Zephram Stark wrote:
In this regard, one-time editors at Wikipedia have the
same problem as single-use sellers at eBay: they have no established reputation. Yet,
building a reputation at Wikipedia can take months once you understand the system, and
years to grok the politics of the Wiki world. A person who wants to contribute something
noteworthy about themselves, or make a one-time contribution on another subject, does not
have the time or resources to learn the procedures or establish their reputation. There is
also the problem of maintenance on a good article to make sure that it isn't
vandalized or dumbed down. For these needs, increasingly more people are turning to
established third-party sellers and editors for their eBay and Wikipedia service requests.
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I hope this provides a win-win-win solution for our company, mutual customers and
service personnel at Wikipedia (by reducing your workload.)
This proposal shows a dilightful level of ignorance.
The Wiki is about people's own contributions. It is about the
validation of individual efforts which are in many ways more valuable
than the contents themselves. It is about the synthesis of common
positions through our own version of peer review.
I find it hard to imagine ghost-written POVs, let alone maintaining that
POV. The most rational part of this is that they would want their
one-time fee up front.
Ec