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Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Paid Editing (view source)
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==WikiPR==
==WikiPR==
A firm called "Wiki-PR" used hundreds of "sockpuppet accounts" to edit articles covering their clients for years without disclosing that the paid editing created a conflict of interest.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/21/money-to-pr-firm-can-buy-good-image-on-wikipedia/?page=1|title=Click capitalism: PR firms cash in cleaning up clients' Wikipedia pages|work=Washington Times|date=October 21, 2013|first=Shaun |last=Waterman|accessdate=October 24, 2013}}</ref> The clients included Viacom and priceline.com.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-10-16/News_and_notes</ref> The matter is also being discussed by Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee&curid=4773009&diff=577350198&oldid=577350005#So_what.27s_the_deal_here.3F</ref>
A firm called "Wiki-PR" used hundreds of "sockpuppet accounts" to edit articles covering their clients for years without disclosing that the paid editing created a conflict of interest.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/21/money-to-pr-firm-can-buy-good-image-on-wikipedia/?page=1|title=Click capitalism: PR firms cash in cleaning up clients' Wikipedia pages|work=Washington Times|date=October 21, 2013|first=Shaun |last=Waterman|accessdate=October 24, 2013}}</ref> The clients included Viacom and priceline.com.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-10-16/News_and_notes</ref> The matter is also being discussed by Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee&curid=4773009&diff=577350198&oldid=577350005#So_what.27s_the_deal_here.3F</ref>
==Beutler Ink==
William Beutler has assembled a staff of Wikipedia editors-for-hire. He claims to edit in a manner consistent with Wikipedia policy and has been an outspoken leader in defining "ethical" paid Wikipedia editing. He made favorable edits to C-SPAN related articles and at the same time received much beneficial publicity from an in-depth televised interview with Brian Lamb on C-SPAN.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?303147-1/qa-william-beutler|title=Q&A with William Beutler|work=C-SPAN|date=December 13, 2011|accessdate=March 23, 2014}}</ref> He had previously been interviewed on C-SPAN as a blogger with credentials to cover the 2008 Democratic Convention.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?280565-101/2008-democratic-convention-day-4-preview|title=2008 Democratic Convention, Day 4 Preview|work=C-SPAN|date=August 28, 2008|accessdate=March 23, 2016}}</ref>
Beutler Ink was hired to sanitize the biography of Aubrey McClendon, a billionaire who was fired as CEO of Chesapeake Energy for self-dealing and later indicted for criminal anti-trust violations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wikipediocracy.com/2016/03/07/billionaire-aubrey-mcclendons-paid-wikipedia-articles/|date=March 7, 2016|accessdate=March 23, 2016}}</ref>
==Others==
==Others==