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You're absolutely allowed to be paid to edit articles. Many large organizations employ people for specifically that purpose. However, those who do so legitima
by redthrowaway 13y ago
You're absolutely allowed to be paid to edit articles. Many large organizations employ people for specifically that purpose. However, those who do so legitimately will make it clear both through their username and their userpage that that's what they're doing. The community then takes that into account when determining whether their edits are appropriate.
- chris_wot 13y agoYou are absolutely not allowed to be paid to edit articles!
- redthrowaway 13y agoSorry, you're right. I misremembered. You can't directly edit articles in which you have a conflict of interest, however you can (and are encouraged to) request edits on the talk page, provide sources, write drafts, etc. Often these paid editors will have experienced volunteers they collaborate with who work with them to ensure the proposed edits meet Wikipedia's guidelines. It's a sort of hands-off editing by proxy, but there very much are paid editors working on articles about their employers -- they just don't edit the articles directly.
- chris_wot 13y agoAgree completely with this. That is the most transparent way of going about things.