[Wikipedia-l] Articles that might draw fire.

Thu Oct 14 03:53:55 UTC 2004

Omri Schwarz wrote:

>Hi, folks. 
>
>I and some friends have been discussing the issue of whether 10 years
>from now it will become important for your average corporate manager
>not to do anything that might wind up being documented in his company's 
>Wikipedia entry. A brief look through Wikipedia does show articles 
>detailing the controversial actions of some corporations, but not enough
>to indicate a concerted effort by any corporate history geeks or labor 
>history geeks. 
>
We (I, anyway) would be ecstatic if you started out by documenting
basic company history, who owns who, what businesses they're in, etc.
Many times we have articles making half-substantiated allegations,
and there's not even information on when a company was founded or
what it does.

Articles with the uncontested facts on major companies should
an expected part of WP, just like articles on cities and provinces.
Also, corporate malfeasance material will be far more plausible
if the basic facts are correct.

Stan