NEW YORK: The Public Relations Society of America is commending recommendations made by the UK-based Chartered Institute of Public Relations on the use of Wikipedia. However, it would like to see PR professionals have more freedom to edit the site.

The CIPR and Wikipedia UK revealed guidance on Wednesday that says PR professionals should suggest changes about clients to Wikipedia editors, rather than editing the pages themselves.

“We commend CIPR in reaching a point of agreement with Wikipedia, but nothing ...