Is skewing an article easier if you are good at it? Yes I think it is. Hans
On 21 October 2013 21:13, Fred Bauder <fredb...@fairpoint.net> wrote: > > I'm not sure. Someone who posts deficient article that they obviously > > have > > a special relationship to, where the language in addition is deficient, > > may > > easily be meet by a deletion request. The difficulty with promoting a > > company in Wikipedia is the promotion part, not the identity of the > > author. > > For a well sourced, well written, well structured article that takes a > > neutral point of view about a clearly relevant subject, I cannot see that > > the identity of the author should make much difference. That said, > > obviously there may be someone who disagrees with me in this. > > > > Hans > > > > What you are saying, in practice, is that a major firm that hires a > professional public relations firm that writes the best sort of article, > from the viewpoint of the firm, that could be expected to be acceptable > is OK, but a crude amateur effort by an inexperienced free-lancer is not. > What makes a Wikipedia article better for a firm if serious attention by > a public relations firm is regularly paid to it is rather subtle. The > brights are a little brighter, the dulls a little less boring, and the > pig is cute. > > Fred > > > > > > On 21 October 2013 16:07, David Richfield <davidrichfi...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Thanks for the quick reply, Hans! If our representatives would (for > >> example) translate an English company page into Norwegian, and then > >> explain the edits on the talk page, and identify their conflict of > >> interest on their user pages and also the article talk page, would you > >> expect that that would be seen as fair and transparent by the > >> Norwegian Wikipedia community? > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Hans A. Rosbach > >> <hans.a.rosb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > In no-wp we have a policy that usernames shall be for individuals and > >> thus > >> > typical company usernames are blocked and asked to request change of > >> names. > >> > These users then have no restrictions on which pages to edit. As long > >> as > >> we > >> > don't demand identification of users, restrictions on edits would IMO > >> be > >> > futile anyway. > >> > > >> > Hans A. Rosbach / User:Haros > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On 21 October 2013 15:14, David Richfield <davidrichfi...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Hi all, > >> >> > >> >> When I'm not editing Wikimedia projects, I work for Mondelez > >> >> International, and our Social Media team has contacted me for advice > >> >> on responsible engagement with Wikipedia. I know that different > >> >> language projects have different rules on whether company > >> >> representatives should: > >> >> > >> >> * Edit pages directly or only ever edit talk pages > >> >> * Edit under their own names or under company names > >> >> > >> >> What are the rules for the Nordic languages? > >> >> > >> >> Thanks, > >> >> > >> >> David > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> David Richfield > >> >> [[:en:User:Slashme]] > >> >> +491723724440 > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Wikimedia-l mailing list > >> >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> >> Unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > >> >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list > >> > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> > Unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> David Richfield > >> [[:en:User:Slashme]] > >> +491723724440 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list > >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>