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As PR, HR or communications professionals there are a few guidelines that one must follow on Wikipedia. One of the main points when editing Wikipedia is that pages have a neutral point of view (NPOV) and if an editor has a conflict of interest when editing a page then the page loses the NPOV that is crucial for an encyclopedia.
For more information on Conflict of Interest Editing see
Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia
Corporate Representatives for Ethical Wikipedia Engagement (CREWE) group is a group of PR Professionals and Wikipedia editors that are working together to improve the relationship between PR firms and Wikipedia. If you would like to join the conversation join the group on Facebook.
For more information go to the Corporate Representatives for Ethical Wikipedia Engagement
In December 2005, it was noticed that Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales had edited his own Wikipedia entry. According to public logs, he has edited his biography 19 times, [1] as of September 9, 2013, seven times altering information about whether Larry Sanger was a co-founder of Wikipedia. It was also revealed that Wales had edited the Wikipedia article of his former company, Bomis. "Bomis Babes", a section of the Bomis website, had been characterized in the article as "soft-core pornography," but Wales revised this to "adult content section" and deleted mentions of pornography. He said he was fixing an error, and didn't agree with calling Bomis Babes soft porn. Wales conceded that he had made the changes, but maintained that they were technical corrections. [2]
In 2006, it was discovered that more than 1,000 changes had been made to Wikipedia articles originating from United States government IP addresses. Changes had been made to articles about Representative Marty Meehan, [3] Senator Tom Coburn, Senator Norm Coleman, [4] Representative Gil Gutknecht, [5] Senator Joe Biden, [5] Senator Conrad Burns, [6] Senator Dianne Feinstein, [7] Senator Tom Harkin, [7] Representative David Davis, [8] Tennessee state representative Matthew Hill [8] [9] and Representative Mike Pence. [10] The edits removed accurate but critical information and embellished positive descriptions. [7] In response to the controversy, certain affected IP addresses were temporarily blocked. [11]
Later, in 2011, conflicted edits were also made to US Congressional representative David Rivera's article. [12]
In 2012, Wikipedia launched possibly one of the largest sock puppets investigations in its history after editors on its website reported suspicious activity suggesting a number of accounts were used to subvert Wikipedia's policies. After almost a year of investigation, over 250 sockpuppet accounts were allegedly found, operated by two independent networks of users. Wikipedia traced the edits and sockpuppetry back to a firm known as Wiki-PR, leading to a cease and desist letter by Sue Gardner issued to the founders of the organization. [13] The accounts were banned. On October 25, 2013, a community ban was further placed on Wiki-PR and any of its contractors.
For more examples see the Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia.
This is an
essay. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been
thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. |
As PR, HR or communications professionals there are a few guidelines that one must follow on Wikipedia. One of the main points when editing Wikipedia is that pages have a neutral point of view (NPOV) and if an editor has a conflict of interest when editing a page then the page loses the NPOV that is crucial for an encyclopedia.
For more information on Conflict of Interest Editing see
Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia
Corporate Representatives for Ethical Wikipedia Engagement (CREWE) group is a group of PR Professionals and Wikipedia editors that are working together to improve the relationship between PR firms and Wikipedia. If you would like to join the conversation join the group on Facebook.
For more information go to the Corporate Representatives for Ethical Wikipedia Engagement
In December 2005, it was noticed that Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales had edited his own Wikipedia entry. According to public logs, he has edited his biography 19 times, [1] as of September 9, 2013, seven times altering information about whether Larry Sanger was a co-founder of Wikipedia. It was also revealed that Wales had edited the Wikipedia article of his former company, Bomis. "Bomis Babes", a section of the Bomis website, had been characterized in the article as "soft-core pornography," but Wales revised this to "adult content section" and deleted mentions of pornography. He said he was fixing an error, and didn't agree with calling Bomis Babes soft porn. Wales conceded that he had made the changes, but maintained that they were technical corrections. [2]
In 2006, it was discovered that more than 1,000 changes had been made to Wikipedia articles originating from United States government IP addresses. Changes had been made to articles about Representative Marty Meehan, [3] Senator Tom Coburn, Senator Norm Coleman, [4] Representative Gil Gutknecht, [5] Senator Joe Biden, [5] Senator Conrad Burns, [6] Senator Dianne Feinstein, [7] Senator Tom Harkin, [7] Representative David Davis, [8] Tennessee state representative Matthew Hill [8] [9] and Representative Mike Pence. [10] The edits removed accurate but critical information and embellished positive descriptions. [7] In response to the controversy, certain affected IP addresses were temporarily blocked. [11]
Later, in 2011, conflicted edits were also made to US Congressional representative David Rivera's article. [12]
In 2012, Wikipedia launched possibly one of the largest sock puppets investigations in its history after editors on its website reported suspicious activity suggesting a number of accounts were used to subvert Wikipedia's policies. After almost a year of investigation, over 250 sockpuppet accounts were allegedly found, operated by two independent networks of users. Wikipedia traced the edits and sockpuppetry back to a firm known as Wiki-PR, leading to a cease and desist letter by Sue Gardner issued to the founders of the organization. [13] The accounts were banned. On October 25, 2013, a community ban was further placed on Wiki-PR and any of its contractors.
For more examples see the Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia.