If we must question whether content is written by shills or even relevant then Wikipedia is a lot less valuable. If the defined standards are important they mu

If we must question whether content is written by shills or even relevant then Wikipedia is a lot less valuable. If the defined standards are important they must be enforced or the platform will evolve, for better or worse. You can see this on HN. Three of the top five links on HN right now are companies using their blogs to advertise on HN. As marketing on HN becomes important for startups the submission process stops being part of our defense for quality. Eventually we are democratically choosing our front page from submissions that bypassed our democracy, like an election in Hong Kong of presidential candidates selected by China, or a parody of democracy.