Press clippings/2013 Wiki-PR coverage
Timeline
[edit]- October 8 - The Daily Dot first reports on the investigation: The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet army.
- October 18 - Vice posts Is the PR Industry Buying Influence Over Wikipedia?. Is rapidly syndicated and adapted by other sources.
- October 21 - The Wikimedia Foundation's Sue Gardner issues a statement condemning paid advocacy editing, noting that 250 user accounts had already been banned for taking part in it.
- October 22 - CIPR president-elect Stephen Waddington criticises Wiki-PR's actions: "There is zero gain to be had for any public relations firms or their clients in subverting the rules of any online community".
- November 19 - The Wikimedia Foundation issues an official cease and desist letter to Wiki-PR.
English
[edit]October 8
[edit]- Daily Dot, The – The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet army
October 9
[edit]- BBC - Wikipedia probe into paid-for 'sockpuppet' entries
- BoingBoing - Wikipedia fights massive sock-puppet army
- GigaOM - The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet army
- SocialTimes - Wikipedia's Sockpuppets
- World News Views - Wikipedia fights a massive sock-puppet army
- Wikipedia Signpost - Extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed
October 10
[edit]October 11
[edit]- LJ Infodock - Wikipedia: “Extensive Network of Clandestine Paid Advocacy Exposed”
- PRDaily - 'Sockpuppet' edits to Wikipedia pages prompt investigation
October 18
[edit]October 20
[edit]- Inquisitr, The - Wikipedia Bias For Sale? Wiki-PR Sockpuppets Allegedly Invade Website For Companies
- InSerbia - “You never worry about Wikipedia again”
- Voice of Russia - Wikipedia for hire?
October 21
[edit]- Ars Technica - Wikipedia editors, locked in battle with PR firm, delete 250 accounts
- CIO - Wikipedia bans 250 accounts on pay-for-article concerns
- CNET - Wikipedia shutters 250 accounts in probe of paid edits
- Fast Company - Wikipedia Bans 250 Users For Promotional Edits
- Independent, The - Wikipedia: We have blocked 250 'sock puppets' for biased editing of our pages
- LJ InfoDocket - Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Releases Response to Reports of Paid Advocacy Editing and Sockpuppetry
- PJ Media - Wikipedia Stunned That Companies Pay Users to Write Favorable Articles
- PCWorld - Wikipedia bans 250 accounts on pay-for-article concerns
- Register, The - Wikipedia sockpuppetry probe puts a sock in hundreds of accounts
- SocialTimes - Wikipedia Continues To Clash With Wiki-PR In Losing Battle
- Time - Wikipedia Bans 250 Users for Posting Paid, Promotional Entries
- Venture Beat - Wikipedia shuts down 250 accounts as part of investigation against paid ‘sockpuppets’
- Wall Street Journal (blog) - Wikipedia Probes Suspicious Promotional Articles
- Washington Times - Click capitalism: PR firms cash in cleaning up clients’ Wikipedia pages
- WebProNews - Wikipedia Shuts Down Hundreds Of Accounts For Paid Edits
October 22
[edit]- Brand Republic - New Wikipedia editing furore provokes CIPR ire
- Bubblews - Wikipedia Finally Admits Sock Puppets Have Taken Over
- Digital Journal - Wikipedia editors report high numbers of paid-for articles
- Digital Trends - Wikipedia editors are at war with paid PR ‘sockpuppets’
- Gizmodo - Wikipedia Stung By Paid-For Promotional Entries
- GMA News - Wikimedia cracks down on 'paid' writing, editing; 250 editors dismissed
- Guardian, The - Wikipedia cracks down on 'paid advocacy editing and sockpuppetry'
- Independent Online - Wikipedia being spun by spin doctors
- ITProPortal - Wikipedia deletes accounts of 250 "sockpuppet" editors paid to promote products
- Newstrack India - Wikipedia discovers hundreds of 'sockpuppet' user accounts making 'paid-for' entries
- PJ Lifestyle - Wikipedia Stunned That Companies Pay Users to Write Favorable Articles
- PRNewser - Can Wikipedia Defeat the ‘Sockpuppets?’
- PRWeek – New Wikipedia editing furore provokes CIPR ire
- Slashdot - Wikipedia Actively Battling PR Sockpuppets
- SmallBusiness.com - Wikipedia Socks It to Companies That Try to Manage Articles
- Softonic - Wikipedia fights against paid articles
- Standard Digital News - Wikipedia probe into paid-for 'sockpuppet' entries
- Tech2 - Wikipedia cracks down on 250 accounts for paid edits
- TechWeekEurope - Wikipedia Bans 250 Users Paid For Edits
- Times of India - Wikipedia discovers scores of 'sockpuppet' users
- Ubergizmo - Wikimedia Foundation To Crackdown On “Sockpuppeting” On Wikipedia
- Verge, The - Wikipedia wants to erase propaganda and bias from its pages
- Yahoo! - Wikimedia cracks down on 'paid' writing, editing; 250 editors dismissed
October 23
[edit]- Beutler Ink - On Wikipedia and Public Relations: Wiki-PR’s Case Study in Worst Practices and What Comes Next
- Examiner, The - Jeff Fox: Wonder and woe in Wiki-world
- Fudzilla - Wikipedia culls PR sock-puppets
- InfoWorld - Internet justice is served for Twitter trolls and PR puppets
- Kool 101.7 - Wikipedia Dumps 250 Accounts Due To Paid Edits
- msnNOW - Wikipedia tries to fix the problem of allowing anyone to edit articles
- Nairaland - Wikipedia Suspends Accounts Suspected Of Editing For Pay
- Politico - Wikipedia suspends accounts suspected of editing for pay
- Slate – Wikipedia’s “Sockpuppet” Problem
October 24
[edit]- CBC (blog) - Public Relations and suspicious pages on Wikipedia
- Naked Security - Wikipedia sockpuppet saga threatens users' trust of the service
- Net4Tech - Wikipedia cleaned up its user accounts
- Policy Mic - Wiki-PR Lets You Game Wikipedia By Hiring Its Editors
- Techdirt - Wikipedia Fights Back Against Socking
October 25
[edit]- Bubblews - Wikipedia shut down 250 account on Mosustha because of fraud!
- Marketplace - Users booted from Wikipedia over 'sock puppetry' accusations
- Natural News - Wikipedia admits hundreds of 'sock puppet' editors gang up to make distorted edits to their pages
- NewsFix - Wikipedia no longer wants public editing
- PRWeek - Wikipedia community takes on latest PR gray area
October 26
[edit]- CBC - Wikipedia launches 'sockpuppet' probe into edit-for-pay users
- TG Daily - Is Wikipedia on the decline because of an elite bureaucracy?
October 27
[edit]- NPR (audio) - 'Sockpuppets' Lurking On Wikipedia
October 28
[edit]- Royal Dutch Shell (blog) - Wikipedia editing scandal
October 30
[edit]- New Venture Communication - PR & Wikipedia
October 31
[edit]- Digital Journal - Is Wikipedia Concept Fatally Flawed? (PR)
November 1
[edit]- Independent Onine - Wikipedia blocks 'sockpuppets'
- International Business Times - Wikipedia's Paid edits: How To Make Money, the WikiWay
- The Tarboro Times - Weird News: Real Life Mortal Kombat Pits Wikipedia Against PR Firms
- The Greek Herald - Wikipedia's Paid Edits: How to Make Money, The WikiWay
November 2
[edit]November 5
[edit]November 19
[edit]- Wall Street Journal (blog) - Wikimedia Steps Up “Sockpuppet” Fight
- WebProNews - Wikimedia Foundation Sends Cease & Desist To Wiki-PR
- LJ Infodocket - End It! Wikimedia Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Paid Advocacy Editing Firm Wiki-PR
- Hacker News - Wikimedia Foundation sends cease and desist letter to WikiPR
- DomainGang - Wiki-PR: Wikipedia sent Cease and Desist letter to “sockpuppet” entry editors
- CIO - Wikipedia Asks Editing Services Firm to Stop Changes to Wikipedia
November 20
[edit]- ArsTechnica - Wikipedia wants PR firm to stop paid editing services, hints at lawsuit
- The Next Web - Wikimedia threatens PR firm with court for reportedly charging $1,000 to create Wikipedia articles
- Daily Dot - Wikipedia hits sockpuppet PR firm with cease-and-desist notice
- Business Insider - Wikipedia Sends Cease-And-Desist Letter to 300-Strong Sockpuppet Army
- Heise (German) - Werbung in Wikipedia: Wikimedia Foundation erteilt Wiki-PR Hausverbot
- PC World - Wikipedia asks editing services firm to stop changes to Wikipedia
- PC Advisor - Wikipedia asks editing services firm to stop changes to Wikipedia
- Alternative News Alert - Wikimedia threatens PR firm with court for reportedly charging $1,000 to create Wikipedia articles
- Newstrack India - Wikipedia demands PR firm to stop paid editing services
- Techworld - Wikipedia asks editing services firm to stop changes to Wikipedia
- PC Pro - Wikipedia cracks down on "black hat" paid editing
- Los Angeles Times - Wikimedia Foundation sends cease and desist letter to Wiki-PR
- The Independent UK - Wikipedia names Texas PR firm over false manipulation of site entries
- SF Business Times - Wikimedia tells PR firm to stop editing Wikipedia content
- Mashable - Wikipedia Ramps Up Fight Against Paid Editing
- CNET - Wikipedia shutters 250 accounts in probe of paid edits
- The Hill - Wikipedia cracks down on paid editing
- ZeeNews - Wikipedia demands PR firm to stop paid editing services
- PC Mag - Wikipedia Cracks Down on PR Firm's Paid Edits
- Tech Hive - Wikipedia asks editing services firm to stop changes to Wikipedia
- PR Week US - Wikimedia Foundation threatens legal action against Wiki-PR
- Examiner.com - Wikimedia Foundation sends C-and-D letter to Wiki-PR over 'sockpuppetry'
- ComputerWorld UK - Wikipedia asks editing services firm to stop changes to Wikipedia
- Digital Trends - Wikipedia escalates war with Wiki-PR, issues cease and desist letter
- Daily Online Examiner - Wikipedia Rattles Sabre At WikiPR
- Gigalaw.com - Wikipedia Demands Service Stop ‘Suspicious Editing’
November 21
[edit]- Guardian UK - Wikipedia sends cease-and-desist letter to PR firm offering paid edits to site
- Smart Company (AU) - Wikipedia cease and desist letter to Wiki-PR, with a lawsuit threatened
- Washington Post (blog) - The Switchboard: Wikipedia slaps PR firm with cease-and-desist over fake entries
- RT - Wikipedia fights back against PR firm who edited site for clients
- CorpComms - Wikipedia threatens PR company with lawsuit
- Engadget - Wikipedia accuses PR firm of posting biased entries for cash
- Inquirer - Wikimedia Foundation wants PR firm to stop selling Wikipedia edits
- ComputerWorld India - Wikimedia Asks Editing Services Firm to Stop Changes to Wikipedia
- Sci-Tech Today - Wikimedia Foundation to PR Firm: Stop Meddling
- The Verge - Wikipedia blames Texas PR firm for skewing hundreds of entries
- PR Pick - Wiki-PR is engaged in 'sockpuppetry' says Wikimedia Foundation
- Value Walk - Wikipedia Targets Paid Editing Firm
- Pulse 2.0 - Wikipedia Sends A Cease And Desist Letter To Wiki-PR
German
[edit]- Basic Thinking - Putzaktion gegen gekaufte PR-Einträge: Englische Wikipedia sperrt hunderte Accounts von Auftragsschreibern
- ZDNet - Wikipedia sperrt 250 Konten bezahlter PR-Autoren
- Onine Focus - PR-Verdacht: Wikipedia verbannt Auftragsschreiber
- PC Games - Wikipedia verbannt zahlreiche PR-Autoren
- Tagesspeigel, Der - Wikipedia sperrt 250 Betrüger-Accounts bezahlter Auftragschreiber
- Schwäbische - Wikipedia sperrt Werbetexter
- ITespresso - Wikipedia geht gegen mutmaßlich bezahlte Autoren vor
- HT4U - Wikipedia geht gegen Werbeeinträge vor
- Netzwoche - Wikipedia deckt verkapptes PR-Netzwerk auf
- W&V - Wikipedia sperrt mutmaßliche PR-Autoren
- Chip - Wikipedia: Über 250 Betrüger-Accounts gelöscht
- Computer World - Wikipedia kämpft gegen PR-Konten
- Zeit Online - Wikipedia geht gegen bezahlte Manipulation vor
- Welt, Die - Wikipedia sperrt Nutzer
- Frankfurter Allgemeine - Wikipedia wirft Autoren raus
- Spiegel Online - Unerwünschte Werbetexte: Wikipedia sperrt 250 PR-Accounts
- Stern.de - Wikipedia sperrt Konten mutmaßlicher Auftragsschreiber
- SRF - Wikipedia sperrt Autoren wegen Manipulations-Verdachts Wikipedia sperrt Autoren wegen Manipulations-Verdachts
- N-TV - Wikipedia mistet Autorenprofile aus
- Gulli - "Schläfer" bei Wikipedia: Auch Admins auf der Lohnliste?
- Computer Base - Wikipedia geht gegen PR-Einträge vor
- Heise Online - Werbung in Wikipedia: Agentur dementiert Werbe-Artikel und Sockenpuppen-Netzwerk
- Golem.de - Wikipedia stoppt Armee der Sockenpuppen
- Heise (German) - Werbung in Wikipedia: Wikimedia Foundation erteilt Wiki-PR Hausverbot
French
[edit]- Slate – Wiki-PR, l'entreprise qui fausse Wikipedia pour promouvoir ses clients
- Vice - Wikipédia est en pleine guerre civile
Italian
[edit]- PuntoInformatico - Wikipedia e l'intrusione delle PR
Dutch
[edit]- Automatisering Gids - Commercieel PR-bureau corrumpeert Wikipedia
Swedish
[edit]- Sveriges Radio - PR-firmor infiltrerar Wikipedia
Norwegian
[edit]- digi.no – PR-folk «infiltrerte» Wikipedia
Finnish
[edit]Bulgarian
[edit]- Investor.bg - Wikipedia блокира профили на платени редактори
Spanish
[edit]- El País.com (Uruguay) Fue colaborador de Wikipedia, se fue y ahora cobra por editarla