PR industry to "cooperate" with Wikipedia Options

[thekohser]

There are a number of well-timed counter-movements in the wake of the Bell Pottinger flap, where consortia of PR industry leaders are going to try to "reach out" to Wikipedia and gain consensus on how PR firms can dutifully and ethically interact with Wikipedia.

I have a feeling that in about 6 months there will be a lot of heartbroken, grieved people in the PR industry.

[Silver seren]

Okay, that's it, i'm going to go start "another" Wikiproject. How about Wikiproject Cooperation?

Or...Wikiproject Cooperation and Education?

It'll be used to work with companies and users being paid by companies, to help them understand how Wikipedia works and what the rules are that they must follow. How they have a COI and must tread lightly and it would be far better for them to suggest changes on the talk pages rather than make the changes themselves.

Also, that it would be good for them to make drafts of their wanted changes and submit them for review by other users, who can check them for issues and then insert them into the articles.

[thekohser]

Okay, that's it, i'm going to go start "another" Wikiproject. How about Wikiproject Cooperation?

Or...Wikiproject Cooperation and Education?

It'll be used to work with companies and users being paid by companies, to help them understand how Wikipedia works and what the rules are that they must follow. How they have a COI and must tread lightly and it would be far better for them to suggest changes on the talk pages rather than make the changes themselves.

Also, that it would be good for them to make drafts of their wanted changes and submit them for review by other users, who can check them for issues and then insert them into the articles.

Great idea! Now, who will hold the Wikipediots to the other end of the implied contract -- that they will treat the COI party's requested changes with respect and promptly implement those changes that any rational person would determine to be appropriate for improving an encyclopedia?

Oh, wait -- here's how admins deal with content suggestions on Wikipedia -- out with the good, back in with the bad!

Here's a suggested name for your project, Silver: Wikiproject Hoodwink.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Herostra...atch/Principles

This sounds as if it were written by a four-year-old.

Really, it's just three mental midgets:

Participants

Herostratus (talk) 19:22, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Ebikeguy (talk) 21:03, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Wikid77 (talk) 08:51, 7 January 2012 (UTC)