Hello all,
It has come to the attention of the user group that people are still
charging for the creation of articles after we issued our first alert
somewhere last year. As such we have decided to embark on a full scale
campaign through social media, any channels we get and by engaging our
community and partners.
Also a social media campaign has been launched through the hashtag
#DontPay4WikipediaEdits which we entreat all members to engage with and
create the awareness. We have been informed of a possible awareness of it,
on air tomorrow on the tech and social media trends segment of the #CitiCBS
by our colleague Sandister Tei.
Find below our official statement on why people should not pay for
Wikipedia Articles. Please do well to share widely let everyone no about it
and engage the hashtag as well.
Thank You.
Do not pay for a Wikipedia article
Wikipedia is a free and open knowledge based website and as such you do not
have to pay for an article to be created or edited for you.
There are rules governing how articles are created, the most important one
is “NOTABILITY”.
If a person, place, event, phenomenon, organisation or topic meets this
criteria, the next step is for a Wikipedia editor who has interest in that
section of editing to pick it up and volunteer to work on it since all
editors are of diverse interest. Moreover it's not a rule of thumb that
when you meet or something meets the *notability* rule that definitely has
to be picked up by an editor. Wikipedia editing is a voluntary work you
don’t have to pay for an article to be created for you, provided your
notability is traceable online and easily verifiable.
Please note that once an article is created it becomes subject to vetting
by other Wikipedia editors across the globe and based on its quality, an
article could be allowed to stay or be removed per Wikipedia guidelines.
Paying for an article doesn't guarantee it will stay on the wiki.
Spread the news.
For more info follow the hashtag #DontPay4WikipediaEdits or contact the
community of Wikipedia editors in Ghana.
Facebook: Wikimedia Ghana User Group
Twitter: @WikimediaGH
Email: community(a)wmgh.org
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