The terms of use as explained on meta apply to all projects unless an
alternative is in place. So sister projects do have similar restrictions on
undisclosed paid editing.
Different projects of course have varied degrees of enforcement of the TOU.
Italian WP did delete the article in question a couple of times
James
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 5:47 AM, Gabriel Thullen <gabriel(a)thullen.com>
wrote:
I agree wholeheartedly with Vito. Thank you for
bringing up this issue.
Wikidata is part of the umbrella group of Wikimedia projects. Wikipedia has
strict rules governing paid editing (at least in EN), and these rules are
not even the same across different language editions.
Most of the other projects do not have such rules. Wikimedia Commons, for
example. Most of us know what product placement is. Do certain contributors
earn their living from it? Why don't these "sister" projects have similar
restrictions on paid contributions?
Gabe
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Vi to <vituzzu.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
We currently have some mean to fight paid
editing, terms of services are
"easy to violate" thus giving us a straightforward way to take action.
But
too often I see something like:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16826370
obvious paid editors left totally free to do their job without even
attracting some attention on them.
Vito
2017-04-23 13:58 GMT+02:00 Peter Southwood <peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net
:
I would think this is up to the chapter/affilate
organisation, but no
harm
in getting a more universal collection of
opinions.
Cheers,
Peter
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Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [arbcom-l] Where is WMF with pursuing
companies
> that offer paid editing services
>
> I suggest another question, right after your #5. Undisclosed paid
editing
> is one thing, dealing with disclosed paid
editors within our community
is
another.
You could add the following question:
"Asking if we agree to let disclosed paid editors occupy key positions
within the Wikimedia movement such as chapter board, official chapter
spokesperson, affiliate organization board, etc."
On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 6:16 AM, James Salsman <jsalsman(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> > I've proposed asking wikimedians at large what they think should be
> > done about paid advocacy editing, as item number 5 on my periodic
> > survey proposal composed of all the unresolved questions over the
last
> > quarter on this list at:
> >
> >
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:James_Salsman#
> > Periodic_survey_prototype
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 2:50 PM Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > >
> > > > Has there been a recent substantial discussion by the community
> > > surrounding
> > > > promotional/biased editting paid or otherwise, which had an
> > > > outcome resulting in a specific request for assistance or
> > > > increased action by
> > the
> > > > WMF?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Aside from the conversation on this list, I'm aware of the
> > > discussion on Jimbo's talk page. If WMF Legal or the WMF Board
wants
> > > to take the
> > position
> > > that it would like to see a community RfC or some other such
> > > discussion,
> > I
> > > imagine that such can be arranged, and I can see how that might be
> > > beneficial. Of course, anyone is free to initiate such an on-wiki
> > > discussion.
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > If there hasn't, I do not see grounds for you to be expecting an
> > official
> > > > response from Legal to a list whose conversation has for the most
> > > > part consisted of about 6 people?
> > > >
> > >
> > > I'm not sure why you would be telling other people to whom they can
> > > initiate requests and the conditions under which they can be made.
I
> > > already have a dim view of
WMF's customer service; please don't dig
> > > the hole any deeper.
> > >
> > > Many others, I am sure, would rightly complain if the Foundation
> > > > unilaterally made decisions in this area.
> > >
> > >
> > > That is possible if WMF were to do something particularly novel, so
> > > your sense of caution here is well taken. I would hope that WMF
> > > would discuss its plans with the community and have a conversation
> > > before actually initiating novel actions.
> > >
> > >
> > > > But please be realistic, this is
> > > > a coffee table discussion.
> > >
> > >
> > > I have mixed views on this. Wikimedia-l is not a quiet back room
> > > with
> > only
> > > a few people around, but it's true that a consensus here among a
> > > small number of people who speak up in a particular discussion
> > > demonstrates a lower level of consensus than an RfC with hundreds
of
> > > participants. It's not clear
to me that there is consensus on which
> > > tools are appropriate
> > for
> > > which exact circumstances, and some discussions happen in multiple
> > venues.
> > >
> > >
> > > > The views expressed here are valid but the right
> > > >
> > > thing to do would be to further the conversation on wiki and have a
> > proper
> > > > community conversation.
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't think that there is a single definition of a
"proper"
> > > community conversation.
> > >
> > > I have no objection to having an on-wiki RfC (and I can see how a
> > > sophisticated and well-attended one might produce detailed guidance
> > > that would be helpful), but neither do I want this thread to be
> trivialized.
> > >
> > > Pine
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