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Episode 103: The Case of WikiPR - 8 October 2013
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- Downloads
This episode available at: YouTube
Planned time
- Google Hangouts, Tuesday, Oct 8, 9pm Eastern US time. Contact: Andrew Lih or Facebook group [1]
- Facebook planning and discussion page for Wikipedia Weekly [2]
Participants:
- Fuzheado
- Emily
- Bill
- Kevin Gorman
- David King
- Occasi
Roundtable Topics
edit- Paid editing scandal with WikiPR: The big news is that the DailyDot exposed a massive set of sockpuppets/meatpuppets editing articles on Wikipedia, on behalf of the firm WikiPR.
- http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/wikipedia-sockpuppet-investigation-largest-network-history-wiki-pr/
- Investigation archive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Morning277/Archive
- list of companies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Morning277
- Does this violate any terms of use: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use#4._Refraining_from_Certain_Activities
- Are FTC guidelines relevant? David King - http://www.ftc.gov/os/2013/03/130312dotcomdisclosures.pdf
- News and notes
- Wikipedia Loves Libraries events
- Top articles this week
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:West.andrew.g/Popular_pages
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:TOP25
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