It's more nuanced than that. Wikipedia allows payments in some situations as long as they are public: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Connected_contribu

It's more nuanced than that. Wikipedia allows payments in some situations as long as they are public: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Connected_contributor_(paid)#:~:text=TemplateData%20for%20Connected%20contributor%20(paid,Template%20parameters%5BEdit%20template%20data%5D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Connected_contributor... The editor who massaged the article in question has it somewhere on his profile that he accepts payments and has a list of articles he has taken payment for.