[WikiEN-l] WP:COI violation

Wed Nov 8 20:30:21 UTC 2006

Gregory Kohs wrote:

>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]
>
So what!!!

>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.
>* * * * *
>
So a few people recently decided that they wanted a COI policy.  Let's 
not pretend that there was suddenly a groundswell in support of this policy.

>I didn't see that Beesley submitted her content for community review on the
>article's talk page.
>
Why should she?  If you think that what she has said is wrong 
{{sofixit}} instead of whining about it.

>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.  
>
Her edit may be a trifling one, but surely you trifle by complaining 
about it.

>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?
>
Why should she have to?  Her connection with Wikia is completely on the 
table,  What is so notably biased about the way she is writing.

>Seriously, I know I'm trolling, but come on -- can anyone else see the
>hypocrisy here?
>
To what do we owe the honour of your cofession to hypocrisy?

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