[WikiEN-l] Use Wikipedia as a Marketing Tool
http://www.inc.com/managing/articles/201001/wikipedia.html 'Wikipedia is a complex culture, and sometimes it can feel like the free encyclopedia everyone can edit -- except me, acknowledges Jay Walsh, a spokesperson for the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that oversees Wikipedia. He notes that Wikimedia has only about 30 paid staff, and that Wikipedia is edited by a huge number of volunteers. And he says, though its not an absolute rule, people are strongly discouraged from creating articles about themselves or their organizations because the site strives for neutrality. If you want your organization to be listed in Wikipedia, Walsh and others whove succeeded recommend the following steps:...' Fred User:Fred Bauder ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Use Wikipedia as a Marketing Tool
The only reason companies and organizations strive to use Wikipedia as a marketing tool is because of its high visibility on Google, which is attributed in turn from Wikipedia's immense popularity. I would argue this would not even be discussed if WP was not in the ten 10 most popular websites in the world. That being said, I am not necessarily worried about companies having their own articles on Wikipedia, assuming said topics meet our understands and plays by our community norms and policies. What I am worried about, though, is that these companies want to control and own these articles and block out anybody else who wishes to contribute, edit, or cleanup by any means necessary including threatening legal action. It's like with paid editing - once money or professional reputation get involved, things turn a lot more ugly when something does not go right, and that's when the threats start flying. -MuZemike On 12/7/2010 10:31 AM, Fred Bauder wrote: http://www.inc.com/managing/articles/201001/wikipedia.html '“Wikipedia is a complex culture, and sometimes it can feel like the free encyclopedia everyone can edit -- except me,” acknowledges Jay Walsh, a spokesperson for the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that oversees Wikipedia. He notes that Wikimedia has only about 30 paid staff, and that Wikipedia is edited by a huge number of volunteers. And he says, though it’s not an absolute rule, people are strongly discouraged from creating articles about themselves or their organizations because the site strives for neutrality. If you want your organization to be listed in Wikipedia, Walsh and others who’ve succeeded recommend the following steps:...' Fred User:Fred Bauder ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Use Wikipedia as a Marketing Tool
This information was directed at public relations professionals. Optimizing the public image of the firm is the point. Fred User:Fred Bauder The only reason companies and organizations strive to use Wikipedia as a marketing tool is because of its high visibility on Google, which is attributed in turn from Wikipedia's immense popularity. I would argue this would not even be discussed if WP was not in the ten 10 most popular websites in the world. That being said, I am not necessarily worried about companies having their own articles on Wikipedia, assuming said topics meet our understands and plays by our community norms and policies. What I am worried about, though, is that these companies want to control and own these articles and block out anybody else who wishes to contribute, edit, or cleanup by any means necessary including threatening legal action. It's like with paid editing - once money or professional reputation get involved, things turn a lot more ugly when something does not go right, and that's when the threats start flying. -MuZemike On 12/7/2010 10:31 AM, Fred Bauder wrote: http://www.inc.com/managing/articles/201001/wikipedia.html 'Wikipedia is a complex culture, and sometimes it can feel like the free encyclopedia everyone can edit -- except me, acknowledges Jay Walsh, a spokesperson for the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that oversees Wikipedia. He notes that Wikimedia has only about 30 paid staff, and that Wikipedia is edited by a huge number of volunteers. And he says, though its not an absolute rule, people are strongly discouraged from creating articles about themselves or their organizations because the site strives for neutrality. If you want your organization to be listed in Wikipedia, Walsh and others whove succeeded recommend the following steps:...' Fred User:Fred Bauder ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
