Wikimedia Foundation has asked editing services firm Wiki-PR to cease and desist editing the Wikipedia site for allegedly authoring articles for money and passing them off as written by unbiased sources.
The foundation hosts Wikipedia and other sites, supported by a community of volunteers. Its terms of use warn against "Attempting to impersonate another user or individual, misrepresenting your affiliation with any individual or entity, or using the username of another user with the intent to deceive..."
"Wiki-PR is working with the Wikimedia foundation and its counsel to sort this out," said Wiki-PR CEO Jordan French in an email. He indicated that the issue could get resolved by the middle of next week.
On its website, Wiki-PR offers Wikipedia page creation, monitoring and translation services, though it states that it never directly edits Wikipedia.
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