Wikipedia Scandal: High Profile Users Allegedly Involved In Paid-Editing

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @04:18PM from the citation-needed dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new Wikipedia scandal: two high profile users, one of them board member of Wikimedia UK seem to have been caught doing edits for personal profit. It was also discovered that they ran an SEO business related to Wikipedia. Quoting: 'Roger Bamkin, trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation UK, whose LinkedIn page describes him as a high-return-earning PR consultant, appeared to be using Wikipedia's main page "Did You Know" feature and the resources of Wikipedia's GLAM WikiProject (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) initiative to pimp his client's project. Bamkin's current client is the country of Gibraltar.'"

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This is Normal by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-18 16:29 · Score: 0, Troll

This is why most of the articles get written. Wikipedia is essentially SEO linkbait.
Sure Jimmy, sure. by Frosty+Piss · 2012-09-18 16:31 · Score: 0, Troll

From Jimmy Whales, the biggest WikiWhore of them all: "I'm shocked, SHOCKED, I TELL YOU"
Sure Jimmy, sure.

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