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

2010-04-05 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 01:44 PM 4/4/2010, Carcharoth wrote: What about Wikipedia editors who change career to become PR people? :-) Carcharoth (Who nevers wants to be a PR person, ever) Not even to support a cause which, you might know, is not representing itself well, and you could help? Pure, ethics-free PR,

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

2010-04-05 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 12:00 PM 4/4/2010, William Pietri wrote: If there is gray area, it is the PR person's job to maximally exploit that without ever getting caught. It's our job to minimize the gray area. Well, that's one kind of PR. This negative view of PR is common, and justified because that's exactly what

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

2010-04-05 Thread geni
On 5 April 2010 17:59, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: At 01:44 PM 4/4/2010, Carcharoth wrote: What about Wikipedia editors who change career to become PR people? :-) Carcharoth (Who nevers wants to be a PR person, ever) Not even to support a cause which, you might know, is

[WikiEN-l] Strategic Planning Office Hours

2010-04-05 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Hi everyone, The next strategic planning office hours are: Tuesday, 6 April, from 20:00-21:00 UTC, which is: -Tuesday (1-2pm PDT) -Tuesday (4-5pm EDT) Office hours will be a great opportunity to discuss the work that's happened as well as the work to come. As always, you can access the chat