On 3/11/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 11/03/07, William Pietri william@scissor.com wrote:
Comments, questions, and suggestions are very welcome. From the discussion here, I know this isn't the only possible solution to the problem, so if you feel like this is going off in completely the wrong direction, I'd encourage (and probably contribute to) alternate
approaches.
It's not quite accurate - not on en: but on other Wikipedias, they're often push-started by people paid to write articles, e.g. by the institute of the local language. I can see this sort of paid writing not being a COI if the person is careful not to edit anything related to their sponsor. I mention this as a real-life example that happens now with no-one having any objection to it.
- d.
COI wouldn't be limited to "related to their sponsor"; a person can be paid to trash a busines competitor or opponent in some other field of active competition. COI is not limited to self-promotion.