[WikiEN-l] Fwd: The counterattack of the PR companies

[Thomas Morton]

On 18 April 2012 13:38, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > They say you have to wait 2-5 days for a response after requesting
> changes
> > as though that is a bad thing. I'm very impressed with that response
> time.
> > How many commercial encyclopaedias can do better?
>
>
>
> I hope you're joking here. :)
>
> Just in case you weren't: commercial encyclopedias have a sophisticated
> editorial and legal process in place to ensure they do not print defamatory
> content. Sometimes subjects are sent a draft before publication, and are
> given an opportunity to make an input.
>

Having dealt with such things before...

That process takes* much much longer* than 2-5 days.

And unless the problem is exceptional most encyclopedias will continue and
ongoing print run until their next update without modification.

Tom