Talk:Roger Kirby
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Authorship by PR firm edit
I happened upon this article and immediately suspected from the style that it had been written by the subject. Actually, on doing some slight research, the only substantial author seems to be an account traced to a PR firm, Bell Pottinger. I have made a first attempt at copyediting it to conform more closely with the Manual of Style. I have also added a Bell Pottinger warning and a CoI one, and a brief paragraph on the issue. It does seem to me that the subject is notable in his own right - we have ample documentation (admittedly much of it from groups that he is closely associated with, but I wouldn't describe the documentation as self-published) that he is a surgeon to at least one celebrity and extremely active at encouraging action on prostate problems - so I haven't suggested a deletion. Civis Romanus (talk) 12:22, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
- Sorry for the delay in replying to your message. I have just cut it back to what seems like the sound content. Philafrenzy (talk) 07:44, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
PR firm edits Wikipedia article edit
- copied from article page here it does not belong
The Wikipedia article on Kirby was started by a Wikipedia editor called "Biggleswiki", who has been traced to the public relations agency Bell Pottinger. Kirby is described by The Independent and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism as a client of Bell Pottinger.[1][2]
References
- ^ Revealed: The Wikipedia pages changed by Bell Pottinger. 7 December 2011. David Pegg. Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Accessed 9 December 2011.
- ^ Undercover Investigation Day 3. Wikipedia founder attacks Bell Pottinger for 'ethical blindness'. The 'dark arts'. David Pegg & Oliver Wright, The Independent, 8 December 2011.
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