[WikiEN-l] WP:COI violation

Wed Nov 8 16:59:04 UTC 2006

Did any of her edits constitute a violation of WP:NPOV?
The policy was created to avoid bad edits being made.
As long as the article remains okay, there's no problem.

On 11/8/06, Gregory Kohs <thekohser at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> + + + + + +
>
> 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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