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Overview

What we do

This project is to discuss, raise awareness of, and hopefully address issues regarding paid editing on Wikipedia, in which people are compensated to create and edit Wikipedia articles (background: [1][2][3][4]).

Who we are

Editors who are troubled to some degree by the presence of paid agents on the Wikipedia.

  • Some of are are opposed to paid agents editing the Wikipedia at all, recognizing that this occurs anyway and that prohibiting would only drive it completely underground, but that this is either a net positive or worth the cost, overall.
  • Some of us are concerned about paid agents editing the Wikipedia (at least in some cases), but feel that banning it completely would only drive it underground, and this is not an improvement. Instead, paid agents should self-identify, follow Bright Line, be watched closely, and perhaps be subject to other controls.
  • Others of us have other or more nuanced views. However, editors who believe that paid agents are an overall net positive to the Wikipedia might consider instead working with WikiProject Cooperation, which takes more of a welcoming-and-helping stance toward paid agents. (Editors are of course invited to belong to both WikiProjects.)

What is a "paid agent"?

Editors who are 1) editing the Wikipedia for pay (on an contract or as part of their salaried duties) and 2) editing the Wikipedia at the behest of someone else (a boss or client).

The following cases are not considered paid agents, and not considered problematical, for the purposes of this project:

  • Anyone writing on their own initiative, with no direct material compensation or expectation of personal gain, even if they are technically "on the clock" somewhere. In particular, academics writing in their field of expertise (or any field), even if they are technically doing this during normal work hours and using university equipment most always qualify for this exemption.
  • Participants in the Wikipedia:GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) initiative, even if paid for editing the Wikipedia. And in most (but not necessarily all) cases, editors being paid by academic grants to contribute to the Wikipedia.
  • Editing by employees of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Anyone else who is editing the Wikipedia for pay, and editing at the behest of another person, is possibly or at least potentially a problematic paid agent (even if working for a non-profit entity).

Notes

Wikipedia:Paid advocacy (WP:PAID) is currently a guideline, and suggested policy currently under discussion, as a clarification on Wikipedia:Conflict of interest (WP:COI). See also plain and simple COI help, as discussed on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cooperation/Paid Editor Help.

See also: Wikipedia:Paid Operatives‎, Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations, and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard

Divisions Project information and scope

Founding principles

See Principles.

Goals

  • Collect material regarding paid editing on Wikipedia. A lot is written on this subject and we need to keep some of it as an easily available collective memory. Editors are encouraged to contribute links to outside articles, internal discussions and pages, and other material in the appropriate sections at the bottom of this page.
  • Develop strategies for better control of paid advocacy on Wikipedia. And/or, develop strategies for the elimination or banning of paid advocacy on Wikipedia.
  • Advocate for the better control of paid advocacy on Wikipedia. And/or, advocate for the elimination or banning of paid advocacy on Wikipedia.
  • Identify, watch, publicize, and, as needed, correct articles for which third parties are known to have engaged persons to edit in return for compensation.
Project technical information
Title

WikiProject Integrity (formerly WikiProject Paid Advocacy Watch)

Parentage

None; this is a top-level Wikiproject.

Related Wikiprojects
Subprojects

None.

Coordination IRC channel

#wikipedia-en-paw on irc.freenode.net

News and alerts

Alerts

Articles to be checked and corrected (if required)

continued editing, thus time under company name; I blocked, and removed the advertising. Needs further watching. DGG ( talk ) 05:29, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Other alerts

Project news

  • New name, moved from Paid Advocacy Watch.

Articles tagged as part of this project

Talk pages that include the template of the Integrity project may be viewed at Category:WikiProject Integrity articles.

Tasks

  • We're in the process of investigating the phenomena of paid advocacy generally, so the list links to helpful internal or external material and so forth continues to be built.
  • Check articles on the Alerts list, and either remove them (if they're OK) or adopt them.
  • Additions to the Registry are welcome and needed. Editors are invited to add themselves if they qualify.
  • (Add other tasks here, or suggest below.)

See Tasks discussion section on talkpage

Participants

Subpages

Templates

Templates

WikiProject Integrity (for article talk page)

{{WikiProject Integrity}}

WikiProject iconIntegrity
WikiProject iconThis article is part of Wikiproject Integrity, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles on Wikipedia having edits by contributors with a monetary obligation to edit the article topic. To participate, you can edit the attached article or contribute further at WikiProject Integrity.IntegrityWikipedia:WikiProject IntegrityTemplate:WikiProject IntegrityIntegrity articles
COIN usage templates

{{Connected contributor}} - for article talk page

{{COI}} - for article page

Userbox

Project userbox:
{{User:UBX/INTEGRITY}}

This user is a member of the Integrity Project



Alternate project userbox, based on an earlier version:
{{User:UBX/PAIDWATCH}}

This user is a member of the Paid Advocacy Watch Project (WP:PAIDWATCH)


Project barnstar

Suitable for awarding to anyone who has made a material contribution to the project's goals. (Improvement by better artist welcome.)

Archives

General

Pertaining specifically to paid editing of Wikipedia

Not sure about this. On the one hand, some of these links provides a kind of one-stop shop for people looking for ways to influence Wikipedia or sign on with entities that are. On the other hand, forewarned is forearmed. It's no good to blunder about in ignorance. It makes sense to us to have materials collected that would be helpful to Wikipedians wishing to consider and discuss this phenomenon.

Pertaining to the BP contretemps of 2013

These are some PR people's takes:

Forums:

Here's a couple of older links (preceding the contretemps) about BP greenwashing in general:

Archives

Old materials, old news, tasks completed or expired
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