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_ Highlighted for Posterity _ Microsoft PR Paying to "Correct" Wikipedia (Slashdot)

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Unpaid Schill writes "Over on the O'Reilly Network, there's an interesting piece about how Microsoft tried to hire people to contribute to Wikipedia. Not wanting to do the edits directly, they were looking for an intermediary to make edits and corrections favorable to them. Why? According to the article, it was apparently both to let people know that Microsoft will not 'enable death squads with ...

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By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service. A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia ...

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( InfoWorld ) - A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary, opening a heated debate about the ethics of such a move. Rick Jelliffe, chief technology officer of XML tools company Topologi Pty. Ltd., said he will probably accept a contract from Microsoft to edit Wikipedia entries on ODF ...

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A software engineer in Australia says that he was offered money by Microsoft to edit Wikipedia entries pertaining to Microsoft products. ...

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A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary, opening a heated debate about the ethics of such a move.

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January 23, 2007 (IDG News Service) -- A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft Corp. to edit certain entries in the ...

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Australian engineer says he probably will take payment for tech edits on some Microsoft subjects. A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered ...

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In a case of PR Web 2.0, Oreillynet.com blogger Rick Jelliffe will provide more balance on public articles pertaining to ODF/OOXML.

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Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.



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Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.

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How dumb is Microsoft? No, really: a few weeks ago, they decided to "give" bloggers a free -- as in beer -- $2,300 Acer Ferrari laptop. When some people -- like me -- suggested that this sounded like a bribe, Microsoft immediately back-peddled.



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A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary, opening a heated debate about the ethics of such a move.



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By Brian Bergstein, AP Technology Writer | January 23, 2007. Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to ...

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Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it offered to pay a blogger to change what it views as inaccuracies in technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.

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By BRIAN BERGSTEIN | AP. BOSTON (AP) - Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical ...

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Microsoft accused of offering to pay an Australian blogger to "correct errors" on technical articles on the Wikipedia site.

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Microsoft has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse today after it offered to pay an Australian blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced ...

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Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site. While Wikipedia is known as the encyclopedia that anyone can tweak, founder Jimmy...

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A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary, opening a heated debate about the ethics of such a move.



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A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary, opening a heated ...

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Microsoft has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse today after it offered to pay an Australian blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced web encyclopedia site.
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Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse on Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site. While Wikipedia is known as the encyclopedia that anyone can tweak, founder Jimmy Wales and his cadre of volunteer editors, writers and moderators have blocked public-relations firms, campaign workers and anyone else perceived as having ...

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Boston, Jan 24: Microsoft Corp has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced ...

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Microsoft has landed in hot water after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on Wikipedia's community-produced encyclopedia site.

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A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft Corp. to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary, ...

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Microsoft has offered to pay an independent blogger to edit alleged inaccuracies in Wikipedia articles, this was not received well.

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By Brian Bergstein. Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the ...

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NEW YORK -- Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse yesterday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced web encyclopedia site.

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Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced encyclopedia website.

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Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse yesterday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web ...

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Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site. While Wikipedia is known as the encyclopedia that anyone can tweak, founder Jimmy Wales and his cadre of volunteer editors, writers and moderators have blocked public-relations firms, campaign workers and anyone else perceived ...

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Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse yesterday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web ...

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Microsoft landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.

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By Nick Farrell: Wednesday 24 January 2007, 14:17. MICROSOFT HAS has got itself in trouble with Wikipedia for paying experts to write "accurate information" ...

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MICROSOFT HAS has got itself in trouble with Wikipedia for paying experts to write "accurate information" about it in the online encyclopaedia.

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Microsoft Corp. has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.

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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web ...

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Microsoft accused of offering to pay an Australian blogger to "correct errors" on technical articles on the Wikipedia web encyclopedia site.

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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.

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Microsoft landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopediasite.



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Microsoft landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site. While Wikipedia is known as the encyclopedia that anyone can tweak, it has blocked public-relations firms, campaign workers and anyone else perceived as having a conflict of interest from posting fluff or slanting entries.

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Blog: The same feature that allows a community to collectively add wisdom to Wikipedia entries can also allow flame wars to break out...

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Microsoft is reported to have offered a blogger a bribe to change their Wikipedia entry. This was discovered and reported.



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Microsoft has drawn criticism after it proposed to pay a programmer to clean up a Wikipedia entry on its Open XML technology. ...

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"Microsoft landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced encyclopedia site.

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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.



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AP. BOSTON - When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, ...

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A software engineer has been embroiled in a controversy in which Microsoft stands accused of trying to use him as a paid proxy to finesse entries on the Wikipedia site.

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By BRIAN BERGSTEIN. AP Technology Writer. When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in ...

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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.

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Ask almost any Wikipedia diehard how the site avoids becoming a morass of news releases and hit pieces, and they will give credit to the encyclopedia's ...

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When a blogger reveals that Microsoft proffered pay to fix "inaccuracies" in Wikipedia technical articles, an online backlash erupts. By the Associated Press.

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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.

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Microsoft Corp. endured online slams and a rebuke from Wikipedia when the software company offered to pay a blogger to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles.

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Microsoft acknowledged offering to pay a blogger to correct what it said were errors in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

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The Wikipedia founder Wednesday said it was a "disappointment" Microsoft Corp. approached a blogger to change technical articles on the online encyclopedia.

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"We were very disappointed," says Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales at word of Microsoft's offer to pay a blogger to correct what the software giant said are errors in some postings on Wikipedia's online encyclopedia.

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The imbroglio will soon pass, but it raises a bigger question: Why is it so bad to pay someone to write something on Wikipedia? The "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" requires articles to have a "neutral point of view."

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BOSTON - Microsoft Corp. got slammed Wednesday by bloggers and the founder of the Wikipedia after it was revealed that it had hired a man to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on the online encyclopedia.

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Microsoft has recently come under fire by Wikipedia and its founder Jimmy Wales after it was made public that Microsoft was contacting technical writers and asking them to change a Wikipedia entry on Office Open XML to favor the Redmond company. As many of you in the search engine world know, Google and other engines favor [...]

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Microsoft Offer Raises Question: What's Wrong With Accepting Money to Post on Wikipedia?

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In my post yesterday discussing an attempt by a Microsoft employee to pay a blogger to make changes to certain Wikipedia entries that Microsoft considered unfair, we noted that a Microsoft spokesperson made a number of factual statements.



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Microsoft's offer to pay for Wikipedia edits may not be the big scandal many news organizations are hoping for. This opinion comes straight from Rick Jelliffe, the O'Reilly author and blogger who was offered money for changing Microsoft Wikipedia entries. In an email interview, Jeliffe told TG Daily that he believes the edits are normal and that paid edits could be the wave of the future.

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Microsoft has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.



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MICROSOFT is in the doghouse with Wikipedia doghouse as a result of offering to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced encyclopedia website.

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By Brian Bergstein, AP technology writer. BOSTON — When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in ...

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MICROSOFT is in the doghouse with Wikipedia doghouse as a result of offering to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced encyclopedia website.

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By Paul McDougall. When Wikipedia didn't make changes to what Microsoft claims is erroneous information about a key software standard, the software company ...

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Computerworld New Zealand, New Zealand - 23 minutes ago
By Nancy Gohring Auckland | Friday, 2 February, 2007. A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries ...

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MICROSOFT is in the doghouse with Wikipedia doghouse as a result of offering to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced encyclopedia website.

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So they paid someone to take a look at the entries and see if they're correct. That person was given complete freedom to make whatever choices he felt right ...

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Computerworld New Zealand, New Zealand - 20 hours ago
By Nancy Gohring Auckland | Friday, 2 February, 2007. A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries ...

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The Redmond giant offered to to pay a blogger to comment on the ODF/OOXML discussion.

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