Ever since its founding in 2001, Wikipedia has been the center of debate about the reliability of the content on its site. It was in 2005 that a study in the International Weekly Journal of Science (Nature.com) released a study showing that Wikipedia is just as reliable as Encyclopedia Britannica. The study was one of […]
The Reason I Never Disclose My Work As A Paid Wikipedia Editor
While paid editing is not against policy, editors actually violate policy by disrupting Wikipedia to prove their point that paid editing should not be allowed. As a paid Wikipedia editor, I can tell you that there are thousands of people out there looking to pay someone to create a Wikipedia page. To clarify, I am […]
Snowden, Outing, and the Disappointing Side of Wikipedia
I stay in business because Wikipedia creates an environment where people need to hire someone to create a Wikipedia page. With the many rules and guidelines that the community developed over the years, you really need experience in order to create a new Wikipedia page. Many people and companies try, but fail miserably because they […]
Not Being Notable For Wikipedia Does Not Mean You Are Not Notable
I receive a dozen or so requests each day to create Wikipedia articles. Different Wikipedia writers for hire have different sets of rules to determine the clients they take on. While some will take on any job (something I did in the infancy of my career), others refuse and only take on the best of […]
How Reliable Is Wikipedia?
When using Wikipedia, you may have asked yourself some variation of the question, “Is Wikipedia reliable?” Indeed, this particular question isn’t the easiest one to answer. Many scholars and academics have denounced Wikipedia’s claims of reliability because it does not feature any of the actual scholarly influence found in print encyclopedias. Indeed, Wikipedia is primarily […]