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

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On 3/11/07, William Pietri <william at scissor.com> wrote:

> Almeda University is an unaccredited degree-by-mail "university" that
> grants degrees for "life experience". They are run from Florida via an
> Idaho PO Box on behalf of a corporation registered in the island nation
> of Nevis (a place notable mainly for its lack of corporate
> transparency). In most of the US, it's illegal to use their degrees for
> anything more than a place mat. They have been repeatedly ordered to
> stop operating in various states, and they once gave a degree to a dog.


ROFL. Best laugh all day.

I agree this was an excellent find by Randywombat.
I think someone should call a newspaper on this one - a case where Wikipedia
is reliable, where only the paid marketers dont think so.

-Stevertigo

Salient points:

One of my clients is suffering with a negative Wikipedia review. Attempts to
change the Wikipedia write-up have been short lived.

Wikipedia does not require facts to print slanderous comments. Their only
"burden of proof" is that someone read it in a newspaper somewhere.

Looking for an individual that can review and the Wikipedia comments on an
ongoing basis.
You will need to log in once daily to see if somebody reverted to slanderous
comments.
If they had, you will change them back to valid / positive comments.

The pay for this is $2600/year or $50.00 per week and it's ONGOING.

You may need the ability to log in with different IP addresses and/or
different accounts.

And even though Wikipedia has almost crushed Almeda, you should know that
Almeda University is a very well-run and consumer-friendly organization.

First, I am getting another editor to change the Almeda write up to a
positive one. Once this is accomplished, what I need from you is to
continually (daily) look at and update (if needed) the Wikipedia Almeda
University review.