Maybe even say something like "Thinking of paying for a Wikipedia article? Don't."

On Friday, September 18, 2015, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Hey,

I'm not convinced that Twitter copy is ideal :) How is:

• Should you pay for a Wikipedia article? [link]
• Thinking of paying for a Wikipedia article? Read this first. [link]

Both are still perhaps a little risqué but not as misleading. Let me know what you think and we can get this scheduled for Monday morning.

Joe

On 18 September 2015 at 22:45, Ed Erhart <eerhart@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi all,

"Should I pay for a Wikipedia article?" is prepped and scheduled to go out at 7:30am PST tomorrow, assuming the blog's time zone is PST. A preview for those with WordPress access is available, or there is a draft Google Doc. The image comes from Commons.

Thanks go to Gamaliel for the post.

Proposed social media messages follow:

Twitter:
Considering paying for a Wikipedia article? Check out a reference guide first:
Facebook/Google+:
Wikipedia's rules on editing for money are numerous. Here's a summary:
As Jimmy Wales says, "If anybody emails you asking for money pretending to be Wikipedia, alarm bells should ring ... Everything about Wikipedia is free."

As always, I'm open to suggestions and improvements, and I'm fairly certain that someone here can come up with better posts!

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