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One of the principals of Brass Check is [[Ryan Holiday]] who has written about how to infiltrate Wikipedia for ''Fortune'' in 2012 and his involvement with Brass Check in ''New York Observer'' in 2017. Claimed Brass Check client articles - see {{diff2|814326754|COIN permlink}}.
One of the principals of Brass Check is [[Ryan Holiday]] who has written about how to infiltrate Wikipedia for ''Fortune'' in 2012 and his involvement with Brass Check in ''New York Observer'' in 2017. Claimed Brass Check client articles - see {{diff2|814326754|COIN permlink}}.
===Frost Media Solutions===
*http://frostmediasolutions.com/tag/wikipedia/ including how to get on Wikipedia's front page
Reputation management
===Anvil Media===
*http://anvilmediainc.com
Reputation management, "Review forum optimization"
===Go Fish Digital===
*https://gofishdigital.com/online-reputation-management/

"Wikipedia Management service: Wikipedia consistently ranks highly in the search engines' results. It is often viewed as a third-party objective authority, and as such, the content it contains about a person or brand has a direct impact on their reputation. Managing and improving your personal or brand Wikipedia page ensures that you are putting your best foot forward."

===London Biography===
*http://londonbiography.com (dead link)
*https://web.archive.org/web/20161029092239/http://londonbiography.com:80/

"We produce biographical books, websites and Wikipedia entries for individuals and organisations."

Promises not to divulge clients.

===Wikifiers===
*http://www.wikifiers.com

"Get Your Wikipedia Page Created or Edited Today!"

Promise to never disclose clients

===SEO Pressor===
*http://seopressor.com
Puzzle globe infringement, unlicensed use of Commons images. Offers tutorial on replacing dead links with SEO links. Unclear if they will do this for clients.


==Prior companies==
==Prior companies==

Revision as of 04:14, 12 December 2017

This is a list of companies involved in paid editing and some of their blocked accounts.

It also describes some of the ways in which these companies work. It is to help with the detection and follow up of future issues. It is also to help educate those who may potentially be hiring such organizations.

The allow-ability of creating such a page is based on the following guidance by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal team. It is also supported by a reasonable reading of the policy on harassment.

Companies

Wikipediawriters.com

Website Estimated number of employees (3)[1]

Belongs to this sock family[2] -> blocked in 2012 Also appear to work as wikipediasolutions

Smarter wiki

Website (no longer functional)

Legalmorning.com

Website Run by Mike Wood[3]

Statuslabs.com / Wiki-PR[5]

Website Wiki PR

Website Status Labs

One of the ways they work is by emailing organizations that have Wikipedia pages that have clean up tags and offering to get those tags removed. Active as of 2017. Further details at Wiki-PR editing of Wikipedia

Getyourwiki.com

Website

Orangemoody

Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Orangemoody

My Wiki Pro

Website (no longer active)

WikiExperts

Website (employees 3)

  • On October 17, 2013, the firm, its employees, and any related firms were banned from editing Wikipedia.[1]
  • At ticket:2017082310013745 a client writes to Wikipedia volunteers at WP:OTRS for service follow up. It seems apparent that the customer does not distinguish Wikipedia the website, Wikipedia's volunteers, and this company. When this person has follow up concerns about the paid editing they purchased, they seek to continue the business relationship with Wikipedia volunteers as if there were no difference. It is a burden for Wikipedia volunteers to be pressured to fulfill service requests encouraged by paid editing companies. Also, no attempt to disclose paid editing when posting to articles.
  • User:Jeremy112233

Wikipediaexperts

Uses same videos

SpiderLance

Website

WizardsofWiki

Website

  • Jacobs, Emma (February 26, 2015). "Editors-for-hire on Wikipedia". Financial Times.
  • Active as of 2017. Email Jun 14, 17

The Writers for Hire

Website

HighlyRelevant

Website

Reputation.ca

Reputation.ca (archived)

  • "We have built up many senior administrator accounts within the Wikipedia hierarchy. Over the years, we have successfully created LIVE Wikipedia pages for numerous clients. Our ability to do this has come from our detailed knowledge of how Wikipedia works and what content is accepted and what is not."
  • "Cost: $2,000 + HST."
  • First step: "Review your notability level and make an assessment of your suitability for inclusion in Wikipedia. If we determine you are not suitable we will refund $1,500 of your fees."

wikicreators.com

Website

outerboxdesign.com

  • [7] Blocked users from here.

adtelligent.net

Blocked users from here. [8]

Faciliusinc

Jun 28, 17 Emails.[9]

Actively emailing people as of Dec 2017. Stating that they have created 400+ articles and have admins working for them. Says articles on a topic need to be two months appart.

They follow the deletion boards to find potential customers. It appears they include creating sources as part of the fee.

thewikiformula.com

Emails those who have had pages deleted.

wikiofficer.com

koozai.com

Talk page July 18, 2017

Muhammad Ali

Ali Khalid / Muhammad Ali [11] Blocked accounts.

Highbrows Engineering and Technologies

ALS Marketing

[13] (July 26, 17 email)

Wiki-service.org

Direct Online Marketing

[14]

The Wiki Publishing

[15]

wikipediaservices.com

gotwikipedia.com

Ontarget Media and Marketing Services

Submit Express

Not currently blocked

Mister Wiki

Brass Check

  • http://www.brasscheck.net - "Brass Check is a creative advisory firm that specializes in working with authors, media companies and startups."

One of the principals of Brass Check is Ryan Holiday who has written about how to infiltrate Wikipedia for Fortune in 2012 and his involvement with Brass Check in New York Observer in 2017. Claimed Brass Check client articles - see COIN permlink.

Frost Media Solutions

Reputation management

Anvil Media

Reputation management, "Review forum optimization"

Go Fish Digital

"Wikipedia Management service: Wikipedia consistently ranks highly in the search engines' results. It is often viewed as a third-party objective authority, and as such, the content it contains about a person or brand has a direct impact on their reputation. Managing and improving your personal or brand Wikipedia page ensures that you are putting your best foot forward."

London Biography

"We produce biographical books, websites and Wikipedia entries for individuals and organisations."

Promises not to divulge clients.

Wikifiers

"Get Your Wikipedia Page Created or Edited Today!"

Promise to never disclose clients

SEO Pressor

Puzzle globe infringement, unlicensed use of Commons images. Offers tutorial on replacing dead links with SEO links. Unclear if they will do this for clients.

Prior companies

mywikibiz.com

Online marketplaces

References

  1. ^ See Community ban proposal for paid editing firm wikiexperts.us
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