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