Wiki-PR Wikipedia editing scandal
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wiki-pr-wikipedia-editing-scandal-306-18601455
title:
Wiki-PR Wikipedia editing scandal
text:
Wiki-PR was a consulting firm that marketed the ability to edit Wikipedia by "directly edit[ing] your page using our network of established Wikipedia editors and admins". It received media attention in 2013 after a sockpuppet investigation resulted in more than 250 Wikipedia user accounts being blocked or banned. The Wikimedia Foundation changed its terms of use in the wake of the investigation, requiring anyone paid to edit Wikipedia to openly disclose their affiliations. Despite the ban, Stat
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Consulting firm that commercially edited Wikipedia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki-PR_Wikipedia_editing_scandal
date created:
date modified:
2024-04-23T22:28:47Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Wiki-PR-logo.jpg","width":257,"height":144}
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13
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