Manipulating Wikipedia to Promote a Bogus Business School
(Newsweek):
http://www.newsweek.com/2015/04/03/manipulating-wikipedia-promote-bogus-business-school-316133.html
In 2013, IIPM got an unexpected boost for its page. A new initiative
launched by Jimmy Wales's Wikimedia Foundation offered free access to
Wikipedia from mobile phones. The program, Wikipedia Zero, launched in
India and other parts of the developing world, including Thailand,
Myanmar, Morocco, Ghana and Malaysia. "In my opinion, by letting this
go on for so long, Wikipedia has messed up perhaps 15,000 students'
lives," Peri says. "They should have kept track of Wifione and what
they were doing--they were just so active." The Wikimedia Foundation
is apologetic but won't be offering compensation. In a statement, it
said, "The Wikimedia Foundation was very disappointed to hear of the
allegations of fraud committed by IIPM and Wifione. If true, it was a
tremendous violation of the trust and good faith of our editors and
readers. We will continue to work to support our editors and
administrators in serving as a vigilant defense against such incidents
and in hopes that they can prevent future incidents like this from
occurring."
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