[Wikimedia-GH] Not a bad idea Re: Making a business out of editing Wikipedia/ paid editing

I was contacted by a well-known journalist about a message he received from someone who said he created Wikipedia articles for GHC250/$62 each, and could do one for him. I was told of 2 additional cases all in the space of a week. And these wiki business people even leave their contacts for further negotiations. I was given advice by a Wikimedia staff on how to go about this as a community. Here it goes: "1. Expose this person and (gently) shame him for undisclosed (presumbly he does not disclose this?) paid editing, which is against the WMF Terms of Use. 2. Drafting a press release describing that practice and explaining how articles are written on Wikipedia, about whom, and how no amount of payment could guarantee non-notable people or orgs would be covered, or keep promotional language in or negative facts out." *Interpreting the above advice, it means that when people do paid-editing, they are to disclose it in the manner stated here <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure>. If not, WMF terms will be breached.* *Secondly it will be good that we draft the suggested press release and make sure Ghanaians online are aware of the situation.* Additional reading: Wikipedia:Paid editing (policy) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid_editing_(policy)>* (Failed proposal)* Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure> Some People Get Paid a Lot of Money to Edit Wikipedia Pages <http://time.com/money/3994949/wikipedia-paid-editors/> Should I pay for a Wikipedia article? <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/21/on-paying-for-wikipedia-articles/> Finally if you have any comments, suggestions, or want to volunteer for anything at at all regarding this matter, please hop on. Regards, -- Sandister Tei Video Journalist | Head of Social Media – Citi FM | Rep – Wikipedian Community (Gh) *Letters to Marissa <https://medium.com/letters-to-marissa> | Wikipedian Community (Gh) <http://www.wmgh.org/> | Purple People <https://www.facebook.com/thatpurplelife/>* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-GH mailing list Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh