Hello all, I thought you might like to know that I spoke with the journalist from PR Week yesterday about the story they published on this issue. They are keen to include it in their print edition, which goes out tomorrow.
The main points: - I reminded him of the existing guidelines that Wikipedians, Wikimedia UK and the CIPR worked on and recommended the guidelines to his readers - I explained that COI doesn't just apply to PR professionals, but to everyone. We aren't making PR a special case in that respect - Wikipedia is a collaborative, voluntary project - nobody owns the content - I also made the point that Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a PR platform. I was asked if I had any specific response to the PRCA comments, but really there's nothing helpful to add there, except that talk pages and emails needn't be cumbersome. If anyone has any specific concerns and would like to discuss them, I'm more than happy to discuss this, on or off list. Thanks and regards, Stevie On 14 November 2012 09:00, Gordon Joly <[email protected]> wrote: > On 14/11/12 05:51, Doug Weller wrote: > >> The OTRS Quality queue is again over 200, which is pretty worrying. >> Partially my fault as I haven't been doing much if any OTRS work recently. >> Doug >> >> This is volunteer effort, so, from time to time volunteering effort can > slide (I speak from my own personal experience). > > On the other hand, "PR Industry"..... > > Gordo > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l<http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l> > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > -- Stevie Benton Communications Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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