The biggest irony is how our news publications summarized the titles : The so called research "finds" that " 60 % of the respondents found that their company articles on Wikipedia having factual errors" .. But our new agencies conclude that "60 % of the Wikipedia entries contain factual errors" !
Anyways don't expect any sympathies from the PR industry towards Wikipedia ! :) On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik....@gmail.com>wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 14:32, CherianTinu Abraham > <tinucher...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> IANS : 60% Wikipedia entries contain factual errors > > > Wonderful report I have ever seen. 6th grade kid would do far better in > what is called comprehending the original statement. The irony is it talks > of "factual errors". > > "" In fact, 60% of respondents who were familiar with their company or > recent client’s Wikipedia article indicated that it article contained > factual errors."" --> The actual statement from page 20 of the "research > report"[1]. > > Who were the people who responded? PR professionals, yes people who try to > promote a brand / entity for money. End of the day its about Paid editing. > > [1] http://www.prsa.org/Intelligence/PRJournal/Documents/2012DiStaso.pdf > > -- > Regards > Srikanth.L > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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