Lars Aronsson wrote:
Not in all that detail, no. But that would be
judged by the
encyclopedic qualities of the text, not by the commercial motives
behind it. There certainly are notable hotels that deserve
articles of their own, even if it's almost always a good idea to
avoid writing about yourself. What I wrote is that commercial
companies are free to pay someone to write *good* articles for
Wikipedia. And prices and phone numbers are not part of any good
article that I can think of.
No, actually, they are not free to do that, and I consider it deeply
unethical if they do. They are free to pay someone to write whatever
they like, and put it on their own website, and release it under the GNU
FDL. They are not free to edit Wikipedia for pay.
So is it unethical for the person who wins Danny's contest to accept
the award payment?
Anthony