--- Lars Aronsson <lars(a)aronsson.se> wrote:
Jimmy Wales wrote:
They are not free to edit Wikipedia for pay.
This comes as news and a surprise to me. Is it a new rule, or has
this been stated before? What is the motivation? How do you
detect when people edit Wikipedia for pay, and what sanctions do
you have against them? Is this a rule only for the English
Wikipedia or a Foundation-wide policy?
No it is not a policy and it never will if I have anything to do with it. I'm sure
Jimmy was
talking about companies paying PR firms and similar ilk to promote them by writing
sanitized and
glowing Wikipedia articles about the company paying the bill. At least, I hope that is the
case.
If not, then I am deeply disappointed in Jimmy and think he has started to lose sight of
his own
dream. But I'm sure that is not the case.
I would *love* to see many groups pay or otherwise get people to edit Wikipedia to add
NPOV and
verified content; esp in areas and in languages we now have poor coverage in.
-- mav
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