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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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+ | ## 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 |
+ | ## subjects, company PR agents, outside PR firms & free-lance paid editors. |
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+ | ## Increasingly difficult to control, or remove what's already included |
− | ## Commercial organizations are the most conspicuous problem |
+ | ## Commercial organizations are the most conspicuous problem: straight advertising: ''priority'' |
− | ## Non-commercial organizations: government agencies, universities, charities engage in advocacy: also promotionalism, but less conspicuous |
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+ | ## Non-commercial organizations: government, universities, charities: advocacy & promotionalism, but less conspicuous |
+ | ## Individual professional also advertise, but less conspicuous |
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# 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 |
+ | ## Good faith non-promotional editors use promotional writing |
+ | # ''WP contains elements of a directory'' |
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− | #<s>NOT</s>DIRECTORY== |
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− | # for any reasonably important business or organization a page can be justified |
+ | # for any reasonably important business or organization a page can be justified |
+ | ## either GNG or listed company or other fixed criterion |
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− | + | # We should ourselves prepare these, as for Geographical features, etc. |
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+ | ## contains basic directory information |
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+ | ## prepared and updated through '''Wikidata''' |
− | # Further promotional |
+ | # 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 |
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## 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. -- |
Latest revision as of 18:47, 20 October 2018
New Approach to Promotionalism
- All businessmen and professionals want a WP page is essential to their PR.
- This is due to the role it has in Google and the general perception that WP is important. This is not unreasonable.
- This increasingly gives rise to bad paid promotional editing
- subjects, company PR agents, outside PR firms & free-lance paid editors.
- Increasingly difficult to control, or remove what's already included
- Commercial organizations are the most conspicuous problem: straight advertising: priority
- Non-commercial organizations: government, universities, charities: advocacy & promotionalism, but less conspicuous
- Individual professional also advertise, but less conspicuous
- No clear boundary between full presentation of relevant data and subtle POV advertising
- Good faith non-promotional editors use promotional writing
- WP contains elements of a directory
- for any reasonably important business or organization a page can be justified
- either GNG or listed company or other fixed criterion
- We should ourselves prepare these, as for Geographical features, etc.
- contains basic directory information
- prepared and updated through Wikidata
- Further promotional editing needs to be controlled
- 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. --