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Telstra spokeswoman, Rosemary Mullaly, confirmed that there had been no attempt by Telstra to change other content in Sol Trujillo’s entry other than the personal attack.

She said: “Far from heavying anyone, the fact is that Telstra has taken the lead in working with Wikipedia in an open and transparent way. We do not edit sites related to Telstra. We have openly approached Wikipedia to ensure any suggestions for content are presented to the Wikipedia community for consideration... A Wikipedia editor has also posted online overnight confirming she was the person who removed material defamatory to Sol.
 
“You blog suggests the material removed as a result of the legal letter included material about business matters. This is false. It is wrong. The only material requested to be removed was an offensive defamation of a personal nature. (And, by the way, the [law] firm is engaged by Sol and not Telstra as your blog suggests.)”

In a posting on Wikipedia in response to my article, Wales says "[The Wikipedia entry on Trujillo] should be a good article. It should detail Mr. Trujillo's career in a neutral and responsible fashion. It should contain both accomplishments and appropriate mention of legitimate criticism.”

I agree: the fact is that it did so in early April and it did not do so in late April and it did not do so two days ago when I wrote the initial article.

But surprise surprise, "appropriate mention of legitimate criticism" is back! And what is there today is remarkably similar the material that disappeared in mid April!


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