Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible

[ericbarbour]

Twenty-five years into the great Wiki-Babble experiment and I still routinely see corporate articles that were clearly paid-edited and not declared (and lacking in references). Free advertising. Paid for indirectly by the fools who donate to the WMF.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barco_(manufacturer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:C ... Carlos0253
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:C ... ons/Writie

[ericbarbour]

Yet another one

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilmour_S ... chnologies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:C ... atMeleeMan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:C ... ons/Mtan62

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:C ... radcamburn

That is "conveniently failing to mention" their failed launch today.....
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/t ... ts-launch/

[ericbarbour]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Hobert

Never heard of her. The vast bulk of this article (created 2 weeks ago) was written by two "apparently different" people in the UK.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Launchballer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Meena

Would not shock me if this was Audrey herself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... 1290942693