Raphael do you want to issue the warnings? I can give the contacts to you. Justice also has one person he discovered.
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/>* On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Raphael Berchie <[email protected]> wrote: > Well I think we need to find out who the person is. Is he or she new in > the community? How well versed is the person with WMF regulations. If it's > an experienced editor then it is a clear case of a delineate bad practice > and he or she must be warned. > > Going forward the press release is not a bad idea but we can also share > some of these regulations so that the community will be in know. > > On 8 Nov 2016 11:07, "Justice Okai-Allotey" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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| > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > >
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