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Microsoft landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopediasite.



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Microsoft landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site. While Wikipedia is known as the encyclopedia that anyone can tweak, it has blocked public-relations firms, campaign workers and anyone else perceived as having a conflict of interest from posting fluff or slanting entries.

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p2pnet.net News:- Bill and the Boyz admit they tried to pay well-known writer Rick Jelliffe to alter the content in a Wikipedia post. ...
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Blog: The same feature that allows a community to collectively add wisdom to Wikipedia entries can also allow flame wars to break out...

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Microsoft is reported to have offered a blogger a bribe to change their Wikipedia entry. This was discovered and reported.



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Microsoft landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopediasite.



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Microsoft under fire for Wikipedia laundering
What PC?, UK - 11 minutes ago
Microsoft has drawn criticism after it proposed to pay a programmer to clean up a Wikipedia entry on its Open XML technology. ...
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"Microsoft landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced encyclopedia site.

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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.



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Idea of paid entries roils Wikipedia
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS - 15 minutes ago
AP. BOSTON - When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, ...
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A software engineer has been embroiled in a controversy in which Microsoft stands accused of trying to use him as a paid proxy to finesse entries on the Wikipedia site.

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(AP) Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia
WKRN, TN - 12 minutes ago
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN. AP Technology Writer. When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in ...
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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.

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Wikipedia Blocks a Pay-for-Play Scheme
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - 13 minutes ago
Ask almost any Wikipedia diehard how the site avoids becoming a morass of news releases and hit pieces, and they will give credit to the encyclopedia's ...
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When a blogger reveals that Microsoft proffered pay to fix "inaccuracies" in Wikipedia technical articles, an online backlash erupts. By the Associated Press.

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Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia
KSTP.com, MN - 27 minutes ago
When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software ...
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Wikipedia rebukes Microsoft for article payment controversy
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AP. BOSTON - When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, ...
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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.

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Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia
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By BRIAN BERGSTEIN. BOSTON - When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on ...
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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.

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Microsoft in Hot Water over Wikipedia
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By Brian Bergstein. Microsoft acknowledged it had approached a writer and offered to pay him for the time it would take to correct what Redmond was sure ...
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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.

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Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia
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BOSTON (AP) -- When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, ...
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Microsoft Corp. endured online slams and a rebuke from Wikipedia when the software company offered to pay a blogger to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles.

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Idea of paid entries roils Wikipedia
Meadow Free Press, ID - 10 minutes ago
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, AP Technology Writer 6 minutes ago. BOSTON - When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported ...
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Microsoft acknowledged offering to pay a blogger to correct what it said were errors in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

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Wyoming News, WY - 11 minutes ago
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN Wednesday, January 24, 2007. BOSTON - When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported ...
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The Wikipedia founder Wednesday said it was a "disappointment" Microsoft Corp. approached a blogger to change technical articles on the online encyclopedia.

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"We were very disappointed," says Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales at word of Microsoft's offer to pay a blogger to correct what the software giant said are errors in some postings on Wikipedia's online encyclopedia.

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Ida of paid entries roils Wikipedia
The Columbian, WA - 20 minutes ago
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN. AP Technology Writer. BOSTON (AP) -- When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported ...
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Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse this week after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site. While Wikipedia is known as...

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Microsoft in Wikipedia doghouse
News24, South Africa - 17 minutes ago
Boston - Microsoft landed in the Wikipedia doghouse on Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced web ...
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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder.

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Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia
Baltimore Sun, MD - 13 minutes ago
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN. AP Technology Writer. BOSTON // When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies ...
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The imbroglio will soon pass, but it raises a bigger question: Why is it so bad to pay someone to write something on Wikipedia? The "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" requires articles to have a "neutral point of view."

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Is It OK To Be Paid To Write For Wikipedia?
TheDay, CT - 13 minutes ago
By Brian Bergstein, AP Writer. Boston — When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical ...
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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.

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Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia
Chicago Tribune, IL - 10 minutes ago
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN. AP Technology Writer. BOSTON -- When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies ...
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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically. But, why is it so bad to pay someone to write something on Wikipedia?

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Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia
WTOP, DC - 9 minutes ago
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN. AP Technology Writer. BOSTON (AP) - When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported ...
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Microsoft's Wikipedia PR blunder (and clean keys)
Computerworld, MA - 1 hour ago
I'll pay you to read IT Blogwatch: in which Microsoft is accused of paying others to fiddle with Wikipedia. Not to mention how to clean your keyboard in a ...
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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder.

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Boston- When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.

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Microsoft hit for paying to correct Wikipedia entries
Buffalo News, NY - 14 minutes ago
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN. AP. BOSTON - Microsoft Corp. got slammed Wednesday by bloggers and the founder of the Wikipedia after it was revealed that it had hired ...
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BOSTON - Microsoft Corp. got slammed Wednesday by bloggers and the founder of the Wikipedia after it was revealed that it had hired a man to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on the online encyclopedia.

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Microsoft has recently come under fire by Wikipedia and its founder Jimmy Wales after it was made public that Microsoft was contacting technical writers and asking them to change a Wikipedia entry on Office Open XML to favor the Redmond company. As many of you in the search engine world know, Google and other engines favor [...]

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Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia
ABC News - 22 minutes ago
Gregory Kohs sits by a computer screen at a public library in Media, Pa., on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007. Last year Kohs launched Wikipedia Review, a service that ...
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Microsoft Offer Raises Question: What's Wrong With Accepting Money to Post on Wikipedia?

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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.

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