Manipulating Wikipedia

THE BBC reports that Wikipedia is investigating the PR firm Bell Pottinger's edits on a number of entries that appear to be related to their clients. I suspect that these attempts at manipulation go on more often than we suppose.

Between April and June 2008, a number of edits were found to have been made on the entry for Alexandra Palace, by 'editor' "davidloudfoot". The thrust of the edits were to remove references to the opposition to the sale of our charity's building and to remove information about that sale.

The attempts at censorship were quickly spotted, reversed and – thanks to Wikipedia's comprehensive history (of edits) section – exposed for posterity. One imagines that a 'professional' PR firm would employ a bit more subterfuge when doing a PR job, in hiding the true identity of the 'editor'.

Might the Wikipedia editor davidloudfoot bear any relationship to the then general manager of Alexandra Palace, David Loudfoot, who was protégé of the disgraced long-time general manager Keith Holder?