[WikiEN-l] WP:COI violation

Wed Nov 8 16:22:07 UTC 2006

Angela Beesley wrote on Saturday, November 4th:

>
On 11/4/06, Gregory Kohs <thekohser at
gmail.com<http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l>>
wrote:
>* I think that WP:COI (or Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest) is botched.
*...
>* If that's the case, why is it that:
*>*
*>* (1)  Angela Beesley has edited the article about Wikia.com
*
Because the policy didn't exist then. [[WP:COI]] was a guideline about
not making vanity pages until October 10th.

Angela.

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The Vice President of Wikia has been editing the Wikipedia article about
Wikia again.  This time, November 8th:

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikia&diff=86444818&oldid=86163187]

Now, as a reminder, WP:COI says:

* * * * *
If you have a conflict of interest, you should:

   1. *avoid editing* articles related to your organization or its
   competitors;
   2. *avoid participating* in deletion
discussions<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy#Deletion_processes>about
articles related to your organization or its competitors;
   3. *avoid linking* to the Wikipedia article or website of your
   corporation in other articles (see
Wikipedia:Spam<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spam>).

If you feel it necessary to make changes to Wikipedia articles, despite a
real or perceived conflict of interest, we *strongly encourage* you to
submit content for community review on the article's talk page, and to let
one or more trusted community members judge whether the material belongs in
Wikipedia.
* * * * *

I didn't see that Beesley submitted her content for community review on the
article's talk page.

I know that her edit was a trifling one, but considering all of the heat and
light that's been generated in recent months about conflicts of interest,
why is it that Beesley's account doesn't receive so much as a warning,
especially when just 4 days ago, she was giving excuses as to why it was
okay for her to edit Wikia PRIOR to WP:COI coming out.  Well, now WP:COI is
out, but she's still editing.  Would it be so difficult for the Wikipedia
community to expect that Beesley recuse herself of editing just ONE article
-- the one about her own company?

Seriously, I know I'm trolling, but come on -- can anyone else see the
hypocrisy here?

-- 
Gregory Kohs
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