[WikiEN-l] mywikibiz (was Fwd: WikiEN-l commentary)

[David Gerard]

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From: Gregory Kohs <thekohser at gmail.com>
Date: 08-Aug-2006 15:20
Subject: WikiEN-l commentary
To: dgerard at gmail.com


Dear David,

I appreciate your feedback.  There has been a lot of "buzz" within the
Wikipedia admin community about our service, MyWikiBiz.com.  I've
counted two different discussion pages where our intent has been
questioned, and now your mailing list.  Thankfully, in each of these
discussions, it seems that we're getting "support" comments in about a
2-to-1 ratio to "disapprove" comments.

While I'd like to join your mailing list, honestly, I'm just too busy
right now trying to get the marketing side of the business working.
So far, the results of our efforts have been on the disappointing
side.  All of the Wikipedians in a panic over what we're embarking on
may have nothing to worry about if we can't even get sales to come in
at a steady pace.

However, I'd like you to rest assured that MyWikiBiz.com does NOT
intend to write "press release" style articles for our clients.  We
understand that Wikipedia is an ENCYCLOPEDIA, and not a advertising
flyer.  (Granted, we will try to sell our prospects on the "traffic"
and "exposure" aspects of Wikipedia, but they are not going to get a
rose-colored-glasses, non-NPOV posting from MyWikiBiz.)  Examples of
our articles can be found at "Norman Technologies" and at "The Family
and Workplace Connection".  The "Farsight Hotel" article was intended
merely as a "mock" example.  I meant to have it created in the
Wikipedia sandbox, but it went to the actual database by another
employee's mistake.  I quickly deleted the article, once we had
captured the screen shots we wanted.

If you'd like, please re-post this message to WikiEN-l -- you have my
permission to act as our agent at this time.  ;-)

Kindly,

    Greg

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