm Freud Communications. The same day he was also
editing the Strategy Wiki from the offices of Freud Communications.
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Back in 2007, when Freud Communications was caught editing Wikipedia articles about their clients, their
spokesman Oliver Wheeler said the edits were "very factual" and "perfectly justifiable."
So there you go. If you're a top 10 PR firm, and your paid editing on Wikipedia is factual and justifiable, it's A-OK. Jimmy may even 'friend' you!
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