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

[Andreas Kolbe]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Thomas Morton <morton.thomas at googlemail.com
> wrote:

> On 18 April 2012 13:38, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > 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?
> >
> >
> >
> > I hope you're joking here. :)
> >
> > Just in case you weren't: commercial encyclopedias have a sophisticated
> > editorial and legal process in place to ensure they do not print
> defamatory
> > content. Sometimes subjects are sent a draft before publication, and are
> > given an opportunity to make an input.
> >
>
> Having dealt with such things before...
>
> That process takes* much much longer* than 2-5 days.
>


Yes, but it takes place *before* publication. :P