[WikiEN-l] How to deal with direct requests for articles?

[David Russell]

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Akash Mehta wrote:
> Hang on, if the PR people start contributing, odds are that sooner or later
> they'll write an article (not on themselves or a client, just in general)
> and then they'll have a confronting AfD and leave Wikipedia permanently.
> What can we do about encouraging people to contribute without creating
> policy violating articles? (snip) Maybe the welcome templates should link to simplified versions of
article creation guidelines?

The problem is that most hired PR people will not have the same attitude
as you - they will take great offence when 'their' article is deleted.
No matter how clear we make the policy, we can't legislate for people
taking offence just because we enforce it.

Cynical
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