[WikiEN-l] Examples of pro/paid content at Wikimedia?

[Fred Bauder]

> 2009/9/11 FT2 <ft2.wiki at gmail.com>:
>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Joseph Reagle <reagle at mit.edu> wrote:
>
>>> So, on this note, what are some examples of content that was produced
>>> for
>>> pay at the Wikimedia Foundation? I can think of some archival
>>> material, such
>>> as the use of some material form the 11th edition of Britannica and
>>> images
>>> now in Commons.
>
>> One difference whether the content was added by someone uninvolved in
>> the
>> "paid text", who reviewed it and without any reward to themselves felt
>> "this
>> is good material to include"..... or by someone who stood to gain
>> (directly
>> or indirectly) by having the writing added to Wikipedia.
>
>
> I uunderstand there have been a few cases of organisations sponsoring
> paid content creation for Wikipedia. The key being neutrality.
>
>
> - d.

Personnel from the public relations departments of many organizations
edit on Wikipedia. Those that engage in clumsy editing are blocked. Those
who operate under the radar in a skillful way are free to edit.
Optimally, they should identify themselves and their affiliation known,
but we have no way of reliably identifying such accounts, unless, of
course, they edit in a clumsy biased way.

Fred