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  • Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
    Says the person who cites a WIKI article!

    Sam, you wanna guess where that information came from for the Wiki article?

    Wow, talk about LAZY!
    Sam, the VERY FIRST footnote in the WIKI article you quoted references "Who's Who in America".

    Do you know what that is, Sam? ANYBODY can pay to have ANYTHING put in there for their biographical information.

    But, just for fun, let's see what WIKI says about "Who's Who"....... (bolding mine)

    Source: Wiki

    A Who's Who scam is a fraudulent Who's Who biographical directory.[1] Who's Who scams involve the selling of "memberships" in fraudulent directories that are created online or through instant publishing services.[1] These fraudulent directories represent thinly veiled moneymaking scams.

    © Copyright Original Source



    When you Google SPECIFICALLY "Marquis Who's Who", WIKI gives you this...

    Source: Wiki

    In 2007, referring to the International Biographical Centre, the American Bibliographical Institute and Marquis Who's Who, Jan Margosian, consumer information coordinator for the Oregon Department of Justice, warned consumers to be wary and called the companies "pretty tacky", adding "I don't know why they would put you in there if they weren't hoping to get you to buy the book. You truly have to look at how they are marketing and what the spin is. It's something you might want to watch out for."[10]

    Tucker Carlson, in an article entitled "The Hall of Lame" that appeared in Forbes magazine in 1999, alleged that the selection process is neither rigorous nor meaningful and self-nominators and thousands of people not particularly notable are included. Carlson also claimed that Marquis makes money selling addresses to direct mail marketers.[11]

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    Wow, talk about LAZY!!!!
    Last edited by Cow Poke; 11-03-2014, 05:18 PM.
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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