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'''List ''only'' those editors who have self-identified as paid agents.''' This is not a place for listing ''suspected'' paid agents. Please provide proof that the editor is a paid agent, such as with a permanent link to their userpage where they so state or a diff of an edit where they so state. |
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This page is currently unmaintained. Please, see [[Wikipedia:List of paid editing companies]]. |
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:Possible honeypot for finding paid editors posing as average editors: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Business/Participants]], articles, and the related projects (Investment, Finance, etc) linked. |
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==Self-identified editors== |
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Under the [[WMF:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], contributers editing Wikipedia for pay are required to disclose their employers, clients and affiliation in respect to paid edits. This section is ''only'' for those editors who have openly self-identified as paid agents and have agreed to work within the [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|policies]]. Please provide proof such as a permanent link to your/their userpage (anyone can add to this list) where it is stated, or a [[WP:DIFF|diff]] of an edit where it is so stated. |
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See also signatories at [[Wikipedia:Statement on Wikipedia from participating communications firms]]. |
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*'''[[User:TWFHCOM]]''' ([[User talk:TWFHCOM|talk]]) ([https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ATWFHCOM&action=historysubmit&diff=462985477&oldid=458180265 proof and blocked]) |
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===Active, and disclosing=== |
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*'''[[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Websense, Inc.]]''' - Many, many, sockpuppets, belonging to not just one individual but multiple. |
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*[[User:BC1278|BC1278]] [[User talk:BC1278|talk]] |
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*[[User:Fbell74|Fbell74]] ([[User_talk:Fbell74|talk]]) ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard&diff=506325159&oldid=506321523 disclosure]). He also has a profile at [http://www.freelancer.com/u/fbell74.html freelancer] that lists several WP articles in his portfolio, some of them created with other usernames. |
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*[[User:Arturo at BP]] Self-identified [[BP]] employee. |
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*[[User:jjanhone|Johanna Janhonen aka jjanhone]] ([[User_talk:jjanhone|talk]]) ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jjanhone#My_edits disclosure]) |
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===Not regularly disclosing paid edits=== |
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*[[User: BeenAroundAWhile| BeenAroundAWhile ]] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=7dayshop.com&diff=652031573&oldid=651885330 disclosure]) |
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===Editors no longer active=== |
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*[[User:Eclipsed|Eclipsed]] ([[User talk:Eclipsed|talk]]) ([[Special:EmailUser/Eclipsed|email]]) ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Eclipsed&oldid=432965090 disclosure]) Account has been abandoned. The individual who used it is now editing as [[User:1Wiki8Q5G7FviTHBac3dx8HhdNYwDVstR|1Wiki8Q5G7FviTHBac3dx8HhdNYwDVstR]] ([[User talk:1Wiki8Q5G7FviTHBac3dx8HhdNYwDVstR|talk]]). Was [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:1Wiki8Q5G7FviTHBac3dx8HhdNYwDVstR indefinitely blocked at own request] in 2017. |
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*[[User:Joedesantis|Joedesantis]] ([[User_talk:Joedesantis|talk]]) ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Joedesantis disclosure]) Communications Director, Newt Gingrich Campaign, 2012 ([[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Paid_Advocacy_Watch/Editor_Registry#So_far_as_I_can_see.2C_despite_the_claims_on_Wikipedia_talk:Paid_Operatives.2C_Joedesantis_has_been_nothing_but_open.2C_unless_it.27s_talking_about_other_accounts_too.3F|discussion]]). Last edited in 2012. |
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*[[User:Hilumeoka2000|Hilumeoka2000]] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Hilumeoka2000&diff=662582427&oldid=660170739 disclosure]) Page [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Hilumeoka2000&action=edit&redlink=1 deleted] in 2015. |
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*[[User:Djhuff|Djhuff]] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Column_Technologies&diff=659949828&oldid=659882972 disclosure]). Last contrib in 2015. |
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*[[User:Savannah38|Savannah38]] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cooperation/Paid_editor_help&diff=prev&oldid=641115601 disclosure]). Last contrib in 2015. |
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*[[User:Alexwillis|Alexwillis]] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cooperation/Paid_editor_help&diff=prev&oldid=576726694 disclosure]) Last contrib in 2015. |
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*[[User:ChrisPond|ChrisPond]] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cooperation/Paid_editor_help&diff=569574769&oldid=568732626 disclosure]) Last contrib in 2014. |
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*[[User:TGCJKS197276|TGCJKS197276]]([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:TGCJKS197276&diff=663718862&oldid=662967654 disclosure]) Last contrib in 2015 |
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===Editors who have been indefinitely blocked or banned=== |
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*[[User:Worthywords|Worthywords]] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Avi_Tuschman&diff=prev&oldid=663041191 disclosure]) -- [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3AWorthywords blocked] for persistent direct promotional editing. |
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*[[User:Nmwalsh|Nmwalsh]] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Nmwalsh&diff=660031957&oldid=654506906 disclosure]) -- [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3ANmwalsh blocked] for socking. |
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*[[User:AKonanykhin]], [[User:Wexperts|Wexperts]] (& socks), [[User:Jeremy112233|Jeremy112233]] (& socks) WikiExperts, community banned |
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*[[User:I'm Tony Ahn]] alt account [[User:Noraft]] ([http://tonyahn.com/2011/06/tony-ahn-puts-daphne-osena-paez-on-the-wikipedia-main-page/ disclosure]) |
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*[[User:KDS4444]] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:KDS4444&diff=prev&oldid=794690555 disclosure)] - socking, community banned |
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===Review=== |
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Entries reviewed; did not check to add any additional. [[User:Jytdog|Jytdog]] ([[User talk:Jytdog|talk]]) 19:52, 12 July 2017 (UTC) |
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Latest revision as of 22:51, 24 March 2021
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This page is currently unmaintained. Please, see Wikipedia:List of paid editing companies.
Self-identified editors[edit]
Under the Terms of Use, contributers editing Wikipedia for pay are required to disclose their employers, clients and affiliation in respect to paid edits. This section is only for those editors who have openly self-identified as paid agents and have agreed to work within the policies. Please provide proof such as a permanent link to your/their userpage (anyone can add to this list) where it is stated, or a diff of an edit where it is so stated.
See also signatories at Wikipedia:Statement on Wikipedia from participating communications firms.
Active, and disclosing[edit]
- CorporateM (talk) (disclosure)
- BC1278 talk
- WWB Too (talk) (disclosure)
- John Vandenberg (talk) (disclosure)
- Fbell74 (talk) (disclosure). He also has a profile at freelancer that lists several WP articles in his portfolio, some of them created with other usernames.
- User:Arturo at BP Self-identified BP employee.
- Mr RD (disclosure)
- Johanna Janhonen aka jjanhone (talk) (disclosure)
Not regularly disclosing paid edits[edit]
Editors no longer active[edit]
- Eclipsed (talk) (email) (disclosure) Account has been abandoned. The individual who used it is now editing as 1Wiki8Q5G7FviTHBac3dx8HhdNYwDVstR (talk). Was indefinitely blocked at own request in 2017.
- Joedesantis (talk) (disclosure) Communications Director, Newt Gingrich Campaign, 2012 (discussion). Last edited in 2012.
- Hilumeoka2000 (disclosure) Page deleted in 2015.
- Djhuff (disclosure). Last contrib in 2015.
- Savannah38 (disclosure). Last contrib in 2015.
- Alexwillis (disclosure) Last contrib in 2015.
- ChrisPond (disclosure) Last contrib in 2014.
- TGCJKS197276(disclosure) Last contrib in 2015
Editors who have been indefinitely blocked or banned[edit]
- Worthywords (disclosure) -- blocked for persistent direct promotional editing.
- Nmwalsh (disclosure) -- blocked for socking.
- User:AKonanykhin, Wexperts (& socks), Jeremy112233 (& socks) WikiExperts, community banned
- User:I'm Tony Ahn alt account User:Noraft (disclosure)
- User:KDS4444 (disclosure) - socking, community banned
Review[edit]
Entries reviewed; did not check to add any additional. Jytdog (talk) 19:52, 12 July 2017 (UTC)