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Paid contributions on Wikipedia involve editing any page in exchange for compensation, including money or other incentives. Editors who received or expected...

proposal, see Paid editing (guideline) For the Wikipedia and Wikimedia policy on paid editing, see WMF:Terms of Use and WP:PAID. Paid editing on Wikipedia...

WP:RFC/PAIDWP:RFC/PAID The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. An RFC on the notion of paid editing...

Shortcuts WP:NOPAIDWP:NOPAID WP:BRIGHTLINEWP:BRIGHTLINE Paid advocacy is not allowed on Wikipedia. Editors with a financial conflict of interest (such...

an essay about the issue of Paid Political Operatives editing Wikipedia. What pertains to them also pertains to other Paid-to-edit editors. It is a repository...

The paid editor help board is a place to receive help about proposed changes to Wikipedia articles for: Public Relations and Marketing professionals freelance...

is to discuss, raise awareness of, and hopefully address issues regarding paid advocacy editing on Wikipedia, in which people are compensated to create...

In paid editing, an editor is given consideration (usually money) in exchange for creating or editing a Wikipedia article for an individual or entity....

For the Wikipedia and Wikimedia policy on paid editing, see WMF:Terms of Use. Paid editing is editing Wikipedia in return for payment. Although there may...

← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 16 April 2012 Paid editing Contribute  —   Share this  E-mail  Facebook  Twitter  LinkedIn  Reddit  Digg By Ocaasi...

Wales: Does Wikipedia Pay? is a Signpost series seeking to illuminate paid editing, paid advocacy, for-profit Wikipedia consultants, editing public relations...

the neutrality of paid editors, they must disclose that they are being compensated for their contributions. Paid advocacy is being paid to promote or disparage...

Wikipedia pay? is an ongoing Signpost series seeking to illuminate paid editing, paid advocacy, for-profit Wikipedia consultants, editing public relations...

Shortcut WP:WMFOUTWP:WMFOUT Investigation of undisclosed paid editing on Wikipedia often requires a search for information about an editor outside-Wikipedia...

Hiring a paid Wikipedia editing service is filled with pitfalls and risks the loss of your money. Completing your due diligence is essential before entering...

interest/Noticeboard. Please remember that (at this time) merely "being paid" or "having a conflict of interest" is not impermissible: To violate the...

← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 30 April 2012 Paid editing Contribute  —   Share this  E-mail  Facebook  Twitter  LinkedIn  Reddit  Digg By Ocaasi...

← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 7 May 2012 Paid editing Contribute  —   Share this  E-mail  Facebook  Twitter  LinkedIn  Reddit  Digg By Ocaasi Does...

page to a subpage of this page, Wikipedia:Quarantine promotional Undeclared Paid Editor product. If moving from mainspace, suppress the redirect, or have...

The Wikipedian, is a long-time editor and community-watcher. He is also a paid editor (WWB Too). Well—not anymore—because he gave up direct editing of articles...

Shortcut WP:PAIDLISTWP:PAIDLIST This is a list of companies involved in paid editing, both disclosed and undisclosed, and some of their blocked accounts...

highest paid American television stars ([[Special:EditPage/List of highest paid American television stars |edit]] | [[Talk:List of highest paid American...

Paid editing Contribute   —   Share this  PDF download  E-mail  Mastodon  LinkedIn  Facebook  X (Twitter)  Bluesky  Reddit By Michael Snow The possibility...

Wikipedia:WikiProject Cooperation/Paid Editor Help Archive 1 All right, let's see how this works in practice: A project I've been undertaken on behalf...

Summary: With the release of a paid contribution disclosure policy, as part of the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, that replaced the previous guidelines...

Shortcuts WP:PAIDWP:PAID WP:PCDWP:PCD WP:DISCLOSEPAYWP:DISCLOSEPAY WP:PAYDISCLOSEWP:PAYDISCLOSE A paid contribution is one that involves contributing to...

photo, Ghislaine! ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 2 August 2020 COI and paid editing Contribute   —   Share this  PDF download  E-mail  Mastodon  LinkedIn...

should they be paid? Disinformation report Emails from a paid editing client 2025-10-02 Unexpected news! Disinformation report How paid editors squeeze...

Paid Editing (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate ·...

reliable sources Not controversial Has a descriptive subject line, such as "Paid editing request" On this page, the first box is required. Once you have completed...

This page is currently unmaintained. Please, see Wikipedia:List of paid editing companies. Under the Terms of Use, contributers editing Wikipedia for pay...

A paid contribution is one that involves contributing to Wikipedia in exchange for money or other inducements. It includes adding or removing content from...

Paid editing has always been a very controversial issue on Wikipedia. The purpose of this essay is not to address whether it should be permitted or not...

AfDs for this article: Articles for deletion/Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. & Subsidiaries Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. & Subsidiaries (edit | talk |...

exclusivity. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 19:45, 20 April 2015 (UTC) Paid exclusivity (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs |...

or "Paid editing!", taking the issue to noticeboards and other venues. It is often done in violation of assuming good faith.[dubious – discuss] Paid editing...

Community voices on paid editing: The community speaks out on paid editing. ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 12 August 2015 Forum Contribute  —   Share...

page.‎ The result was delete. Beeblebrox (talk) 00:18, 3 April 2011 (UTC) Paid Services (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs |...

interest guideline distinguishes between paid editing with or without a conflict of interest. Examples of paid editing without a conflict of interest include:...

Wikimedia Switzerland's board and paid-editing firm; passing of Ed Dravecky: Wikimedia Switzerland board members involved in paid-editing firm ← Back to Contents...

Massive paid editing network unearthed on the English Wikipedia: Nearly 400 accounts blocked in largest paid-editing bust ever. ← Back to Contents View...

Meet a paid editor: Before being indefinitely blocked, User:FergusM1970 made more than 4600 edits on the English Wikipedia, spread over eight years. In...

Shifting values in the paid content debate: Kim Osman has performed a fascinating study on the three 2013 failed proposals to ban paid advocacy editing in...

with the redirects GPT website, Paid to Read, Paid to Click, Gpt website, Get paid to website, Get Paid To website, Get paid to read. (Nominator) Reswobslc...

Paid editing: We've been talking about paid editing forever ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 31 May 2019 Essay Contribute   —   Share this  PDF download...

With paid advocacy in its sights, the Wikimedia Foundation amends their terms of use: The Wikimedia Foundation has amended its terms of use to ban editing...

false impression that paid editing is acceptable when the current policy is that paid editing is banned on wikipedia. If paid editing becomes legalized...

of Trustees, originally wrote this op-ed in February 2015. The issue of paid editing is as prominent as ever. Some of the company names have changed,...

cons: The first ever Wikidata conference was a con we wanted. Problematic paid editing while in a position of trust: not so much. ← Back to Contents View...

2019 Picture of the Year, 200 French paid editing accounts blocked, 10 years of Guild Copyediting: Many of these accounts now blocked on the English-language...

do instead: Forward the whole conversation, including email headers, to paid-en-wpwikipedia.org. If you shared your Wikipedia account password, change...

WMF employee forced out over "paid advocacy editing": On 8 January, the Wikimedia Foundation notified the Wikimedia-l mailing list that Sarah Stierch,...

to this page.‎ The result was keep. John254 22:49, 26 November 2008 (UTC) Paid To Click (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs |...

Wikipedia. Companies like the now-former Wiki-PR, which was involved in a paid advocacy scandal that encompassed hundreds to thousands of Wikipedia accounts...

· Join WP Japan! 21:30, 12 March 2012 (UTC) User:Herostratus/Wikiproject Paid Editing Watch/Editor Registry (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)...

coverage 2 September 2015 Paid editing; traffic drop; Nicki Minaj 12 August 2015 Community voices on paid editing 12 August 2015 On paid editing and advocacy:...

A CEO biography, paid for with taxes: How an Irish state-level paid editor tried to turn me into the villain. ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 30 June...

The Cooperation Wikiproject facilitates collaboration with editors paid to edit Wikipedia. We provide education and outreach to public relations and marketing...

Do not begin work without prior agreement. Must comply with WP:PAID and disclose paid editing. Please share examples of biography articles you have brought...

result was keep. MBisanz talk 01:44, 26 December 2012 (UTC) List of highest paid mayors (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs |...

strong and at times emotive reactions that have engulfed the discussion on paid editing over the past week, and introduced a debate on what editors may say...

October 2008 (UTC) AfDs for this article: Articles for deletion/I'm So Paid I'm So Paid (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs |...

lot of work to do. — Jimbo Wales, "BBC Newsnight, October 6, 2015" When a paid editor creates an article, should a volunteer fix it? If they do, the customer...

year later; a contentious RfA In the media Paid editing; traffic drop; Nicki Minaj Forum Community voices on paid editing Wikimanía report Wikimanía 2015...

protracted or repeated requests. The Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use state: Paid contributions without disclosure These Terms of Use prohibit engaging in...

Paid editing; traffic drop; Nicki Minaj: The Atlantic discusses "The Covert World of People Trying to Edit Wikipedia—for Pay". ← Back to Contents View...

hold that editing by avowed paid agents should be permitted for tactical reasons (to prevent worse offenses by convert paid agents) but closely controlled...

Use change didn't curtail undisclosed paid editing—and what might: To reduce the incentives driving undisclosed paid editing, Wikipedia could simplify the...

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive666#User:SqueakBox and paid editing (again). HeyMid (contribs) 11:00, 20 January 2011 (UTC) Unarchived...

coverage 2 September 2015 Paid editing; traffic drop; Nicki Minaj 12 August 2015 Community voices on paid editing 12 August 2015 On paid editing and advocacy:...

Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing: Undisclosed paid editing by a financial broker mired in scandal spans years,...

 Reddit By Smallbones In this article I report on editing that was apparently paid for by Greg Lindberg, who is now in prison following his conviction for bribery...

Wikimedia projects' terms of use to specifically ban paid editing, by adding a new clause titled "Paid contributions without disclosure". We have asked two...

grounds: List of highest-paid actors (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) List of highest-paid screenwriters (edit |...

Automatic detection of covert paid editing; Wiki Workshop 2020: New results from academic research ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 31 May 2020 Recent...

WP:REFUND applies. Killiondude (talk) 07:37, 11 January 2018 (UTC) Well Paid (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)...

result was delete. A Traintalk 07:56, 31 May 2018 (UTC) List of highest paid mayors (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs |...

blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) Salvidrim! (paid) (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)...

ago on whether we should change the terms of use to prohibit undisclosed paid editing ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 31 May 2019 From the archives...

Price He Paid? Somno (talk) 03:39, 17 September 2008 (UTC) Now it's been moved again to The EOG Collections: So Was It Worth The Price He Paid?. Somno...

Paid editing with political connections: WE charity and Justin Trudeau, Bell Pottinger, Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs. ← Back to Contents View Latest...

of admin tools to grant additional userrights to the account Salvidrim! (paid). Any other evidence relevant to conflicts of interest by editors associated...

Foundation takes aim at undisclosed paid editing; Greek Wikipedia editor faces down legal challenge: The Wikimedia Foundation has proposed to modify the...

On paid editing and advocacy: when the Bright Line fails to shine, and what we can do about it: "How long will this take?" This is one of the first questions...

there is wp:PAIDWATCH to keep a track of paid corruption (explained above on #Corporate_Representatives_paid_editing_on_Wikipedia), but it does have a...

Although this is another case where I might see myself as more "paid editor" than "paid advocate" I'd still like to be careful. If one of those editors...

deletion (glossary) Help, my article got nominated for deletion! Champions (Paid in Full song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch |...

admin further makes clear that they will follow all Wikipedia rules about paid editing and expect their clients to do the same. The service that they do...

The Trump Organization's paid editors: Michael and Ivanka? ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 25 April 2021 Disinformation report Contribute   —   Share...

Paid promotional paragraphs in German parliamentary pages: Did German Wikipedia love parliaments a little too much? Plus fake-bacon and a ponzi scheme...

Extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed: An investigation by the English Wikipedia community into suspicious edits and sockpuppet activity...

“Catch and Kill” on Wikipedia: Paid editing and the suppression of material on alleged sexual abuse: "It's time for Wikipedia to grow up." ← Back to Contents...

The result was redirect to Bones (rapper). Nakon 04:33, 3 June 2016 (UTC) Paid Programming 2 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch |...

Swiss chapter in turmoil: Paid-editing controversy ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 17 May 2016 Op-ed Contribute  —   Share this  E-mail  Facebook...

Kevin Gorman, who took on Wikipedia's gender gap and undisclosed paid advocacy, dies at 24: Condolences are being left on his English Wikipedia talk page...

Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing: Revisiting an editor's warning to count our kidneys and keep the wolves at...

are not being paid under WP:PAID - they are better handled through WP:COI. As to on-loan staff, I don't see how they differ from normal paid employees -...

was delete. –Juliancolton | Talk 20:00, 30 June 2009 (UTC) List of highest paid musicians in 2008 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch |...

discussion and review of paid edits made on behalf of a PR firm, Arbitration Committee doesn't significantly change the rules around paid editing, and leaves...

have a conflict of interest from editing articles directly, and prohibit paid editors from doing so without disclosing this before making edits. Instead...

Edition WP:POST/1 2 May 2016 News and notes Wikimedia Switzerland's board and paid-editing firm; passing of Ed Dravecky In the media Wikipedia Zero piracy in...

articles 2009 licensing License update, Google Translate, GLAM conference, Paid editing 15 June 2009 Licensing vote results announced, resolution passed...

Wikipedia more useful than academic journals, but is it stealing the news? Essay Paid editing From the archives FORUM:Should Wikimedia modify its terms of use...

this newspaper, The Signpost. Commercial organizations and their undeclared paid editors are overrunning Wikipedia, using our educational content as camouflage...

steps. For additional usage configurations (e.g. for disclosing multiple pages or being paid by a company on behalf of someone), go to Template:Paid....

notability is not something which can be purchased through a third party— paid advocacy is not independent, and Wikipedia article space is not for sale...

of the edits during contests and whether receiving prizes for winning is paid editing. It seems as though everyone has an opinion, and everyone's is different...

Wikipedia and paid labour; Swedish gender gap; how verifiable is "verifiable"?: Current academic research about the encyclopedia and related projects....

(Twitter)  Bluesky  Reddit By Smallbones Last month Status Labs, a commercial paid editing company that has been banned on Wikipedia since 2013, was the main...

costs associated with them, access to a museum costs, costs of entry to paid archival services). Verifiable sources may have technical or personal restrictions...

Ban on IPs on ptwiki, paid editing for Tatarstan, IP masking: Branding pause, birthday. ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 1 November 2020 News and notes...

origins of poor editing behaviour by paid editors: Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Log_of_sources_of_poor_paid_advocacy_editing. Fifelfoo (talk) 01:24...

Wikipedia community's conclusions on talk pages: Plus: another round of paid editing discussion. ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 30 April 2019 Discussion...

Trying to find COI or paid editors? Just read the news: A scientific scandal and the Renaldo of investment banking. ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue...

result was delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 23:15, 3 February 2017 (UTC) List of highest paid Bengali film actors (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch |...

Wikimania—can volunteers organize conferences?: Should paid event staff supplement the work of volunteers? ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 26 August...

the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) changing its terms of use to ban undeclared paid editing. This Tuesday, Ad Age revealed that employees of Leo Burnett Tailor...

create good encyclopedic articles of core value and mix their creations with paid jobs, and they proceed to "hide them in plain sight" by listing all of their...

The result was delete. Davewild (talk) 17:40, 24 October 2011 (UTC) Oldest paid Fire Department in the United States (edit | talk | history | protect | delete |...

coverage 2 September 2015 Paid editing; traffic drop; Nicki Minaj 12 August 2015 Community voices on paid editing 12 August 2015 On paid editing and advocacy:...

that "We are all paid editors," even going so far as to accuse me of being a paid editor. So don't you think that it is logical that paid editors would vote...

Court-ordered article redaction, paid editing, and rock stars: Real-world news competes with the usual celeb fascination for Wikipedia's commentators....

Paid advocacy, a lawsuit over spelling mistakes, deleting Jimbo's article, and the death of Toolserver: What tales echo in these hallowed halls. ← Back...

issues. Awareness among PR professionals is rising. So are the number of paid editing operations sprouting up and the opportunity for dialogue. ← Back...

Five, ten, and fifteen years ago: Search upgrades, lawsuits, paid editing, and personal reflection. ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 28 November 2022...

practices for editors with close associations. See: Meta:Terms of use/FAQ on paid contributions without disclosure, Wikimedia Foundation FAQ If you edit articles...

was promoted by The Rambling Man 19:37, 28 April 2011 [1]. List of highest paid Major League Baseball players (edit | talk | history | protect | delete |...

editing for profit (i.e., that they are paid editors). Only a few of the accounts have made any disclosure related to paid editing, and those which did failed...

Two policies in conflict?: Paid-contributions disclosure vs. outing ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 4 July 2016 Op-ed Contribute  —   Share this  E-mail...

Ada Lovelace Day, paid advocacy on Wikipedia, sidebar update, and more: Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include... ← Back to Contents View...

towards reaching an understanding between WMF staff decision-makers, WMF paid developers, and the volunteer development community. For a long time the...

{{Request edit}} I am a paid editor, and I would like to request some help in making minor changes to the above article. There are two factual statements...

More discussion of paid advocacy, upcoming arbitrator elections, research hackathon, and more: Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include......

Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism 1 April 2015 With paid advocacy in its sights, the Wikimedia Foundation amends their terms of use...

Dog days gone bad: Pandemic, politics, and possibly paid editing. ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 2 August 2020 In the media Contribute   —   Share...

credentialed professionals while maintaining comparatively minuscule number of paid staff. This has cast the role of professional scholars in the future of knowledge...

Single-page Edition WP:POST/1 2 September 2015 Special report Massive paid editing network unearthed on the English Wikipedia News and notes Flow placed...

current cases hinge on sex, religion, and ... infoboxes Interview Meet a paid editor In the media Kanye West rebranded; Wikipedia in court; editors for...

article got nominated for deletion! Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid dead celebrities (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch |...

Paid editing service announced; Commercial exploitation of free images; Wikipedia as a crystal ball; Librarians to counter systemic bias: Plus Android...

Several community discussions about paid editing were held, including the 2014 Terms of Service change which required paid editors to declare their status...

discussion (permanent link) on the Administrators' noticeboard asks whether paid feedback for using a tool as an admin requires disclosure. In more detail...

coverage 2 September 2015 Paid editing; traffic drop; Nicki Minaj 12 August 2015 Community voices on paid editing 12 August 2015 On paid editing and advocacy:...

result was no consensus. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 11:02, 22 March 2012 (UTC) Paid Programming (TV pilot) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links |...

for automated identification; Wikiconference submissions open In the media Paid editing service announced; Commercial exploitation of free images; Wikipedia...

don't create hoaxes. Sometimes it's easy to forget if you are an undisclosed paid editor (UPE) who is getting a paycheck for making certain edits. But fear...

on the controversy. We've been trying for years to report serious COI and paid editing problems while staying within the outing policy. We believe that...

assumption as to what paid editors are paid to do. Paid advocacy is inherently bad. But being a paid editor does not defacto equate to paid advocy.---Balloonman...

Vice on Wiki-PR's paid advocacy; Featured list elections begin: Media coverage on Wiki-PR, the multi-million-dollar US-based company that has broken several...

Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; the section of the guideline that deals with paid advocacy can be seen at WP:NOPAY. The consensus on Wikipedia is that editors...

year was soon dominated by articles on paid editing. Doc James wrote in February "Is Wikipedia for sale?" about paid editors and their customers connecting...

{{Paid|employer=INSERT NAME OF EMPLOYER HERE}}...

to place blocks on the involved accounts. Editors with a COI, including paid editors, are expected to disclose it whenever they seek to change an affected...

the 2014 amendment of Wikimedia's terms of use to require disclosure by paid editors. That requirement often clashes with individual Wikipedia contributors'...

deal with Paid Editing (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Partial translation, no value as project page, superseded by WP:Paid editing Jjjjjjdddddd...

spreading rumors that an editor "seems to be" a convicted criminal or "might be" paid to deliberately spread disinformation on Wikipedia). Do not make evidence-free...

Gamaliel Visualization of the Orangemoody network of paid-editing accounts The Orangemoody paid-editing case, covered in detail in this week's Special...

Compensation paid to Sue Gardner increased by almost 50 percent after she stepped down as executive director: Sue Gardner appears to be earning more money...

2013 Vice on Wiki-PR's paid advocacy; Featured list elections begin 16 October 2013 Wiki-PR's extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed 9 October...

Cooperation/Paid editor help (the paid editor noticeboard) as a way for the non-paid editor community to provide support to paid editors. For any paid editor...

explore the burden that spam places on admins. Spam is not identical to paid editing – for example, an unpaid fan of an entertainer might wish to post...

content. Unlike Wikipedia, all changes will be reviewed by Britannica's paid staff. Cauz criticized Wikipedia as being "very uneven, the facts are not...

Wikipedia is the place where people who are not good enough writers to be paid to write books or news articles go to co-write stuff that other people will...

By Enochlau Why the idea of paid entries annoys Wikipedia - There has been controversy in the past with people being paid to create entries on Wikipedia...

Paid Editing (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate ·...

independent from the subject of the article. Nothing written by the subject, paid for by the subject, or affiliated with the subject. Not their website, not...

down" the section. The discussion about paid editing (which is now focused on the proposed guideline Wikipedia:Paid editing) was picked up this week by the...

it's for the benefit of paid editors. Think about that for a minute. Our own paid editing/COI PAGs lack common sense. So paid editor John Doe gets a nice...

find "definitive community agreement" for a revised policy in regards to paid editing, the level of participation fell quite short here. Because this continues...

 LinkedIn  Facebook  X (Twitter)  Bluesky  Reddit By Bri A new OTRS queue paid-en-wpwikipedia.org was reported by the Arbitration Committee. More details...

conflict of interest guideline in collaboration with Wikimedia UK (WMUK). Paid editing has long been a contentious topic on Wikipedia. The Signpost has...

after The Signpost was founded. It may be the first Signpost article about paid editing, but certainly hasn't been the last. An earlier article, Outside...

others: Arbitrators may ask questions of the parties in this section. 1) Paid editors "have no authority beyond that of any volunteer editor." Wikipedia:Conflict...

week's featured content Traffic report Brawling Recent research Wikipedia and paid labour; Swedish gender gap; how verifiable is "verifiable"? Blog Wikimedia...

on Wikipedia. For example an editor may mimic a sockpuppet or undeclared paid editor in an effort to embarrass the subject of an article, a practice known...

 (paid) (talk · contribs) without community review, and in order to facilitate a paid edit. [1][2][3]. Support: Salvidrim! (paid) was a declared paid editing...

or block. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:19, 18 June 2015 (UTC) List of highest paid Bengal actors (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch |...

designer at newspapers in Dubuque, Iowa, and Dayton, Ohio. Also this week: Paid editing — 10 things — Blog aggregator — WikiWorld — News and notes — Features...

short sleeves-approach with a paid director, B emphasized the need for a more robust institutional structure with a paid executive board. Draft Tango Tango's...

volunteer response team queue is staffed by all functionaries as well as specially-appointed admins. They can be reached at <paid-en-wpwikipedia.org>...

at Sony Pictures." None of the edits were accompanied by a declaration of paid editing as required by Wikipedia's terms of use. The Signpost spoke with...

of admin tools to grant additional userrights to the account Salvidrim! (paid). Any other evidence relevant to conflicts of interest by editors associated...

creator @Pakieditor has been indef-blocked per WP:NOTHERE as an undisclosed paid editor. Note that @Pakieditor also created Portal:Economy of Pakistan, which...

out that a Polish equivalent already started last year. Also this week: Paid editing — 10 things — Blog aggregator — WikiWorld — News and notes — Features...

Single-page Edition WP:POST/1 27 September 2020 Special report Paid editing with political connections News and notes More large-scale errors at a "small"...

they see a paid editor or a COI editor. They may even cry out the following call if they see a paid or COI user: YOU'RE A COI! YOU'RE A PAID! RUN AWAY...

de novo. Copyright violations, extensive cases of advocacy, undisclosed paid sock farms, extensive improper use of large language models, adverts, excessive...

initiative. German paid editing evaluation project: On December 10, Wikimedia Germany approved an €81,000 grant for a project evaluating paid editing concepts...

2009–2011 Google ran the Google Translation Project (GTP), a program utilising paid translators to translate most popular English Wikipedia articles to various...

talk page accompanying any paid contributions, or a statement in the edit summary accompanying any paid contributions. Some paid editors have included their...

Drafts that you have paid or instructed someone else to write on your behalf should also be submitted to AfC. You should know that paid editors are required...

Apr 2004 (UTC) KEEP I've rewritten the article to make it one about pre-paid legal services in general rather than one company. AndyL 19:14, 19 Apr 2004...

with respect to any paid contribution; see WP:PAID. For advice about reviewing paid contributions, see WP:COIRESPONSE. X has been paid by Y on their behalf...

deletion alongside its sister Wikipedia:Reward board amid general concerns over paid editing and that its aims were contrary to the spirit of a NPOV encyclopedia...

prohibiting the most egregious forms of conflict of interest editing, such as paid advocacy editing. Editing with a conflict of interest can be seriously counterproductive...

voluntary work Tyranny (slavery) is media control (censorship) and paid propaganda (paid editing) Of course, reality is fifty shades of grey :o) Regards...

 Bluesky  Reddit By Lane Rasberry, Bri, JPxG, and Smallbones At least Scrooge paid his workers something. In a well-timed coincidence for this issue, an Australian...

rather cold-blooded paid mercenaries. I have witnessed their work firsthand and was surprised at the audacity that editors-turned-paid-media-consultants...

personal essays on the issue of being paid to edit Wikipedia include User:Jmabel/PR and User:LinaMishima/PaidEditing. -- llywrch 19:51, 10 October 2006...

guide page, garnered over many years of guiding paid and conflict-of-interest editors, is this: Paid editing is often simply a waste of time. Show your...

Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism 1 April 2015 With paid advocacy in its sights, the Wikimedia Foundation amends their terms of use...

deliberations around paid editing or whether it is acceptable for a Board member to do paid editing. Nor was the disclosure of the paid-editing activities...

analysis ... is being worked on by a CU on another project as a tool. The paid editing firm Wiki Professionals has been banned by the community (see RfC...

24 November 2009 (UTC) It was a bit of a slap in the face that Wikipedia paid an outside company to create an ad campaign when they have 11 million registered...

plastic Magnificent Hummingbird 1906 San Francisco earthquake Also this week: Paid editing — 10 things — Blog aggregator — WikiWorld — News and notes — Features...

with the date and time (shortcut: ~~~~). If an offer has been completed and paid, you may want to move it into the "fulfilled requests" section below. ψ3...

closure). PeterSymonds | talk 12:05, 9 April 2008 (UTC) List of highest paid baseball players (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch |...

from the addition of "paid". Merging them will also allow us to use one template at one article talk page for both paid and non-paid CoI contributors, instead...

Epstein seems like an obvious potential target for conflict-of-interest or paid editing. The New York Times on November 26, 2019, broke a story about Wikipedia...

that is likely to be PR, most often undeclared paid editing. But that doesn't mean it always comes from paid editing--many good faith editors write the same...

Court ruling complicates the paid-editing debate: Last week, media outlets reported a ruling by a German court on the problem of businesses using Wikipedia...

encourage paid editing in any manner. Just as we tolerate but do not encourage paid editing, we cannot forbid such awards, but, just as with paid editing...

including honesty concerning paid editors. Any that have to work know that none of us get paid to do a bad job. Not all paid editors adhere to "put edits...

the Huffington Post reports that "Facebook, Axios and NBC" used a declared paid editor, Ed Sussman (BC1278) from the firm WhiteHatWiki, to 'whitewash' their...

Indonesian editors, you shall return! Disinformation report Who is a typical paid editor? Who are their typical clients? Recent research WikiLambda the Ultimate...

reporting, of debate, and of discussion." Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Paid editing Wales responded via Twitter, saying "Your complaints are deeply dishonest...

2013 Vice on Wiki-PR's paid advocacy; Featured list elections begin 16 October 2013 Wiki-PR's extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed 9 October...

the archives Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing   Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2018-06-29 If articles have been updated...

the TOU or local policies relate to a subset of paid editing (i.e. undisclosed paid editing) not paid editing as a whole. I therefore see neither need...

the subject of a libelous statement, email info-en-qwikipedia.org. Making paid editors aware of the requirements of the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of...

recurring themes in The Signpost over the past six or so years have been paid editing and RfA. Over the next few issues we'll be taking an updated 2018...

requiring "high-quality" sources. FAQ? YellowMonkey (cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 02:29, 27 July 2009 (UTC) Delist No efforts were made to address...

the new paid staff member train paid museum staff who will then go on to perform such edits? If neither the new staff member nor other paid museum staff...

handling private evidence related to paid editing, including sockpuppetry investigations and reports submitted to the VRT paid editing queue. Applicants must...

told the Signpost: John Cummings and I are not being paid to edit wikipedia. We are being paid to organise the project, enabling and helping individuals...

content. Since most editors are volunteer editors, and Wikimedia does not hire paid editors, people sometimes do not have the time or energy to check for notability...

English-language Wikipedia, while the German-language Wikipedia is more open to paid editors. Klempert said company representatives could always use the discussion...

the news of course, including breaking news on a French paid editing scandal. Is another paid editing scandal good news or bad? For the present, of course...

the uptrend is paid editing by disclosed paid editors? What is the estimated ratio of disclosed-paid-editor-count, to undisclosed-paid-editor-count? Have...

reflect that Wikimedia and Wikia are separate organizations. Also this week: Paid editing — 10 things — Blog aggregator — WikiWorld — News and notes — Features...

the Wikimedia Foundation changed its terms of use to prohibit undisclosed paid editing on Wikipedia and most of its sister projects – a measure enacted...

000 golden parachutes, forgery, the Great Firewall, net neutrality, nukes, paid editing, porn, and terrorism. Maybe we should make a Tom Hanks movie. Oh...

amended to require disclosure of paid editing activity at WP:RFA and to prohibit the use of administrative tools as part of paid editing activity, with certain...

Computational Biology journal. The full Wikipedia policy on paid editing can be found at Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure. Basically, if someone pays you...

April 2021 From the editor A change is gonna come Disinformation report Paid editing by a former head of state's business enterprise In the media Fernando...

has paid. (we don't need to see how much he has paid them) d) That Vipul obligate his editors via the contracts he has with them, to follow the PAID policy...

2013 Vice on Wiki-PR's paid advocacy; Featured list elections begin 16 October 2013 Wiki-PR's extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed 9 October...

It was then announced on a Wikimedia mailing list that she would become a paid consultant. The reaction on the mailing list, starting with Chris Keating...

nothing of the kind. Paid editing may not be forbidden, but paid advocacy is. See WP:NOT. There are precedents for dealing firmly with paid corporate shills...

General Josh Shapiro was edited by one of his staff who is paid $65,526 annually by taxpayers. Paid staff for Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale...

Smallbones and a few other editors. Paid editing is paid editing, in the same principle of reporters being paid a sum to write favorable stories about...

Welcome to Wikipedia! We're all volunteers here. There are no bosses or paid supervisors. But we do have policies and guidelines, created and developed...

excluded other editors from changing Wikipedia:Paid editing and participating in discussions at Wikipedia talk:Paid editing. A one revert-rule on the proposal...

dilute the worst of the original job description so it wasn't so blatant a paid editing role ... The WMF dug themselves into this hole despite the frantic...

Community consultation on editing on apps Request for comment: Paid editing: How should paid editing be handled? Is it perfectly allowed? Or is it a blockable...

Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Neutrality 19:48, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC) Delete - could easily have been speedy delete - Tεxτurε 21:53, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)...

and the talk page became bogged down in a lengthy discussion of whether paid editing (of which Wifione was not accused) was against Wikipedia policy....

honest/complete answers to this one from employees; maybe it's more suited to non-paid users, or to an interview that won't be publicized) If you could do things...

a pit of steely knives 31 January 2019 Court-ordered article redaction, paid editing, and rock stars 1 December 2018 Kalanick's nipples; Episode #138...

applies to direct personal, financial, or organizational connections (e.g., paid editing or membership in the subject organization), not ideological alignment...

you be away. Slav4 – CC BY-SA 3.0 Disinformation report Who is a typical paid editor? Who are their typical clients? Remember the golden rule! NGC 54,...

Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia The Plain and simple conflict of interest guide Paid Editing of Wikipedia: Getting Past "Gotcha" - presentation at South by Southwest...

existing definition of paid editing, which is vague and susceptible to multiple readings. We understand that the core concern about paid editing involves large-scale...

other issues. His comments about paid editors are about his article again. He's claiming undisclosed paid editors are paid to dislike him. I loved his claim...

electable groups of Wikipedians be allowed? Request for comment: Paid editing: How should paid editing be handled? Is it perfectly allowed? Or is it a blockable...

Paid editing is generally not allowed on Wikipedia, as it is generally a form of WP:Sock puppetry. Wikipedia is written by people who voluntarily decide...

Sunshine Sachs paid editing piece. An additional note -- this morning, the firm identified three additional accounts that have engaged in paid editing on...

objectives in some geographic locations." On forbidding paid editing, Muzammil writes: "we should stop paid editing for promotion or those edits which forward...

Note that this article is declared paid editing, which is relevant as supporting evidence that many of the refs are paid advertorials. I spent a long time...

venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI). paid-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing. checkuser-en-wpwikipedia...

Single-page Edition WP:POST/1 15 July 2015 Op-ed On paid editing and advocacy: when the Bright Line fails to shine, and what we can do about it Traffic...

articles 2009 licensing License update, Google Translate, GLAM conference, Paid editing 15 June 2009 Licensing vote results announced, resolution passed...

sign up as a strategy liaison for their organized group (distinct from the paid community strategy liaison position) with the hopes of increasing affiliate...

was reopened. Much of the case revolved around Jytdog's efforts to fight paid or conflict-of-interest editing. A key aspect of the case involved his uninvited...

received it, Rick Jelliffe, in a blog post titled, "An interesting offer: get paid to contribute to Wikipedia". Jelliffe is an Australian programmer who founded...

for deletion/List of most paid VPN service by consumption and market share by country Articles for deletion/List of most paid VPN service by consumption...

annual plan or via a PEG grant, are getting flight and accommodation costs paid. Flights are booked directly via the WMF travel coordinator. I don’t have...

languages you know are, and post any updates to Mediazilla. Also this week: Paid editing — 10 things — Blog aggregator — WikiWorld — News and notes — Features...

electable groups of Wikipedians be allowed? Request for comment: Paid editing: How should paid editing be handled? Is it perfectly allowed? Or is it a blockable...

phrase 'participatory grantmaking' as a proprietary discussion point," and paid the research firm to declare the WMF as the "winner of sorts in the category...

problem is not paid editing or paid editors, the problem is breaches of the content policies (NPOV, etc). The two groups "editors who are paid to edit" and...

note: @Bbb23: Just wanted to make sure, the indef on Scorpion293 is for paid editing right? (Otherwise it looks a bit unusual to indef a user with thousands...

the Visual Editor, Program officer, Project & Event Grants program, and a Paid internship in Program Evaluation and Design. Wikimedian in Residence position:...

jeopardize yourself in order to prove an editor is engaging in undisclosed paid editing or that a new editor isn’t new but an experienced banned or blocked...

WP:AfC. Of course, it is also sometimes done by spammers and undisclosed paid editors who are deliberately trying to circumvent these processes. While...

WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) This is a declared paid article, for a relatively non-notable announcer. She paid for it herself, according to the declaration...

news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Created by a paid editor who managed to sneak it into article space. There are what look like...

recurring theme of paid editors and promotional advertising of products and companies. I personally don't have a problem with paid editing if our policies...

"Obituaries" → In this issue 2 August 2020 (all comments) Special report COI and paid editing News and notes In the media Discussion report Featured content Traffic...

 X (Twitter)  Bluesky  Reddit By Hermione1980 A new proposal, called the paid editor job board, started by Cookiecaper earlier this week has generated...

{{Connected contributor (paid)}} should only be used on talk pages....

Signpost reported that The North Face, an international chain clothing store, paid their marketers to remove nature photos which Wikipedia volunteer editors...

and reported progress 1 December 2025 Emails from a paid editing client 2 October 2025 How paid editors squeeze you dry 31 January 2024 "Wikipedia and...

WP:PAID, WP:COI – broad restriction on editing for remuneration unless the relationship is disclosed. May not use administrative tools for paid work...

organizational changes like the rationales behind the planned increase from 5 to 15 paid employees. Wikimedia Norway has requested $236k to fund a largely GLAM and...

Template:Paid article (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Propose merging Template:Connected contributor (paid) with Template:Paid article...

books or articles written by the subject (including interviews), articles paid for by the subject, press releases, a Q&A interview where virtually all of...

owns Hersheypark and several other tourism related companies. Taxes must be paid on the for-profits' earnings. The WMF has discussed the project with Big...

same user, read this for detailed instructions. Suspected sockpuppeteer PaidInFull1987 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user ·...

that exists to protect our encyclopedia from becoming a platform for spam, paid editing, attack pages, and gratuitous graffiti. It's arguably the most important...

How much was paid for the slim 37-page report? What value does this report provide? Couldn't this report have been assembled by paid WMF staffers or...

Because we're a collaborative community, FT2 would like to see more attention paid to this policy, and to "killing edit warring - and the poor quality but difficult-to-action...

their use—as there are with any tool. Therefore there is a cost that is paid for the benefits of templates. This includes a direct cost in terms of increased...

request on the talk page using the edit request wizard. Please also review our paid editing guideline. voorts (talk/contributions) 18:05, 3 June 2026 (UTC) Thanks...

news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Undisclosed paid editing. Seems to not meet WP:GNG or WP:NACADEMIC. — Preceding unsigned comment...

has risen during 2015-16 as he has increasingly investigated undisclosed paid editors and has worked to uncover their sockfarms. He frequently files sockpuppet...

$67,857,675, an increase of more than twelve million dollars. The highest-paid independent contractors were: Jones Day at $901,872 (San Francisco, US, legal...

Mainland China were warned Op-Ed I've been desysopped Disinformation report Paid promotional paragraphs in German parliamentary pages Discussion report Editors...

bonus to make her stay on until a successor could be found. This bonus, paid at the end of her tenure in 2014, accounted for more than half her compensation...

for me to spend time pursuing it. I spend my time dealing with undisclosed paid editing instead. UPE is an imprecise term. A better one is covert advertising...

discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. A newish paid editing company has been created called Mister Wiki (website). This company...

Saguarostrat, was renamed, then was indefinitely blocked for undisclosed paid editing in violation of the WMF Terms of Use – removed information related...

free and paid per platform), for quick retrieval of items from your clipboard (copy/paste) history Text expander (many options free and paid per platform)...

least supported option. -- Tavix (talk) 23:22, 18 October 2021 (UTC) Paid advocacyPaid advocacy → Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia  (talk · links ·...

Jytdog for outing, an RfC has been opened on whether linking the accounts of paid editors to their profiles on other websites (such as Elance) is acceptable...

report" → In this issue 16 April 2012 (all comments) Arbitration analysis Paid editing News and notes Discussion report WikiProject report Featured content...

and India; May Metrics and Activities Meeting Special report Compensation paid to Sue Gardner increased by almost 50 percent after she stepped down as executive...

articles 2009 licensing License update, Google Translate, GLAM conference, Paid editing 15 June 2009 Licensing vote results announced, resolution passed...

Ocaasi Does Wikipedia Pay? is a Signpost series seeking to illuminate paid editing, paid advocacy, for-profit Wikipedia consultants, editing public relations...

Propose merging Category:Paid-inclusion open access journals into Category:Open access journals Nominator's rationale: Googling "paid-inclusion open access"...

that the editing was paid for, then the editors certainly broke our rules by not declaring that they were paid. Supervision of paid editors, if we want...

announced was also the day of his death. Oh well. This is why I'm not a paid journalist. Serendipodous 09:41, 27 July 2015 (UTC) Make sure we cover what...

how user warnings are normally formatted. Altrough paid editors are required to disclose their paid editing, that is not a reason for continuously warning...

TWL) Created in apparent violation of the terms of use by known undeclared paid editor -- see [1] He is notable, so someone without a coi might want to eventually...

paid editing: Dariusz Jemielniak (Pundit), the chair of the Funds Dissemination Committee, has authored an article in the Daily Dot arguing that paid...

appearance of a news article. Undisclosed native advertising in Wikipedia is paid text or other material that appears to be part of an unbiased encyclopedia...

that this article was created as a result of paid promotional editing, that the people who did the paid editing still seem to be active, and that CFCF...

training to manage, and probably paid staff". We are at an impasse because the Wikimedia Foundation will not hire paid staff to address social misconduct...

service being advertised - paid editing of the "free" encyclopedia - is offensive to a great portion of the community. Paid editing is, in fact, seen by...

users. The Marathi Wikipedia has reached 18,000 total pages. Also this week: Paid editing — 10 things — Blog aggregator — WikiWorld — News and notes — Features...

requirements are given to Wikimedia server administrators with shell access, paid staff of the Wikimedia Foundation who began working at the office before...

Traffic report Mama, they're in love with a criminal From the archives Paid advocacy, a lawsuit over spelling mistakes, deleting Jimbo's article, and...

Proposal to merge some criteria for speedy deletion Promote "Wikipedia:No paid advocacy" to a site policy? There are two draft policies under discussion...

here seem to be focusing on the paid editing thing. As of now, the fact that the author may or may not have been paid to write an article is not a reason...

spells out what is paid editing. Merely having a COI because you are employed by the company is not paid editing. Absent any evidence of paid editing, you cannot...

WP:CORPDEPTH. This will add additional context to WP:LISTED. I’m doing paid editing per WP:PAID and will therefore only provide a draft text plus full citations...

(UTC) Well, if it looks like paid editing, it's written like paid editing, and it smells like paid editing, chances are it's paid editing. And the notability...

and we should take a stand against paid editors creating junk When viewed on their own merits, and ignoring the paid editing element which may be worth...

the communication gap between paid staff and the development community; that the future of the Toolserver (currently paid for and hosted in Germany by...

distinguish between those that follow instructions and those that do not. Can paid editors be neutral? The Wikipedia community accepts mediocre contributions...

like "effectively blocked". Jeffrey Epstein and his paid editors There were 3 editors clearly being paid by Epstein, 2 of them indef blocked after a dozen...

Guardian interviewed Jimmy Wales on last week's revelation of the Orangemoody paid editing extortion ring. Wales said: (Sept. 6) G Cuauhtémoc Blanco Mayoral...

obscure ideas for which there is little to no scholarship or serious attention paid. The goals of this WikiProject are as follows: To create new articles relating...

are often the result of edit wars, other forms of tendentious editing, or paid editing and spam. Patrolling the "oldest" articles in the NPP feed has its...

two years later, in the wake of the Stanton Foundation and Belfer Center paid-editing scandal (see previous Signpost coverage), I learned that Belfer Center...

the machines, touching the machines, or doing any other work, but it's a paid position. Which job do you want?"- L Do you want to make money from Wikipedia...

Single-page Edition WP:POST/1 16 October 2013 News and notes Vice on Wiki-PR's paid advocacy; Featured list elections begin Traffic report Peaceful potpourri...

images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Promotional article by a declared paid editor. That wouldn't necessarily be a problem, but there is actually no...

people find information" and "what they find", adding that they "highlight paid results, track users (sic) Internet habits, sell information to marketing...

template is to allow paid contributions" carries any appeal? If paid contributors follow the bright line rule, they can disclaim their paid contributions when...

Shellwood (talk) 10:43, 18 December 2021 (UTC) Delete - every single source was paid placement/PR; some black hat SEO mixed in as well. Kuru (talk) 17:33, 18...

Use change didn't curtail undisclosed paid editing—and what might To reduce the incentives driving undisclosed paid editing, Wikipedia could simplify the...

Wikipedia:Drafts where there is no paid editing unless disclosed as per Wikipedia:Conflict of interest Editors with a COI, including paid editors, are expected to...

wrong way (e.g. to mean I'm paid for my contributions generally) or used by abusive paid editors as "proof" there are paid administrators. If I disclose...

requirements are given to Wikimedia server administrators with shell access, paid staff of the Wikimedia Foundation who began working at the office before...

organisation? If so, please read WP:COIE (and if you are paid by the organisation, please also read WP:PAID) and if you have any questions, please ping me. That's...

interviewed as a company exec about the company he works for. The article was paid for by Studio71. — JJMC89 (T·C) 22:52, 18 November 2017 (UTC) Keep for the...

a hybrid community-paid journalist model" I'm not sure if I'm reading this correctly, but if Jimbo is doing an about face on paid editing, then that's...

concerns about how neutral such articles would be. Andrew Gray observed that paid-for editing would inevitably happen, and that having it be relatively open...

philosphical one; "if I'm not being paid then nobody else should be paid either". But who knows, perhaps I am being paid for some of the stuff I write, who...

increase the number of paid Wikimedia Foundation staff positions from 11 in 2007 to around 250 today, with dozens more paid staff in various Wikimedia...

interviewed as a company exec about the company he works for. The article was paid for by Studio71. — JJMC89 (T·C) 22:36, 18 November 2017 (UTC) Keep - Thanks...

report" → In this issue 2 August 2020 (all comments) Special report COI and paid editing News and notes In the media Discussion report Featured content Traffic...

claim to the French throne. The first instalment of the ransom was due to be paid on 1 November, but with the French government collapsing into anarchy it...

Sali's Huffington Post piece incorrectly states that paid editing is not allowed on Wikipedia. Paid editing is in fact allowed either by non-privileged...

report" Next "Arbitration report" → In this issue 30 April 2012 (all comments) Paid editing News and notes Recent research Discussion report WikiProject report...

being paid for their work. Admins can be paid for their work as long as they don't use their admin toolbox in the process. Of course, all paid contributions...

three simultaneous roles as English Wikipedia editor, WMUK trustee, and paid consultant for the innovative public projects MonmouthpediA, and more recently...

volunteer Affiliations Committee has published its public report surrounding its paid trips to Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong. It appears to have been issued in response...

free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) PR advertisement which was a paid advertisement at that, and the sources and information show this, including...

with some money, maybe? Could you imagine how the NFL would do if they just paid their coaches, officials, team doctors and front-office people. How would...

history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log) Paid insertion into Wikipedia. Self promotion. Marginal notability per WP:BIO...

oversee major changes. As such, the Foundation has begun to bring in more paid contractors and employees (though not many for such a large and popular set...

admission, whitewashing Wikipedia?" Expressing his concerns further about a paid editing syndicate being hired by the Foundation and given privileged access...

Articles that are generated entirely by LLMs will be rejected. If you are being paid to contribute to Wikipedia, you must—under the Wikimedia Foundation's terms...

particularly biased editors. --A21sauce (talk) Radical solutions to promotional paid editing DGG ( talk ) Greening Wikipedia, or environmentally conscious contributing...

Wikipedia for fun or profit Special report “Catch and Kill” on Wikipedia: Paid editing and the suppression of material on alleged sexual abuse In focus...

chartered by Trafigura, led to a February settlement in which the company paid nearly $200 million to the Ivorian government to settle its claims and secure...

administrators) are declared paid editors for Mister Wiki. Salvidrim! had created an alternate account for paid editing, Salvidrim! (paid) and declared that they...

in. I'm unwilling to be the change I want to see but maybe I'd consider a paid subscription service. Chris Troutman (talk) 05:16, 24 July 2015 (UTC) You...

of use, and the English Wikipedia's paid-contribution disclosure policy derived from them, disallow undisclosed paid editing. Some wish that we exclusively...

public's trust in it. We have a policy that requires disclosure of paid editing (WP:PAID) and further guidance in our conflict of interest guideline (WP:COI)...

any costs. Many databases and other online publications that are normally paid for are available for free for personal use at many public libraries, often...

reliable sources. This does not mean paid-for reviews. Paid-for reviews are not independent of the person who paid for them. They are biased, and therefore...

seem surprising. (Oct 22). Paid editing to go: The Register spotted a car in London with full-coverage advertising for paid BLP reputation services. (Oct...

level implemented on August 10 last year, without warning. In the media Paid editing; traffic drop; Nicki Minaj The Atlantic discusses "The Covert World...

they can grab. Over the decade Etty's marketability had grown, so Payne paid 130 pounds for the finished canvas. Payne sold the painting in 1854 at auction...

isn't, at least how the policy is currently worded. While WP:PAID clearly mentions that paid contributions without prior disclosure are against the Foundation's...

chicken-and-egg problem", referring to the challenge faced by chapters without paid staff in preparing effective applications for FDC funding that would enable...

deletion (glossary) Help, my article got nominated for deletion! List of most paid VPN service by consumption and market share by country (edit | talk | history |...

2020 Special report Wikipedia and the End of Open Collaboration? COI and paid editing Some strange people edit Wikipedia for money News and notes Abstract...

indefinitely, which has been supported by Matthew Brown. Also this week: Paid editing — 10 things — Blog aggregator — WikiWorld — News and notes — Features...

hours, up from 24. A request for comment is ongoing to determine whether paid editors must or should use the articles for creation process. A request for...

stealing the news? And other new research publications Essay Paid editing We've been talking about paid editing forever From the archives FORUM:Should Wikimedia...

this board encourages violations of Wikipedia's prohibition against either paid editing or conflict of interest editing. The person that nominated this page...

vandals are often acting out of boredom, spammers are often organised as paid search engine optimisers Spam links can be detected by patrolling recent...

own, using the current staff and approximate salaries and including taxes paid for employees but not contractors. Depreciation estimate based on audit,...

cases of undisclosed paid editing. The duck test may be appropriate; an editor who walks like a paid editor and quacks may be a paid editor. The ArbCom...

to appreciate reading the content on Wikipedia if paid staff put it there. In a lot of ways, paid contributions are creeping into Wikipedia without there...

paid employee, you are not supposed to directly edit the article at all. Instead, you are required to comply with WP:PAID, which means declaring paid...

recent mobile partnerships. Under the terms of the three-year deal, Orange paid the Wikimedia Foundation for the right to use Wikimedia brands and trademarks...

WMFR reflect the participation by some of the members of their board in paid editing? (if inapropriate, I will remove the qy, but it is important to report...

anniversary of Armistice Day In the media Court-ordered article redaction, paid editing, and rock stars Discussion report Farewell, Mediation Committee Arbitration...

(UTC) What does this have to do with racism? We're talking about undisclosed paid spam here. Try to show a bit of interest in something else other than promoting...

ANI tonight. Jytdog (talk) 03:19, 9 March 2017 (UTC) Links: ANI Vipul's paid editing enterprise (opened 9 March 2017), Vipul (opened 20 March, 2017),...

Keep. Thank you for your comments. The article is not paid for or promotional and I am not a paid editor. It is, however, my first attempt at a Wikipedia...

In this issue 11 June 2014 (all comments) News and notes Traffic report Paid editing Special report Featured content + Add a comment These comments are...

has paid him on behalf of the article subject, Tavoosi to edit the article on his user page. Based on the lack of notability and paid/undisclosed paid and...

archived investigations, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Stoubora/Archive. Probably paid editing firm www.wiki-service.org (per Jimbo's talkpage)...

acting career. This page has been multiple times created by undisclosed paid editor of her team under the name, Khushali Kumar, Khushali Kumar Dua and...

increasing spammers, and black-hat users – those subtle and sinister undeclared paid editors who exploit Wikipedia as a platform for financial gain instead of...

be part of a walled garden being constructed by the paid editor. (Declaring that one is being paid is better than not declaring it, but doesn't make the...

interactions with Wikipedia Traffic report The week the wired went weird Paid editing Does Wikipedia Pay? The Moderator: William Beutler Special report...

contribute to Wikipedia and further improve the project, so the reward won't be "paid editing" but be a way of investing the time and money spent back into the...

relatively expensive model followed by some European chapters, which involves paid staff and "bricks and mortar" city offices. Chapters and thorgs have the...

by side policy lead with two competing views. (From Wikipedia:Paid editing/Wikipedia:Paid editors.) Note that where two separate pages are used, the footlink...

"Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia. Everybody can edit it and nobody gets paid for editing Wikipedia; however, the spirit of volunteerism – that is not...

WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Created through a paid publishing stint — it reads almost entirely like a paid piece with a list of CV-material to boot Carl...

December 2021 (UTC) Keep: The writing here is pretty strong, despite the paid contributions template it is generally encyclopedic. The citations from a...

Special report Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing News and notes Official WMF rebuke to Trump policy; WMF secures restricted...

traditionally paid for their paper, publication of the research is the lifeblood of any researcher, so their career depends on it. One could say they are "paid" ever...

sulfur-laden baskets are carried by hand from the crater floor. The work is low-paid and very onerous. Workers earn around Rp 50,000 - 75,000 ($5.50-$8.30) per...

Which Wikipedia policy prohibits paid editing?—☮JAaron95 Talk 19:36, 19 September 2015 (UTC) No policy prohibits paid editing, it only says it should be...

handling private evidence related to paid editing, including sockpuppetry investigations and reports submitted to the VRT paid editing queue. Active users of...

by the paid editor. If the buzzspeak is deleted, not much is left, probably not enough to establish corporate notability. My advice to the paid editor...

inquiries, please visit our website. From the beginning Art+Feminism has paid careful attention to how and where we organize our events, prioritizing off-wiki...

handling private evidence related to paid editing, including sockpuppetry investigations and reports submitted to the OTRS paid editing queue. Applicants must...

how user warnings are normally formatted. Altrough paid editors are required to disclose their paid editing, that is not a reason for continuously warning...

G+), the owner of undisclosed paid editing firm Legal Morning. Morning277 has performed work for the undisclosed paid editing firm Wiki-PR during the...

to whether the SFGATE obituary is a paid obituary: the SFChronicle's FAQ states that "An obituary notice is a paid listing". The same exact wording is...

articles with undisclosed paid content 3/1/2021 - 3/21/2021 (2,010 pages) Permalink for Category:Wikipedia articles with paid content 3/2/2021 - 3/22/2021...

used to produce them. To this he added more than $750,000 as income from paid search results. Even without any growth, the revenue projection came out...

this page.‎ The result was delete. Courcelles 00:52, 12 March 2013 (UTC) GetPaid (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)...

his specific field". Also the article, having been written by at least one paid editor, reads like an advertisment. Laurent (talk) 17:46, 15 June 2009 (UTC)...

free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) This article, created by a paid editor for the company that makes the device, strikes me as an advertisement...

they were paid to do so. Blatant advertising is about the words on the page, not about your guess at someone else's motivation. Some paid editors write...

the Wikipedia community is rightfully wary of conflicts of interest and paid editing. These are being published here in the interest of transparency,...

which is the paid section of of the magazine. The News18 India category of the article is press release which itself proves that these is paid coverage,...

daily views), and subscription, where the source is only accessible via a paid subscription. To view examples of this template in use, take a look at the...

edits should be made to this page.‎ The result was delete. Self-admitted paid promotion (the article and its sources, apparently). Sandstein 15:21, 8 August...

about paid adminning, and paid shills. Not all those paid articles will be good; some of them will be obvious puffery. Some of the people who paid good...

Single-page Edition WP:POST/1 23 July 2012 Paid editing Does Wikipedia pay? The skeptic: Orange Mike From the editor Signpost developments News and notes...

article or on the article's talk page; see WP:DISCLOSE. Paid/salaried editing: If you are being paid to contribute to Wikipedia, you must—under the Wikimedia...

 Bluesky  Reddit By Smallbones Several billionaires – or more likely their paid representatives – appear to have edited Wikipedia according to an article...

The Guardian and CNN are major news outlets, but the articles read like paid placement. There's literally nothing here other than hype. User:力 (power~enwiki...

for the Architecture Summit News and notes WMF employee forced out over "paid advocacy editing" Op-ed WikiCup competition beginning a new year WikiProject...

Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Paid_editing#Statement_by_Ha!. Cirt (talk) 07:01, 17 June 2009 (UTC) Delete per nom YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV...

(UTC) Delete Wikipedia is not a platform for paid advertising, and we should not have articles created by paid editing clients.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:29...

COIBot Monitorlist search for link theweek.in gives: theweek.in (part of paid editing efforts) None of the mentioned users is on the blacklist. Link is...

a paid editor / this article has edits from a paid editor. Thoughts? Ravensfire (talk) 16:59, 28 August 2015 (UTC) A lot of editors prefer that paid editors...

Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Paid_editing#Statement_by_Ha!. Cirt (talk) 07:01, 17 June 2009 (UTC) Delete per nom YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV...

is hatched from a paid or unpaid advocacy. Paid advocacies or conflicts of interest are subject to the policies set forth for paid editing as well as...

to delete the acceptance line. Remember to keep the text about disclosing paid editing. It is recommended you answer the standard questions; though technically...

break. We will run a proper job offer for a paid toolserver admin. The idea is to eventually have two paid (part time) system admins. Technology commentator...

editing. This is a paid piece, the creator should abide by WP:PAID. His/her creations should go to WP:AFC first per Wikipedia:Paid...

meets the general notability guidelines and could be improved by anyone, paid editing or otherwise. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:13, 12 November 2018 (UTC)...

scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Created by undisclosed paid editor in violation of Wikimedia Terms of Use. Reads like a advert, as the...

user), so there would be no mysterious/unnoticed/untracked/under-the-radar paid editing involved. As for who they would be: They would mostly be underpaid...

status · Google · StopForumSpam). Chaklalajob is an indefinitely-blocked paid advocate and serial sockpuppeteer. If you haven't, please view his Freelancer...

mainsteam newspapers and published by their editors to be paid articles? Where does it say they are paid sources? These articles were published at reputable...

beat reporter Noam Cohen in Wired analyzes Wikipedia's response to declared paid editors on Wikipedia. What does a Wikipedian in residence do all day?: Long-time...

Once the paid editing issue is done with, we still have an article that meets notability standards and edits that were not done through paid editing....

sources, and the few sources that did turn up appear to be press releases or paid promotion. Somepinkdude (talk) 15:28, 30 May 2026 (UTC) Note: this discussion...

to participate more."). TechCrunch highlighted Wales' strong comments on paid editing: "Companies think it’s a powerful marketing tool but I think they’re...

Hilumeoka2000, not disclosing paid editing is a very, very serious thing on Wikipedia. People can still edit with a COI like paid editing, but you need to...

Melissa Crooks, content writer who writes for the company [1] 2. REF #2, paid article with disclaimer The views, suggestions and opinions expressed here...

company, people who are heavily invested in that company, or people being paid by them, edit Wikipedia to attempt to make the company seem important and...

recently, for instance, the literature on World War II in the Pacific generally paid almost no attention to the experiences of Pacific islanders or civilians...

18:57, 18 August 2009 [1]. Nominator(s): YellowMonkey (cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 02:49, 5 August 2009 (UTC) Featured article candidates/Keith...

deletion criterion, regarding articles created as a result of undisclosed paid editing, is currently being discussed (permalink). An RfC (permalink) is...

$40k for a poorly laid out plan for some folks to do what they are being paid for (by their institution) anyway? This needs to be stopped ASAP. Ping User:Pundit...

notable. Promotional in tone. Sources provided are all either primary or paid content (Times of Israel notes this at the bottom of that article), or don't...

of interest, possibly even interacted with them on talk pages, but never paid much attention to them. They've certainly never gone on any adventures or...

been discovered that this article was generated as paid PR. See Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Paid_editing#Statement_by_Ha!. The Wikipedia article creation...

all the junk sources. A quick external search reveals nothing but the same paid placement/PR/SEO sinks. Does not appear to be anything notable about this...

general topic of paid editing. This is obviously still a topic the community is grappling with, but our current policy only requires that paid editing be disclosed...

undisclosed paid and conflicted editing - see here This page is associated with Cleveland Clinic which also has a sordid history of undisclosed paid and conflicted...

undisclosed PAID submissions, and to add Template:Connected contributor (paid) to pages I accept in which the creators are unambiguously PAID editors. However...

2013 Vice on Wiki-PR's paid advocacy; Featured list elections begin 16 October 2013 Wiki-PR's extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed 9 October...

Biographies of Living Persons FAQ on Conflict of Interest Editing FAQ on paid contributions without disclosure Primer for creating women's biographies...

of my discussion about creating articles. I have never done quid pro quo paid editing. However, in the months before my birthday, I was approached about...

requirements are given to Wikimedia server administrators with shell access, paid staff of the Wikimedia Foundation who began working at the office before...

clear paid advertiser, given their one focus in starting heavily PR-informed articles, all of which shared the consistency, including in the listed paid press...

YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 07:17, 20 July 2009 (UTC) Expanding YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 03:37, 21 July...

There are several main work areas, as well as some other topics that may be paid attention to: Dam types. This probably is the one that will disappear first...

another Jack of all trades, master of none. This Forbes India is marked as paid for and the only other sources I could find were a blacklisted News Patrolling...

fan may violate the second person's right of publicity and be contentious. Paid or compensated endorsements are considered to be different from those that...

notes" → In this issue 2 August 2020 (all comments) Special report COI and paid editing News and notes In the media Discussion report Featured content Traffic...

been paid is named as such. If edits were not paid, of course it was not said that this post was a paid edit. I would liked to know exactly which paid edit...

and that administrators may never use administrative tools as part of any paid editing activity, except when they are acting as a Wikipedian-in-Residence...

October 2020 (UTC) The above sources are paid interviews and the author was (at least would later become) a paid editor. I am leaning delete, not finding...

that will play out, but he clearly hasn't given up on the idea of a mix of paid staff and volunteers for creating content. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 20:54,...

scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Created by an undisclosed paid editor, in violation of the Wikimedia Terms of Use. Most of the sources are...

to read about this individual. The references are all passing mentions, paid promotions/announcements about his company, and sites with personal connections...

scrutiny, yet still most editors (including paid) are permitted to submit changes directly. With disclosure, paid editors are making it easier to scrutinize...

(UTC) I wonder if the Signpost would be interested in analysis of the $436K paid out in 2015-2016 to Minassian Media, Inc by the WMF according to their 2015...

what the correction should be Fixed YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 06:04, 18 June 2009 (UTC) "162 cm (64 in)" This should be "162...

made on-wiki, by a community of unpaid volunteers, but by functionaries and paid staff of the WMF and its affiliates. In days past, the contributors that...

no human would put in such an article, and only either an LLM or someone paid to make a marketing article would do. Regardless in either case the article...

unnecessary. Accusations of paid editing should be addressed immediately through the reporting process detailed in the Paid-contribution disclosure policy...

enough. Disinformation report Paid editing by a former head of state's business enterprise The Trump Organization's paid editors In the media Fernando...

Thanks Hilumeoka2000 (talk) 03:03, 13 May 2015 (UTC) Comment Paid editing, even undeclared paid editing, is not a specific reason for deletion at AfD, but...

WMF" → In this issue 2 August 2020 (all comments) Special report COI and paid editing News and notes In the media Discussion report Featured content Traffic...

Single-page Edition WP:POST/1 1 October 2012 Paid editing Does Wikipedia Pay? The Founder: Jimmy Wales News and notes Independent review of UK chapter...

Wikipedia's company articles, have relevance to the ongoing debate about whether paid editing should be officially permitted on Wikipedia. "Public relations professionals...

notability per WP:GNG or WP:AUTHOR. The article creator admits they are being paid by the author and has been creating articles for all the individual books...

WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) This article should be deleted. According to WP:PAID. A strong believe that this Editors Obari2Kay and Oluwa2Chainz are on wikipedia...

there's been some gossip mag coverage of her wedding. I suspect there is paid editing going on, to try to keep her in the news. WP:CITEKILL has been used...

Publishers Weekly. Kirkus does allow paid reviews, but they're not always positive and I don't know how to tell if hers was paid or organic. It's a weak pass...

the relevant pages. Private evidence involving undisclosed paid editing may be sent to paid-en-wpwikipedia.org. Other matters requiring Checkuser attention...