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On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:02:15 -0500,
Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:32:44 +0000 (UTC), waterskidoo wrote:
>
>> On 2007-08-19, Tim Smith <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> In article <1531472.ELGprPR2bs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You are aware that Microsoft /pays/ for edits, right?
>>>
>>> They offered to pay someone to take a look at an article and fix any
>>> mistakes he found. They didn't tell him the fixes had to be
>>> pro-Microsoft. He would be paid either way.
>>
>> Wikis, blogging, discussion groups etc have become so popular
>> it's not unreasonable to think that companies have people
>> contracted to correct errors and evangelize the product.
>
> Wikipdia's policy on this subject is downright stupid. What it means is
> that those with the most knowledge of a subject are not allowed to write
> about it. What's worse is that there is no policy against *competitors*
> from editing an entry.
>
agreed, that's a pretty stupid policy.
> What Wikipedia should do is develop a process in which those with conflicts
> of interest (on both sides) can be allowed to edit articles, so long as the
> edits are marked as such... which allows them to be more carefully
> scrutinized by other wikipedia editors.
>
> It's much easier to verify something than it is to come up with that thing
> in the first place. Such a policy would allow those with the most
> knowledge to write articles, and for many others to simply validate what
> was written.
all wikipedia's policy does is encourage the editors to lie about who
they work for, or support.
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