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

[David Gerard]

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.