Sure, there are paid editors performing PR services on Wikipedia (both above-board, declared, and flying under the radar, undeclared). What the WMF does do at

Sure, there are paid editors performing PR services on Wikipedia (both above-board, declared, and flying under the radar, undeclared). What the WMF does do at times is fund community "organizers" trying to get unpaid volunteer editors to work on its content. See e.g.: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/09/22/join-the-organizer-lab-beta/ https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/09/22/join-the-organizer-lab... Direct editing paid for by the Foundation was tried once, with bad results: https://thewikipedian.net/2014/04/02/bats-in-the-belfer-a-beginners-guide-to-the-biggest-wikipedia-controversy-youve-probably-never-heard-of/ https://thewikipedian.net/2014/04/02/bats-in-the-belfer-a-be...