The biggest irony is how our news publications summarized the titles :<br>The so called research &quot;finds&quot; that &quot; 60 % of the respondents found that their company articles on Wikipedia having factual errors&quot; ..<br>

But our new agencies conclude that &quot;60 % of the Wikipedia entries contain factual errors&quot; ! <br><br>Anyways don&#39;t expect any sympathies from the PR industry towards Wikipedia ! :) <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:srik.lak@gmail.com">srik.lak@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div class="im"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 14:32, CherianTinu Abraham <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:tinucherian@gmail.com" target="_blank">tinucherian@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

IANS : 60% Wikipedia entries contain factual errors</blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><div>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 &quot;factual errors&quot;.</div>



<br>&quot;&quot; In fact, 60% of respondents who were familiar with their company or recent client’s Wikipedia article indicated that it article contained factual errors.&quot;&quot; --&gt; The actual statement from page 20 of the &quot;research report&quot;[1].   <div>



<br></div><div>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.<br><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://www.prsa.org/Intelligence/PRJournal/Documents/2012DiStaso.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.prsa.org/Intelligence/PRJournal/Documents/2012DiStaso.pdf</a></div>



<div><br></div><font color="#888888">-- <br>Regards<br>Srikanth.L<br>
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