[Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

Hi all, We would like to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has approved an amendment to Section 4 of the Terms of Use to require disclosure of paid editing. This follows the extensive discussion of the amendment <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use/Paid_contributions_amendment> on meta in February and March, which resulted in 320,000 words of discussion in various languages. At the Board's meeting in April, they reviewed issues raised in this discussion, and approved the proposed amendment. This amendment is added to the Terms of Use effective immediately. The new section can be found here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use#4._Refraining_from_Certai… For more information, please see the following links: * A letter from the Board: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_letter_on_paid_contributions_without_… * A blog post summarizing the change and explaining the process: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/16/change-terms-of-use-requirements-for-… * An FAQ explaining the amendment: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use/FAQ_on_paid_contributions_with… * You can leave comments on the Terms of Use on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Terms_of_use -- Stephen LaPorte Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation *NOTICE: As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal and ethical reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.*