QUOTE(ebc123 @ Fri 10th December 2010, 11:31am)
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My apologies “thekoser.†Thanks for the welcome. Your ebook looks interesting. I think it’s pricey for an ebook, especially since it doesn’t say anywhere how substantial it is (pages/words/etc.) But it looks interesting.
Everything I do is substantial. (IMG:
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QUOTE(ebc123 @ Fri 10th December 2010, 11:31am)
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1. What (if anything) might cause them to suspect something as a Conflict of Interest if it doesn’t contain promo language or controversial subjects?
Well-written content about a commercial subject.
QUOTE(ebc123 @ Fri 10th December 2010, 11:31am)
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2. If they decide one account is in voilation, can they discover your other accounts through IP address, sockpuppets (whatever they are), or something else?
They'll use everything at their disposal. They'll checkuser the account in question, finding out every IP that it's used in the past 90 days. Then they'll back-trace all of the IPs found, to see if any other accounts have used them. Any that rise to even the faintest level of suspicion will also then be checkusered to discover more IPs. And so on. Yet, the Wikipediots will tell you that their site is one of the safest you can visit, because they don't "track" you with cookies or any personally-identifying information. (IMG:
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QUOTE(ebc123 @ Fri 10th December 2010, 11:31am)
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As far as “Multiple accounts are probably an unnecessary step, but that depends on how much money, etc., you have at stake.
I’d like to generate a fair amount of income so of course money/reputation would be a factor. Here is where question 2 above comes into play. It’s one thing to have a problem with one article and another thing to have a problem with 5, 10 or more.
My rule of thumb is to never conduct paid editing with one user account for any more than two different clients, and to use different IP addresses for each user account. In other words, you should have a notebook that tracks something like this:
- User:Applesaucey One - working on Client A - use from coffee shop IP - Firefox
- User:Bananamashey Two - working on Client B - use from Aunt Sally's IP - MSIE
- User:Cherrypitter Three - working on Client C - use from Burger King IP - Chrome
If you live in a really rural area with few IP addresses to use and borrow, your efforts (if compromised) could all come tumbling down. You have to be really careful with this stuff, otherwise you can lose important User accounts. (Don't ask me about
User:Cool3, okay?)
QUOTE(ebc123 @ Fri 10th December 2010, 11:31am)
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As I mentioned in my first post, I fully intend on complying with Wikipedia’s policies and guidelines. For one thing I hate that hack public relations style writing. I won’t do it and my potential clients will know it up front.
If you want to run a business with one hand tied behind your back, that's stupid; but you're entitled to try.
QUOTE(ebc123 @ Fri 10th December 2010, 11:31am)
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I guess my greatest concern is one of those Dungeons and Dragons type zealots might eventually decide to pull some IRS/Spanish Inquisition investigation out of sheer boredom and the wheels come off. I don’t know how and if this happens. That’s why I’m posting here. I definitely find none of these answers on any other posts. Thanks again for any help!
"Wheels coming off" is Wikipedia's middle name, kid.
Now, a question for you... How old are you, and what is the highest level of occupation you have ever ascended to?