On a related note, I had posted this in January.
http://socialfresh.com/why-wikipedia-needs-marketers/
Why Wikipedia needs Marketers.
Personally, I find it funny that they say 60% Wikipedia entries contain
factual errors and talk ONLY about articles relating to companies.
I hate this talk of 'balanced info' which they dump on us. We strive to be
neutral, if you're company has negative mentions, we can't help it. That
would be the company's fault.
--Re,
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 3:33 PM, CherianTinu Abraham
<tinucherian(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
The biggest irony is how our news publications
summarized the titles :
The so called research "finds" that " 60 % of the respondents found that
their company articles on Wikipedia having factual errors" ..
But our new agencies conclude that "60 % of the Wikipedia entries contain
factual errors" !
Anyways don't expect any sympathies from the PR industry towards Wikipedia
! :)
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 14:32, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian(a)gmail.com
wrote:
IANS : 60% Wikipedia entries contain factual
errors
Wonderful report I have ever seen. 6th grade kid would do far better in
what is called comprehending the original statement. The irony is it talks
of "factual errors".
"" In fact, 60% of respondents who were familiar with their company or
recent client’s Wikipedia article indicated that it article contained
factual errors."" --> The actual statement from page 20 of the
"research
report"[1].
Who were the people who responded? PR professionals, yes people who try
to promote a brand / entity for money. End of the day its about Paid
editing.
[1]
http://www.prsa.org/Intelligence/PRJournal/Documents/2012DiStaso.pdf
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Srikanth.L
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