[WikiEN-l] PR consultants: perhaps Wikipedia is not the ideal promotional medium

[Durova]

Excellent piece.  Especially the close about how it's a difficult position
for PR professionals to report to the client that the article was deleted.

-Durova

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:35 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> http://rushprnews.com/2010/03/31/pr-consultants-should-think-twice-before-using-wikipedia-to-promote-clients
>
> PR consultants should think twice before using Wikipedia to promote clients
> March 31, 2010
>
> Leicestershire, UK (RPRN) 03/31/10 — PR consultants are being advised
> to think twice before incorporating Wikipedia entries into campaign
> strategies after the site started cracking down on articles submitted
> by any public relations agency it considered to be using its resource
> to promote clients.
>
>
> (muwahaha. Spotted by Mathias Schindler. The article sets out en:wp's
> rationales and likely actions very well indeed.)
>
>
> - d.
>
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