I hope this note finds you well. I am writing because I came across your academic and research work in... [information copied from my online CV]
I wanted to ask if you would be interested in having a Wikipedia page that summarizes your career and contributions. If you wish, I could help identify publicly available, independent sources and prepare a neutral outline for your review, consistent with Wikipedia’s content and sourcing guidelines.
Thank you for considering this, and I would be glad to provide more information if you are interested.
Best regards,
Benjamin
Wikipedia Editor
Wikipedia suggests forwarding such solicitations to them at:
| paid-en-wp@wikipedia.org |
which I did. I received this reply:
Dear ---,
Thank you for reporting this. There are many paid editing companies out there that look through recently-declined drafts, or actively contact people with public careers and contact information (like professors/academics) to send this kind of solicitation. Very few of them comply with Wikipedia's paid-editing policies, most are outright scams, and none are endorsed by Wikipedia, no matter what they may say. Feel free to ignore future emails like this, and we recommend marking them as spam.
Sincerely,
331dot
The conflict of interest volunteer response team
Thank you for reporting this. There are many paid editing companies out there that look through recently-declined drafts, or actively contact people with public careers and contact information (like professors/academics) to send this kind of solicitation. Very few of them comply with Wikipedia's paid-editing policies, most are outright scams, and none are endorsed by Wikipedia, no matter what they may say. Feel free to ignore future emails like this, and we recommend marking them as spam.
Sincerely,
331dot
The conflict of interest volunteer response team
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That said, this blog post is not an endorsement of Wikipedia as a research source. It can be useful for non-controversial topics. In today's world of political controversy, however, I would be careful about Wikipedia interpretations:
Note that if you ask AI sources about controversial topics, they may pull information from Wikipedia.
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