> The editor discredited rumors that Wikipedia had removed mention of two quarters of negative GDP growth from its recession definition and said any screenshots implying so are outdated.

This article reports accurately (as far as I can tell) what different people are saying/tweeting about the issue, but stops short of confirming themselves whether or not the definitions were actually changed recently. Which is easily possible using the version history (maybe with a "according to the version history" disclaimer). Instead readers have to rely on the quote from the Wikipedia editor, which some people probably won't.