Hello all,
It has come to the attention of the Wikimedia Ghana user group that people
are still charging for the creation of articles after we issued our first
alert somewhere last year advising against this. As such we have decided to
embark on a full scale campaign through social media and channels we get by
engaging our community, partners and the public about not charging for
articles on Wikipedia.
A social media campaign has also been launched through the hashtag
#DontPay4WikipediaEdits which we entreat all members to engage with to help
create the awareness. We have been informed of a possible support on radio
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 so everyone know 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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Justice Okai-Allotey
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