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'''New Approach to Promotionalism'''
  
'''New Approach to Promotionalism'''
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#. All businessmen and professionals want a WP page is essential to their PR.
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# All businessmen and professionals want a WP page is essential to their PR.
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##. This is due to the role it has in Google and the general perception that WP is important. This is not unreasonable.
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## This is due to the role it has in Google and the general perception that WP is important. This is not unreasonable.
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##, This increasingly gives rise to bad paid promotional editing, from subjects company PR agents, outside PR firms & free-lance paid editors.
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# This increasingly gives rise to bad paid promotional editing
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## subjects, company PR agents, outside PR firms & free-lance paid editors.
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## We are increasingly unable to control it, let alone remove what's already included
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## Increasingly difficult to control, or remove what's already included
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## Commercial organizations are the most conspicuous problem, as their pages resemble straight advertising
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## Commercial organizations are the most conspicuous problem: their pages resemble straight advertising
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## Non-commercial organizations: government agencies, universities, charities engage in advocacy: also promotionalism, but less conspicuous
  
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## Individual professional also advertiise, but are also less conspicuous
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## Non-commercial organizations: government, universities, charities: advocacy & promotionalism, but less conspicuous
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## Individual professional also advertiise, but less conspicuous
 
# No clear boundary between full presentation of relevant data and subtle POV advertising
  
# No clear boundary between full presentation of relevant data and subtle POV advertising
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## Good faith non promotional editors fall into promotional writing ,sincethey see so much of it on WP
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## Good faith non-promotional editors use promotional writing
 
#<s>NOT</s>DIRECTORY==
  
#<s>NOT</s>DIRECTORY==
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# for any reasonably important business or organization a page can be justified -- either by the GNG or as a listed company or other fixed criterion
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# for any reasonably important business or organization a page can be justified -
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## either GNG or listed company or other fixed criterion
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## We should ourselves prepare these pages just as for Geographical features, , etc..
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# We should ourselves prepare these, as for Geographical features, etc.
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## should contain basic directory information
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## contains basic directory information
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## '''best be prepared and updated through Wikidata'''
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## prepared and updated through '''Wikidata'''
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# Further promotional editing needs to be controlled
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# Further promotional editing needs to be controlled
 
## Possible mechanism: Pending changes (PC1) , Needs to be adapted , perhaps per editor / field
  
## Possible mechanism: Pending changes (PC1) , Needs to be adapted , perhaps per editor / field
 
## new editors have their changes visible for editing, but not visible to the unregistered public until approved. --
  
## new editors have their changes visible for editing, but not visible to the unregistered public until approved. --

Revision as of 18:43, 20 October 2018

New Approach to Promotionalism

  1. All businessmen and professionals want a WP page is essential to their PR.
    1. This is due to the role it has in Google and the general perception that WP is important. This is not unreasonable.
  2. This increasingly gives rise to bad paid promotional editing
    1. subjects, company PR agents, outside PR firms & free-lance paid editors.
    2. Increasingly difficult to control, or remove what's already included
    3. Commercial organizations are the most conspicuous problem: their pages resemble straight advertising
    4. Non-commercial organizations: government, universities, charities: advocacy & promotionalism, but less conspicuous
    5. Individual professional also advertiise, but less conspicuous
  3. No clear boundary between full presentation of relevant data and subtle POV advertising
    1. Good faith non-promotional editors use promotional writing
  4. NOTDIRECTORY==
  5. for any reasonably important business or organization a page can be justified -
    1. either GNG or listed company or other fixed criterion
  6. We should ourselves prepare these, as for Geographical features, etc.
    1. contains basic directory information
    2. prepared and updated through Wikidata
  7. Further promotional editing needs to be controlled
    1. Possible mechanism: Pending changes (PC1) , Needs to be adapted , perhaps per editor / field
    2. new editors have their changes visible for editing, but not visible to the unregistered public until approved. --
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