Noted researcher Felipe Ortega is
trying his hand at commenting about paid editing and its ilk, but I conclude that he's mostly missing the mark, while his cohort Yaron Koren seems to have the better understanding.
Ortega:
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We must also note that this ((a paid editing service)) is quite different from initiatives such as the Public Policy Initiative or scientists improving Wikipedia entries on RNA biology. These editors doesn’t have a direct interest in presenting a certain point of view. They just want to improve Wikipedia’s coverage about those topics, for the common good.
Koren:
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I think you can write fairly about a topic while still getting paid to do it. More generally, I don’t see anything fundamentally wrong with a company hiring someone to basically improve the Wikipedia article about them: to flesh it out with correctly-referenced information, and to keep out vandalism.
Kohs:
Comment awaiting approval.