A person who deleted his article with Wikipedia talks based on actual experiences "Effective way to prevent deletion"

ByGiulia Forsythe

Wikipedia of the online encyclopedia is said to be "open source" content because anyone can add, edit and monitor the contents. However, in reality, it sometimes happens that certain content is deleted by some kind of powerful thing. Amy Osmond Cook, who actually deleted her page about herself, revealed the situation that the page is affected by "vandalism" based on his experience and subsequent interviews, and " In order not to be deleted "six points are cited.

What I Learned When a Wikipedia Troll Deleted My Page
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"My Wikipedia page has been destroyed by vandalism (trolls)" Cook, who is writing blogs by exporting it, is a marketing companyOsmond MarketingIt is a person who established. There used to be a time when there was an article in Wikipedia, but in a few months after the article was written, I was judged by the editor of Wikipedia "I should delete the page".

Then, in the page are exchanged over a lively discussion a few weeks, is "her Google search results also! 7 page" a variety of voice, such as opinion from the opinion, such as saying "to evaluate more my takedown!" Cook's page was to be deleted after it was sent. The English version of Wikipedia, has been left behind traces of the page to suggest such a state, "not her special mention property. However, there is her father. The library holdings of the book she has published about 50 Museum It is not a big deal, and there are scarlet contents such as that her company is not noteworthy. "

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Cook says, "Wikipedia is operated as an online encyclopedia platform controlled by logic-based discussion and democratic way of thinking, but in reality the reality is that certain concerns and principles of e-commerce dominate this cyber world I am doing it, "I show my own opinion. In order to grasp the actual state of such Wikipedia in detail, Cook started investigating the actual condition of Wikipedia. In the survey, Cook asked Wikipedia's legal representative and media director, and the answer obtained was that "we do not have a way to control content," he said.

Next, Cook is interviewing the editor who actually writes to Wikipedia. Cook, who knew what real players are witnessing among them, explained the following six points as "a way to not delete the Wikipedia page". There are things that I think a little "okay?", But if you just arrange them as such it looks like this.

◆ 1. Hiring Wikipedia's good editor
In the Wikipedia guidelines, "SpecificityIt is not affected by the structure of the page ", but Cook pointed out that this is different from the truth. Wikipedia editors say that pages are deleted due to insufficient sources or not being constructed correctly.

However, on the net there are writers that can well configure Wikipedia pages. Brad Tuttle, who is contributing to TIME magazine, said, "The reason for paying such writers for writing is that they write content while grazing the lines of the client in line with the client's request Because it is possible to do "in the articleI am talking.

Cook says, "If you are building pages for your own page or business, hire professional editors.The professional editors are familiar with how to make Wikipedia pages, so if you do not use hands I do not have any advice (?) If I try to do the same thing myself, I will be instantly watched and regarded as a conflict of interest. "

◆ 2. Do not tell that to anyone if you hire an editor
Excellent editor, crowdsourcing serviceUpworkYou can find it in. When you are ready to request a job, make a job offer with a dummy account whose name is not published. This is important and the person who is doing vandalism with Wikipedia is always looking for work at Upwork and if you get a job by another person you may find it and try to delete it, And that.

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◆ 3. Writing good content
Especially in Wikipedia, I do not want to read content that nobody knows advertisement. Also, if there is such a page, it will be subject to deletion. Therefore, "It should be appropriate content as an encyclopedia that emphasizes that there is novelty, that the contents of the page overflows with information, has no bias, is educational." An article called "Writing Wikipedia entries"WroteSarah Hartshorn said, "When writing articles, put a link to another page in the body, you can instantiate your page by doing this, and connect with another material of Wikipedia I am also born. "

◆ 4. Do not announce that you paid money to someone to write a page
In Wikipedia, the editor who received the money and wrote the page is requesting to disclose the fact. According to Cook, "The vandalism of Wikipedia has found an editor who is not in line with this policy and is accusing it." When Cook heard a story to an editor, "I know that it is decided that we must disclose that we received money in the guidelines, but if that happens, then another editor will break in I'm trying to delete the page, which is the actual figure. "

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◆ 5. Do not become a "sock puppet" to write with multiple accounts
If your page is considered to be "active discussion" and deletion is being considered, it may be tempting for someone else to cooperate and improve the situation I guess. As Wikipedia sets policies, discussion on page deletion should not be decided by voting or majority vote, but rather by logical discussion. However, since the actual appearance is quite different, Cook says when a collaborator is needed.

When his own page became the subject of discussion, Cook asked several colleagues for help. It seems that colleagues became editors of Wikipedia and wrote the opinion that the page should be survived theoretically, but such correspondence was taken only by a few colleagues, the other person was simply "deleted" He said he was the only one who voted. My colleagues wrote after revealing that they were stakeholders, but the vandalism caught me there, "It's due to impersonation who created multiple accountsSoc puppetIt attacks "It is attacked."

In addition, other people also tried to do the discussion favorably by doing the self-made performances by creating multiple accounts, sok puppet. However, this is prohibited by Wikipedia which monitors the IP address of the editor, and when it comes to light it says that it may be subject to permanent expulsion measures and warns us.

◆ 6. Should the page be deleted, it should remain silent for a while
Mr. Hartshorn said, "If you are creating a page of Wikipedia but it is deleted, if you are aiming to be re-posted with the same page modified, that action will cause an account from Wikipedia There is a risk that it will be stopped and put on blacklist. " Mr. Hartshorn advises that it is important to better understand the guidelines by looking at other pages rather than repeating the same mistake.

· Summary by Cook
Together, Cook says, "As with real society, there are many good people on Wikipedia and doing something better than deleting someone's page for fun.Well, Let's keep in mind that it does not become "vandalism." If the page of Wikipedia was deleted, it may be unreasonable, but that is the reality.Workipedia contributor Sal Partovi "Articles are never controlled by a single person, I am telling you that you will be included there."

There are parts that are a little worried about the method Cook mentioned, but it is a good case to know that such things actually happen at least in Wikipedia in the United States.