On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:36 AM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian@gmail.com> wrote:


"That headline might have actually ended up getting readers to read the
news article and help in publicizing in some way."

I agree to that. As some PR folks says, there is nothing like bad or good publicity . The article anyways attracted lots of eye balls , that helped in our outreach.

- Tinu Cherian 

 
It does help to be careful when responding to media. Also asking them to validate quotes also helps, especially story titles.

Many of them do extend the courtesy of verifying quotes and facts, when specifically requested. 

While PR for spreading the word about Wikipedia and its objectives surely helps, it helps even more when the right message gets across.

best regards
Arun