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| bulbasaur |
 Sun 16th October 2011, 12:36am
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Shouldn't corporations and organisations be allowed to have a group account (after verification, of course to prevent fraud and clearly labelled OTRS-style)? That way at least Wikipedia will know immediately that this is a group account and that they are now able to work with the organisation to settle disputes rather than pushing them to use shady sock puppets.
Who came up this current organisation editing policy? |
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Sun 16th October 2011, 1:14am
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Senior Member  Group: Contributors Posts: 441 Joined: Sun 1st Nov 2009, 3:08pm Member No.: 15,107 |
Who let you out of the Pokeball?
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| Zoloft |
Sun 16th October 2011, 1:40am
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 May we all find solace in our dreams. Group: Regulars Posts: 1,332 Joined: Fri 15th Jan 2010, 11:08pm From: Erewhon Member No.: 16,621 |
Ash?
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| thekohser |
Mon 5th December 2011, 12:45pm
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Member Group: Regulars Posts: 10,274 Joined: Thu 1st Feb 2007, 10:21pm Member No.: 911 |
QUOTE(bulbasaur @ Sat 15th October 2011, 7:36pm)  Shouldn't corporations and organisations be allowed to have a group account (after verification, of course to prevent fraud and clearly labelled OTRS-style)? That way at least Wikipedia will know immediately that this is a group account and that they are now able to work with the organisation to settle disputes rather than pushing them to use shady sock puppets. Who came up this current organisation editing policy? That fairly squarely rests with Jimmy Wales, along with his henchmen from England, Guy Chapman and David Gerard. Wikipedia Review was the first organized effort to represent corporations on Wikipedia, through a fully-disclosed process of editing. Wales made very clear how opposed he was to this sort of editing, even when conducted in the bright disinfecting sunlight of full disclosure. I think it underscores what a foolish and senseless position Wales, Chapman, and Gerard took. So, Wikipedia now has an army of "shady sock puppets" improving articles about people, corporations, and organizations. Congrats, Jimbo. |
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| Selina |
Mon 5th December 2011, 1:48pm
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The sensible thing for them to do would be to take the money themselves as long as edits from corporations are clearly marked and not given any special treatment, then any found effectively stealing money from them through unauthorised access of their website: prosecute
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| thekohser |
Mon 5th December 2011, 2:27pm
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Member Group: Regulars Posts: 10,274 Joined: Thu 1st Feb 2007, 10:21pm Member No.: 911 |
Mods, we have a "Paid editing" thread in the Money forum. Think this thread that doesn't seem to have anything to do with "Editors" could be merged into the other thread?
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