The war between Wikipedia and the Navy

Source: Internet
Author: User
Keywords Wikipedia
Wikipedia is conducting a survey of suspected editors and Navy accounts that have shielded more than 250 accounts to reduce soft-text entries and remain neutral. According to Wikipedia's editorial mechanism, the obvious soft text entries are easily judged and deleted, and one of the most common reasons for this is the lack of "attention" (notability), but the rationale is somewhat broad, that is, whether the topic is necessary to create an introduction to the article. An important principle to determine the level of interest in an item is the number of references, and if an entry has multiple sources of reliable references, it means that the entry is necessary to establish it. So, in order to make their own entries on Wikipedia to survive longer, they will add a rich source of references to try to confuse the clearance. But for the PR purpose of the entries are often "lack of attention" problem, so reluctantly cited sources are always a broad definition and lack of pertinence, it is still possible to be reported. Wikipedia contributors can report the creator of the entry by referring to an item that is suspicious of the source. Wikipedia will check whether the creator uses multiple accounts to edit entries based on information such as the user's IP address. Although Wikipedia is an autonomous community, users must follow the policies and guidelines of the site, and Wikipedia prohibits the navy or the presence of undisclosed benefits. The Daily Dot surveyed several PR companies that received soft text on Wikipedia, a company called WIKI-PR, and one of the WIKI-PR said they had served 12,000 customers. According to a former WIKI-PR customer, the price of building a soft page on Wikipedia is generally 500~1000 dollars, and if the need for continuous "monitoring" of the page to prevent deletion or modification, customers also need to pay 50 dollars a month additional costs. Wikipedia has 500 million readers, and the neutrality and verifiable principle of entry creation is being violated by the Navy and the soft market, which has shocked and worried some Wikipedia editors. It is their top priority to get out of this "market-oriented" non-profit organization, which has long relied on donations and Alexa traffic ranking the sixth world. The graph is from the network
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