On 1/23/07, bbatsell <wikipedia(a)theskeptik.com> wrote:
Although I absolutely agree with the sentiment (and
think we should
clean up any POV problems in the article), my answer to your question
would be, "when people are being paid by the subject to do so", which
in my opinion is a clear [[WP:COI|conflict of interest]].
I certainly dispute the fact that an ECMA standard (propsal) is a
subject, nor it can pay anyone; extending the COI even to people not
affiliated with the subject behind a topic will end up with another
conflict of interest: We do want the best people familiar with a
subject to contribute to Wikipedia.
We say (for a good reason): "So fix it" to people who spot a mistake
in a Wikipedia article. Telling "So don't fix it" especially to the
people familiar with a topic is simply annoying (IMHO). In the end,you
will not prevent MS from paying 3rd parties to contribute to Wikipedia
but you will prevent them from disclosing it.
Mathias