Jaap Vermeulen wrote:
I posted the following here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Conflict_of_interest#Editing_for...:
"I have recently been approached by an organisation to improve articles related to the organisation in question (not create new ones). I would receive money for doing so. I am an administrator and am aware of the policies and guidelines that govern Wikipedia. The organisation understands that it is not acceptable to whitewash any articles and that criticism should be included in the article. For them it is a matter of improving the quality of the articles, not to whitewash them. Is this acceptable? Should I decide to go ahead with this I would do so in full disclosure, since I believe doing so without the community being aware would not be ethical, especially since as an admin the community has placed trust in me that I would not want to abuse."
I'd appreciate further feedback, since I'm not sure how I should proceed here.
I would say definitely that's fine, but others have been known to disagree in the past. I do think we should generally let edits speak for themselves. If someone is editing reasonably, then I don't care if they're getting paid or not. If they aren't editing reasonably, then it doesn't help at all that they have no conflicts of interest.
-Mark