Wikipedia Forcing Editors To Disclose If They're Paid

mpicpp sends word that the Wikimedia Foundation is updating its Terms of Use to keep track of editors who are paid for the changes they make. This follows last fall's discovery that a small industry had arisen around public relations firms running Wikipedia editing campaigns for paying clients. The Foundation now says, "If you are paid to edit, you will need to disclose your paid editing to comply with the new Terms of Use. You need to add your affiliation to your edit summary, user page, or talk page, to fairly disclose your perspective. ... Specific policies on individual Wikimedia projects, or relevant laws in your country (such as those prohibiting fraudulent advertising), may require further disclosure or prohibit paid advocacy editing altogether." They add, "undisclosed paid advocacy editing is a black hat practice that can threaten the trust of Wikimedia’s volunteers and readers."

Oh, good

[NoNonAlphaCharsHere]

That'll put a stop to it.

Re:Speaking of editors

[riverat1]

I use my semicolon when I don't have a full shitload.

Re:Transparent Loot

[NotQuiteReal]

This is a "news" forum, not open mic night... maybe.