QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 17th June 2009, 10:48am)
Wow... User:Dcoetzee
actually gets it. Spot on.
I saw Greg's reply on slashdot t'other day
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When I am under contract with a person or corporation to write an article about said person or corporation, I have very, very, very little interest in presenting an "advocacy" position on behalf of that entity. Rather, success is measured in durability within Wikipedia, so my highest priority is...
How do I write (and publish) this article in such a way that it passes WP:NPOV, WP:V, WP:RS, and all the other WP:things, while simultaneously NOT DRAWING THE ATTENTION of someone from the WikiHive intent on deleting paid promotional puff pieces?
Guess what? The articles that result are relatively bland, not puff pieces, quite encyclopedic, and (ever since I learned this technique) 100% durable within Wikipedia -- with surprisingly little follow-up maintenance, and likewise lasting appreciation of my clients.
So articles written by a professional are wikindistinguishable from articles written by volunteers except they are more professionally written?
By trade I am a programmer. I contribute a lot of code to open-source projects, one of them being the linux kernel. Linus, the whore that he is, will accept contributions from anyone, regardless if they're paid to do it or not. The code just has to be acceptable. A lot of people are paid to contribute code to such projects.
What the hell is the problem here?