Hello all! Does that mean not all paid editings are bad? I'm less knowledgeable on this topic. I thought paid editing are completely forbidden.
Regards, Rafi On Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at 12:19 AM Dggenwp <[email protected]> wrote: > T > > On Dec 10, 2021, at 11:53 AM, James Heilman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I personally am more concerned about paid conflict of interest editing and > much less concerned about paid non conflict of interest work. This appears > on superficial overview to be the latter. Will be interested to see how > this experiment turns out. > > James > > On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 9:47 AM Mrb Rafi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all! >> >> I became confused watching this [1] job post on Upwork with the title >> "Create 20 pages in the Bulgarian Wikipedia". The client offered 30 USD for >> this task. >> The job post says: >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *This is a small experimental project. The goal is to check if people on >>> Upwork.com can help grow the Bulgarian Wikipedia in a quality way. I also >>> wish to *not* cannibalize edits that would have happened anyway. The >>> created content will be in the public domain. It's a gift to all >>> Bulgarians. We follow all the values, guidelines and rules valid on the >>> Bulgarian WIkipedia: https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/ >>> <https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/>Уикипедия:Поведение . This includes >>> following the specific wiki syntax and the usual expectations of all pages, >>> especially good sources and categorization of the page. Some experience >>> editing Wikipedia is desired, but not required. Since these are supposed to >>> be net new edits, I will prefer people who have fewer than 100 Wikipedia >>> edits so far. Due to this social benefit, the proposed price is far below >>> market price. As Bulgarians say, the payment is symbolic. For this >>> experiment, I've selected 20 articles that exist in the English Wikipedia, >>> but don't yet exist in the Bulgarian Wikipedia. That gives you the option >>> to use Wikipedia's translation tool, which may make your work much faster >>> and more pleasant: Please note that the translation tool has some specifics >>> that take time to get used to, e.g., adding references, representing other >>> alphabets -- I can help with such issues. The list of proposed articles is >>> here: https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/ >>> <https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/>Потребител:Cryout/Чрез_ЪпУърк I hope you >>> will enjoy this variety of content. Still, the list is negotiable and we >>> can swap articles in and out per your preference. * >>> >> >> Is it going in the right way? I'm a Lil' bit confused. >> Besides this, you'll get tons of paid editing job posts on Upwork, >> freelancer and other freelance networks. At first, I used to report these >> posts but there are so many of them that it's not possible for me to find >> all of them and report them. >> >> [1] https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~01371a50692d0540d0 >> >> Best regards, >> Rafi >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/QOPUIPET6TQAQRV5YDC32L7SBVG3A7MT/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > > -- > James Heilman > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/PNVZ323GVJ3JB3AZJYE3G6YVP6EK5DTN/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/DSTE7US3OYUFSRNJIKIQWJO5SJSR2LJE/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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