After reading a PC World article called “The 15 Biggest Wikipedia Blunders,” I’m not so sure that I want to recommend Wikipedia for book promotion any longer.
Can a book promotion campaign thrive without the inclusion of a Wikipedia entry? Well, it’s beginning to seem as though it could — especially in light of the fact that Wikipedia (according to the PC World article) reported that Ted Kennedy had passed away in January. We know, from this week’s wall-to-wall Ted Kennedy coverage, that the awful event didn’t take place until the wee hours of Tuesday morning — that’s Tuesday morning of August, not January. (You can see the updated Wikipedia entry for Ted Kennedy, which now appears to be correct, here.