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Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Paid Editing (view source)
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==United Kingdom Parliament==
==United Kingdom Parliament==
In March 2012, a British non-profit journalism organization called the [[Bureau of Investigative Journalism]] uncovered that members of the UK Parliament or their staff had made almost 10,000 edits to Wikipedia, and that almost one in six members of Parliament had had their Wikipedia article edited from IP addresses tracing back to Parliament.<ref>{{cite news|author=Wikipedia |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9132758/MPs-Wikipedia-pages-changed-from-inside-Parliament.html |title=MPs Wikipedia pages 'changed from inside Parliament' |publisher=Telegraph |date=March 9, 2012|accessdate=August 30, 2012}}</ref> Many of the edits removed unflattering details from during the controversy over parliamentary expense accounts.<ref name=bureauuk>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/03/09/wikipedia-bob-crow-the-lord-of-the-rings-and-notable-djs/ |title=Wikipedia: ‘Bob Crow, The Lord of the Rings and Notable DJs’: TBIJ |publisher=Thebureauinvestigates.com |accessdate=August 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Eddie Wrenn |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2112616/MPs-staff-make-10-000-changes-Wikipedia-pages-bid-hide-embarrassing-information.html |title=MPs and their staff make 10,000 changes to Wikipedia pages in bid to hide embarrassing information | Mail Online |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date=March 9, 2012 |accessdate=August 30, 2012}}</ref>
In March 2012, a British non-profit journalism organization called the [[Bureau of Investigative Journalism]] uncovered that members of the UK Parliament or their staff had made almost 10,000 edits to Wikipedia, and that almost one in six members of Parliament had had their Wikipedia article edited from IP addresses tracing back to Parliament.<ref>{{cite news|author=Wikipedia |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9132758/MPs-Wikipedia-pages-changed-from-inside-Parliament.html |title=MPs Wikipedia pages 'changed from inside Parliament' |publisher=Telegraph |date=March 9, 2012|accessdate=August 30, 2012}}</ref> Many of the edits removed unflattering details from during the controversy over parliamentary expense accounts.<ref name=bureauuk>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/03/09/wikipedia-bob-crow-the-lord-of-the-rings-and-notable-djs/ |title=Wikipedia: ‘Bob Crow, The Lord of the Rings and Notable DJs’: TBIJ |publisher=Thebureauinvestigates.com |accessdate=August 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Eddie Wrenn |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2112616/MPs-staff-make-10-000-changes-Wikipedia-pages-bid-hide-embarrassing-information.html |title=MPs and their staff make 10,000 changes to Wikipedia pages in bid to hide embarrassing information | Mail Online |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date=March 9, 2012 |accessdate=August 30, 2012}}</ref>
==[[Gibraltar]]==
This nation, as well as the small Welsh town of Monmouth, hired Roger Bamkin who was a trustee of Wikimedia UK and the former chairman of its board. Although his primary task was to post QR codes around those locations to link to Wikipedia articles, he also edited articles relating to Gibraltar and Monmouth on the English Wikipedia. The [[Wikimedia Foundation]] and its UK chapter launched a joint investigation of this conflict of interest on September 28, and Bamkin has resigned as a trustee.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailydot.com/news/wikipedia-ethics-probe-roger-bamkin/|title=
Wikipedia parent launches ethics probe into influence peddling scandal|date=October 3, 2012|work=Daily Dot|accessdate=October 11, 2012}}</ref>
==Vonage==
==Vonage==
In January 2012, four new editors registered with Wikipedia and started to make edits only on the Vonage article<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vonage&diff=475805081&oldid=469974275</ref> removing unfavorable facts and adding promotional materials. This was noticed by a Reddit user,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/wikipedia/comments/115vum/did_vonage_try_to_sterilize_its_wikipedia_article/|title=Did Vonage try to sterilize its Wikipedia article?|accessdate=October 11, 2012|date=October 9, 2012}}</ref> which was then cited on the Wikipedia article's talk page. Although the biased edits made by users with names like "VonageAdmin" are now being cleaned-up, the edits persisted for ten months.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailydot.com/news/wikipedia-whitewash-wikipedia-911-ipo/|work=Daily Dot|title=
In January 2012, four new editors registered with Wikipedia and started to make edits only on the Vonage article<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vonage&diff=475805081&oldid=469974275</ref> removing unfavorable facts and adding promotional materials. This was noticed by a Reddit user,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/wikipedia/comments/115vum/did_vonage_try_to_sterilize_its_wikipedia_article/|title=Did Vonage try to sterilize its Wikipedia article?|accessdate=October 11, 2012|date=October 9, 2012}}</ref> which was then cited on the Wikipedia article's talk page. Although the biased edits made by users with names like "VonageAdmin" are now being cleaned-up, the edits persisted for ten months.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailydot.com/news/wikipedia-whitewash-wikipedia-911-ipo/|work=Daily Dot|title=