I have this issue with people asking me if they pay for being on Wikipedia, I guess its about time we make noise about it to stop people from falling victim to that.
I would want to volunteer for this matter Sandister. Kind Regards, On 8 November 2016 at 10:56, Sandister Tei <[email protected]> wrote: > I was contacted by a well-known journalist about a message he received > from someone who said he created Wikipedia articles for GHC250/$62 each, > and could do one for him. > > I was told of 2 additional cases all in the space of a week. And these > wiki business people even leave their contacts for further negotiations. > > I was given advice by a Wikimedia staff on how to go about this as a > community. Here it goes: > > "1. Expose this person and (gently) shame him for undisclosed (presumbly > he does not disclose this?) paid editing, which is against the WMF Terms of > Use. > > 2. Drafting a press release describing that practice and explaining how > articles are written on Wikipedia, about whom, and how no amount of payment > could guarantee non-notable people or orgs would be covered, or keep > promotional language in or negative facts out." > > *Interpreting the above advice, it means that when people do paid-editing, > they are to disclose it in the manner stated here > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure>. If > not, WMF terms will be breached.* > > > *Secondly it will be good that we draft the suggested press release and > make sure Ghanaians online are aware of the situation.* > Additional reading: > > Wikipedia:Paid editing (policy) > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid_editing_(policy)>* (Failed > proposal)* > Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure> > Some People Get Paid a Lot of Money to Edit Wikipedia Pages > <http://time.com/money/3994949/wikipedia-paid-editors/> > Should I pay for a Wikipedia article? > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/21/on-paying-for-wikipedia-articles/> > > Finally if you have any comments, suggestions, or want to volunteer for > anything at at all regarding this matter, please hop on. > > > Regards, > -- > Sandister Tei > Video Journalist | Head of Social Media – Citi FM | Rep – Wikipedian > Community (Gh) > > *Letters to Marissa <https://medium.com/letters-to-marissa> | Wikipedian > Community (Gh) <http://www.wmgh.org/> | Purple People > <https://www.facebook.com/thatpurplelife/>* > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > > -- Justice Okai-Allotey Mobile: +233 (054) 039 4970 |Social Media Lead - Wikimedia Ghana User Group <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaGhanaUG/>| |Linkedin: Justice Okai-Allotey <https://www.linkedin.com/in/justice-okai-allotey-306b6354?trk=hp-identity-name> | Facebook: Justice Okai-Allotey <https://www.facebook.com/wyzzlewany> | Twitter: @Owula_Kpakpo <https://twitter.com/Owula_Kpakpo> | |Website: wyzzlewany.wordpress.com|
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