Friday, September 9, 2011

Wiki Watch director retires

Wiki Watch director retires

Wolfgang Stock withdraws from the leadership of Arbeitssstelle Wiki Watch the European University Viadrina and thus the consequences of the allegations to his contributions in the Wikipedia. The project will continue, however, said the University of Frankfurt (Oder) - with a stick. The Viadrina and its employees have any wrongdoing by himself.

The Communication of the University, it is even said the allegations were raised in the media "demonstrably false." But leaves open the university, which charges should be this or what they look like evidence. Chair-Director of Wolff Heintschel Heinegg on Thursday was not available for questioning. An earlier request went unanswered. Although floor emits loud Viadrina the access rights to the platform wiki Watch, he wants to work according to a report on the project and serve the university as a lecturer.

The Wikipedia account of stock and at least one other employee of Wiki-Watch had been closed in June after being accused of improper use of covert identities. The news magazine Der Spiegel had reported then that stick is as a PR consultant for a pharmaceutical company had worked and that he had edited articles associated with the company. Mirror-author Mark explains grill to heise online: "We stand by what we have published."

Stock itself denies begun a relationship between his contributions and the consultant, the short time after the entries had criticized. He had been embroiled in contradictions regarding his activities in the Wikipedia. Meanwhile, stock goes against reports of the allegations against even legal. After temporary injunctions that were issued by the Cologne Regional Court, without hearing the editorial, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the time to items from the net. The time has lodged an objection. The editor Christoph Drösser appeared to heise online optimistic that the injunction would be lifted.

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