I rarely if ever utilize Wikipedia. Frankly I could not care less about Wikipedia.

In the last few days there has been a flurry of articles about Wikipedia. The theme has been about the veracity of entries.

I for one see how Wikipedia can be used to promote causes and services that have nothing to do with what an objective entry should be about. For example check the entry for Jupitermedia. Note the paragraph entitled "controversies."

In one case there is mention of Chris Locke and then his book the Cluetrain Manifesto is mentioned. I am not sure if Chris placed this comment or someone else. But I find the reference not important. However what we do have here is promotion for the book.

Then read the next controversy. There is reference to something about social networking at JupiterResearch. First of all we do not own JupiterResearch anymore and secondly as far as I am aware there was never a controversy about social networking, JupiterResearch and Jupitermedia. Clearly whomever added this "controversy" was promoting a book or service or something that has nothing to do with facts or history.

My point is that Wikipedia entries are very suspect. I am sure many of the entries are superb, but over the years I know that the entry "Jupitermedia" has been used many times to promote individuals and services more than the facts. Our company has edited out some of these "promotions" but we do not bother anymore as they continue to pop up -- so why bother?