Why Wikipedia Needs Marketers, by David King (a self-described "paid editor") Options

[thekohser]

This article has some interesting value, because it mostly makes sense... but it's far too late to effectively lay this sort of groundwork.

By the by, King is building up a little portfolio of published content related to Wikipedia and marketing.

[thekohser]

David King sent me a message on Facebook:

Your forum won't seem to accept my email address to register. I wanted to clarify that Edelman is not a client, just a Wiki I worked on. I never meant to indicate that they paid me anything. I used them as an example of a bad company Wiki for a long time before deciding to fix it. I use to work there about six years ago and still have friends there.

In fact many Wikis I've touched represent genuine volunteer work and some clients I've counseled have made contributions on their own usernames.

I am also surprised Jimbo hasn't banned me. What's life without a little game of chance?

I responded to the Pottinger situation here
http://socialfresh.com/bell-pottinger-wikipedia/


And on Wikipedia Skomorokh's Talk page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Skomorokh

Could the WR staff give any reason why it would be difficult for King to register here?

[gomi]

David King sent me a message on Facebook: ... Could the WR staff give any reason why it would be difficult for King to register here?

As noted, automated registration is not allowed for freemail addresses. There are a number of ways to bypass this, all involving an email to our generic registration address that is well-known to you. We would be happy to create an account for Mr. King. Further comments on the topic to WR Review, please.