Wiki-PR Wikipedia editing scandal

Wiki-PR
Company typeConsulting firm
IndustryPublic relations, Consulting
Founded2010
Founder
  • Jordan French
  • Darius Fisher
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
,
United States
Key people
  • Jordan French (CEO)
  • Darius Fisher (COO)
Websitewiki-pr.com

Wiki-PR was a consulting firm that marketed the ability to edit Wikipedia by "directly edit[ing] your page using our network of established Wikipedia editors and admins".

It received media attention in 2013 after a sockpuppet investigation resulted in more than 250 Wikipedia user accounts being blocked or banned. The Wikimedia Foundation changed its terms of use in the wake of the investigation, requiring anyone paid to edit Wikipedia to openly disclose their affiliations. Despite the ban, Status Labs, a firm started in 2012 by Wiki-PR founders Fisher and French, continued to edit clients' Wikipedia articles according to former employees. Wiki-PR has been inactive since 2013.

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