Wikipedia and academia have always been at war. The reliability of Wikipedia is often questioned and many educational institutions have banned its use for research. Even Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales warns students about citing it as a source. However, if done correctly, Wikipedia can be a valuable research tool. It is critical to understand the […]

A paid Wikipedia editor will post anything you pay them for. A professional Wikipedia editor will only post what adheres to Wikipedia guidelines and will advise you throughout the article creation process. There has been quite a bit of news lately about people accepting compensation to create and edit Wikipedia articles. I have been a […]

Getting rid of those ugly tags at the top of Wikipedia articles isn’t always an easy task thanks to the community of editors who use them as “badges of shame.” You need to make sure that you have a valid reason to remove the tag and that you are doing so in accordance with Wikipedia […]

Should you take the time to correct factual errors with your Wikipedia Article? So you recently discovered that there is a Wikipedia article about you or your company. As with many Wikipedia articles, it contains errors in facts or is worded to give the inappropriate amount of weight to certain information. Correcting your Wikipedia article […]

As a professional Wikipedia editor, I spend quite a lot of time correcting errors on Wikipedia. Prospective clients have contacted me distraught after they have tried (in the way they believe is best) to correct information that is false or worded incorrectly. Ultimately, they wound up turning a simple edit into an edit war. This […]