Ray Saintonge wrote
How we treat biased editing should have no connection with the payment arrangements between the company and the editor. Biased editing is wrong whether or not the person is being paid.
Both sentences are correct on some interpretation.
But: if there is an edit war, sanctions on a biased editor who is paid can and should be harsher (if there is any reasonable evidence that payment being made). And the difference between a fan and a flack tweaking the biography of a film star to read more favourably strikes me as important.
Charles
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charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
Ray Saintonge wrote
How we treat biased editing should have no connection with the payment arrangements between the company and the editor. Biased editing is wrong whether or not the person is being paid.
Both sentences are correct on some interpretation.
But: if there is an edit war, sanctions on a biased editor who is paid can and should be harsher (if there is any reasonable evidence that payment being made). And the difference between a fan and a flack tweaking the biography of a film star to read more favourably strikes me as important.
The evidence of paid editing will most often be unavailable. There will often be endless disputes on what editing is biased. We also have editors who are prone to jump to conclusions at the faintest smell of wrongdoing. Ultimately though, we need to rely on well-tested criteria, such as persistent reversion accompanied by an unwillingness to discuss the matter on the talk page.
Ec