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*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16793247/ "Idea of paid entries roils Wikipedia"] Brian Bergstein, [[Associated Press]], January 24, 2007. |
*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16793247/ "Idea of paid entries roils Wikipedia"] Brian Bergstein, [[Associated Press]], January 24, 2007. |
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*[http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/1831/wikipedia-blocks-a-pay-for-play-scheme "Wikipedia Blocks a Pay-for-Play Scheme"], Brock Read, The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 24, 2007 |
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*[http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article147789/Wikipedia-Artikel_die_man_kaufen_kann.html "Wikipedia-Artikel, die man kaufen kann"], Von Mathias Peer, Die Welt, August 24, 2006 |
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*[http://dan.tobias.name/controversies/cyber/wiki.html "Wikipedia Controversies: Victims of Wikipedia.... or Wiki Whiners?"], Dan Tobias, Dan's Political and Controversial Site |
*[http://dan.tobias.name/controversies/cyber/wiki.html "Wikipedia Controversies: Victims of Wikipedia.... or Wiki Whiners?"], Dan Tobias, Dan's Political and Controversial Site |
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-08-14/Wikimercenaries "Editing for hire leads to intervention"] ''Wikipedia Signpost''. August 14, 2006. |
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-08-14/Wikimercenaries "Editing for hire leads to intervention"] ''Wikipedia Signpost''. August 14, 2006. |
Revision as of 21:32, 30 March 2007
MyWikiBiz is a business that at one time created Wikipedia articles for paying corporations.
Gregory Kohs and his sister started the venture in Pennsylvania in 2006. Its tiers of service were priced at $49, $79, and $99. Kohs stated his intention to make neutral, footnoted changes, and expected the general public to continue altering the articles he worked on. Though no official Wikipedia policy prohibited paid-for contributions, Chairman Emeritus of the Wikimedia Foundation Jimmy Wales called the commercialized editing "antithetical". Over the course of late 2006, financial conflicts of interest became regulated under section 1.1 of Wikipedia's conflict of interest policy.[1]. MyWikiBiz now collaborates with Centiare.com, another wiki site which, unlike Wikipedia, allows businesses and people to create their own promotional pages.[2]
External links
- Original Press Release
- MyWikiBiz listing on Centaire.com
- MyWikiBiz's Wikipedia contributions
- MyWikiBiz's Wikipedia block log
News coverage
- "Idea of paid entries roils Wikipedia" Brian Bergstein, Associated Press, January 24, 2007.
- "Wikipedia Controversies: Victims of Wikipedia.... or Wiki Whiners?", Dan Tobias, Dan's Political and Controversial Site
- "Editing for hire leads to intervention" Wikipedia Signpost. August 14, 2006.
- "Account used to create paid corporate entries shut down" Wikipedia Signpost. October 9, 2006.