[WikiEN-l] Fwd: The counterattack of the PR companies

[Thomas Dalton]

They say you have to wait 2-5 days for a response after requesting changes
as though that is a bad thing. I'm very impressed with that response time.
How many commercial encyclopaedias can do better?
On Apr 18, 2012 12:48 PM, "David Gerard" <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> PR people who edited Wikipedia get crucified. Counterattack: reduce
> trust in Wikipedia.
>
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417113527.htm
>
> Paper: http://www.prsa.org/Intelligence/PRJournal/
>
> The paper's message appears to be "Wikipedia's rules need to change".
> (Also, "Jimmy Wsles is a big meanie head.") The paper doesn't address
> the problem that the media and general public get upset and turn PR
> editing into a PR problem even when it's within existing rules.
>
> (Aside: I've evidently been skimming too many hard science papers -
> that "peer reviewed" paper reads like an undergraduate essay.)
>
>
> - d.
>
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