One of those steps being "Check to see if anyone already working at your company is a Wikipedia volunteer. If so, that person can be a valuable resource to help you find your best strategy for getting included." Now that sounds like a pretty good reason not to talk about this particular hobby at work, or to edit in your real name.
WereSpielChequers On 7 December 2010 16:31, Fred Bauder <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.inc.com/managing/articles/201001/wikipedia.html > > '“Wikipedia is a complex culture, and sometimes it can feel like the free > encyclopedia everyone can edit -- except me,” acknowledges Jay Walsh, a > spokesperson for the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization > that oversees Wikipedia. He notes that Wikimedia has only about 30 paid > staff, and that Wikipedia is edited by a huge number of volunteers. And > he says, though it’s not an absolute rule, people are strongly > discouraged from creating articles about themselves or their > organizations because the site strives for neutrality. > > If you want your organization to be listed in Wikipedia, Walsh and others > who’ve succeeded recommend the following steps:...' > > Fred > > User:Fred Bauder > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
