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Wikipedia Used For Apparent Viral Marketing Ploy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the inevitable-abuses-of-trusting-systems dept.

jangobongo writes "An article over at BoingBoing discusses what appears to be a viral marketing ploy appearing in a Wikipedia entry. Quote: "Someone has apparently abused collaborative reference site Wikipedia in a viral marketing campaign for a BBC online alternate reality game." "

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  1. Wikipedia page history by citizenc · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's interesting to start at the original entry and then progress through the various versions. You can really see the Wiki editorial process at work.