Angela Beesley wrote on Saturday, November 4th:
On 11/4/06, Gregory Kohs <thekohser at gmail.comhttp://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l> wrote:
- I think that WP:COI (or Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest) is botched.
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- If that's the case, why is it that:
*>* *>* (1) Angela Beesley has edited the article about Wikia.com * Because the policy didn't exist then. [[WP:COI]] was a guideline about not making vanity pages until October 10th.
Angela.
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The Vice President of Wikia has been editing the Wikipedia article about Wikia again. This time, November 8th:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikia&diff=86444818&oldid=...]
Now, as a reminder, WP:COI says:
* * * * * If you have a conflict of interest, you should:
1. *avoid editing* articles related to your organization or its competitors; 2. *avoid participating* in deletion discussionshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy#Deletion_processesabout articles related to your organization or its competitors; 3. *avoid linking* to the Wikipedia article or website of your corporation in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spam).
If you feel it necessary to make changes to Wikipedia articles, despite a real or perceived conflict of interest, we *strongly encourage* you to submit content for community review on the article's talk page, and to let one or more trusted community members judge whether the material belongs in Wikipedia. * * * * *
I didn't see that Beesley submitted her content for community review on the article's talk page.
I know that her edit was a trifling one, but considering all of the heat and light that's been generated in recent months about conflicts of interest, why is it that Beesley's account doesn't receive so much as a warning, especially when just 4 days ago, she was giving excuses as to why it was okay for her to edit Wikia PRIOR to WP:COI coming out. Well, now WP:COI is out, but she's still editing. Would it be so difficult for the Wikipedia community to expect that Beesley recuse herself of editing just ONE article -- the one about her own company?
Seriously, I know I'm trolling, but come on -- can anyone else see the hypocrisy here?