[WikiEN-l] Almeda University paying for positive Wikipedia edits

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

Ray Saintonge wrote

> How we treat biased editing 
> should have no connection with the payment arrangements between the 
> company and the editor.  Biased editing is wrong whether or not the 
> person is being paid.  

Both sentences are correct on some interpretation.

But: if there is an edit war, sanctions on a biased editor who is paid can and should be harsher (if there is any reasonable evidence that payment being made). And the difference between a fan and a flack tweaking the biography of a film star to read more favourably strikes me as important.

Charles

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