All the WikiScanner stories going around I think are going to help Wikipedia. Yes, there is a minor issue about reliability on the downside, but the situation emphasizes the situation where important people and companies are writing Wikipedia (WP). To bring these people to WP is an important acheivement, though the WikiScanner ones will need to grow a bit to get better results. I am giving my opinion as a hack writer that it's OK for them to edit articles that are about them. They just need to learn about Wikipedia, and how to work with it. Yes, WP and them or their companies can overlap. That is actually one of Wikipedia's goals, whether it's stated or not, to get bigger, to integrate with society. For WP to be more written by people in the know, makes sense. In theory, articles should reflect those investing the most time in them. This is sort of what Hayek wrote about markets and information.

To say that a company can't contribute to its own article is in my opinion stupid and a waste of time by people who think they are pursuing some ideal, that if they could explain it, I don't think I'd buy it. Politicians should help write their article, and their detractors can too. And all this can be watched by Admins. I think that's the way to get a good article. This is in theory is one of WP's strongest attributes, the give and take, leading to what I'll call the truth.

Those tripped up by the WikiScanner situation just need to take some time and learn about WP. To approach it with some knowledge of how it works, which I'd suggest they do by writing for it on various subjects. They just need to integrate with it. That would help them and WP. I think that most Wikipedians would be happy to have these new writers. Some mid level person for Congressman X now writes for WP, I'd say that's a victory. The new writers need to learn what is effective on WP, and what works.

I, nothing more than the lowest level editor on Wikipedia invite, all change with the wind politicians, huge greedy corporations, and save the planet charities, to start contributing to their own articles. With the one condition that, you learn about the encyclopedia first. WP welcomes the world to participate. Go Wikipedia Go TM

 

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