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Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Paid Editing (view source)
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# Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) employee Sarah Stierch advertised her services as a Wikipedia writer for hire on the same freelancer site Wikimedia uses for its own contractors. Wikipedia articles she was alleged to have edited for pay include: the biography of Sally Hogshead,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sally_Hogshead&oldid=588872113</ref> an author and professional speaker; the article on ''The Leadership Challenge'',<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Leadership_Challenge&oldid=580204865</ref> a book on leadership and professional development; and the biography of Barry Posner, one of the book’s authors.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barry_Posner_%28academic%29&oldid=586827885</ref> Critics raised this paid editing on Jimmy Wales' talk page.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_153#Paid_editing_by_WMF_employee_on_oDesk</ref> After Wales denied Stierch was a WMF employee, and Fluffernutter jumped to her defense, she was terminated without public explanation by the WMF on January 9.<ref>http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-January/129466.html</ref>
# Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) employee Sarah Stierch advertised her services as a Wikipedia writer for hire on the same freelancer site Wikimedia uses for its own contractors. Wikipedia articles she was alleged to have edited for pay include: the biography of Sally Hogshead,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sally_Hogshead&oldid=588872113</ref> an author and professional speaker; the article on ''The Leadership Challenge'',<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Leadership_Challenge&oldid=580204865</ref> a book on leadership and professional development; and the biography of Barry Posner, one of the book’s authors.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barry_Posner_%28academic%29&oldid=586827885</ref> Critics raised this paid editing on Jimmy Wales' talk page.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_153#Paid_editing_by_WMF_employee_on_oDesk</ref> After Wales denied Stierch was a WMF employee, and Fluffernutter jumped to her defense, she was terminated without public explanation by the WMF on January 9.<ref>http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-January/129466.html</ref>
# Tony Ahn & Co., a marketing firm based out of the Philippines, offers to provide Wikipedia pages for its clients and to place them on the main page of Wikipedia by nominating them for "Did You Know?" entries.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailydot.com/business/wikipedia-tony-ahn-pr-did-you-know/|title=Is Wikipedia's front page for sale?|work=Daily Dot|first=Tim |last=Sampson|date=June 07, 2013|accessdate=March 16, 2014}}</ref>
# Tony Ahn & Co., a marketing firm based out of the Philippines, offers to provide Wikipedia pages for its clients and to place them on the main page of Wikipedia by nominating them for "Did You Know?" entries.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailydot.com/business/wikipedia-tony-ahn-pr-did-you-know/|title=Is Wikipedia's front page for sale?|work=Daily Dot|first=Tim |last=Sampson|date=June 07, 2013|accessdate=March 16, 2014}}</ref>
#Ariadne Capital, a London-based venture capital firm, is suing PR agency Lansons over a "botched attempt to improve a Wikipedia entry in a campaign that did its reputation more harm than good." The PR agency sent an email to Wikipedia about a less-than-flattering article,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julie_Meyer&oldid=525008206</ref> and Wikipedia posted its text on-wiki.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/ariadne-cap-2016-3|title=A PR firm is being sued for 'botching up' an investment fund's Wikipedia page|date=March 15, 2016|accessdate=March 20, 2016|work=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Julie_Meyer&oldid=710780713</ref>
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