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An admin for the Serbian Wikipedia who holds “checkuser” privileges on that site, which grants him access to confidential user data,earlier this year that he has edited for pay, including on the English Wikipedia.
Claiming he never misused his data access, the disclosure about his paid editing work has nonetheless sparked an ongoingDiscussion has favored the view that paid editing should not be permitted for those holding such confidential access, but debate remains bitterly divided with others suggesting it is acceptable, including admins possessing similar confidential access on Wikipedia and its affiliated sites. Paid editing is a recurring problem on Wikipedia, often touted as being edited by unpaid volunteers. Under the Wikimedia Foundation’s Terms of Use, which covers Wikipedia and other sites the Foundation owns, paid editing ishave also arisen with firms getting biased content into articles on clients in politics, tech, and media. Even with a system in place to allow open paid editing, undisclosed work by “black-hat” paid editing firms continues withCvjetković objected to this characterization. He acknowledged editing for pay, but stated that he disclosed this work in compliance with the Terms of Use. Insisting he otherwise complied with policy, Cvjetković claimed the discussion was an attempt to discredit him, noting Filipović had been banned from the Serbian Wikipedia.Filipović “engaged in repeated and targeted campaigns against” Serbian editors and engaged in a “prolonged pattern of stonewalling, trolling, filing false reports, and gaming the system” before escalating by “publishing photos and private information of other editors on Instagram.” Another Serbian Wikipedia adminfrom all Wikipedia-affiliated sites claiming “cross-wiki abuse” as justification. This came after his account was banned on several sites forto his personal discussion page regarding his account on those sites, which was claimed as “spam” by local users. One banprocedures for editors with conflicts of interest, such as paid editors. Datta further criticized the article for misrepresented citations and, company advertisements made to resemble regular news articles. Noting such edits violate Wikipedia’s neutrality policies, Datta expressed concern about Cvjetković holding checkuser privileges and “interface-administrator” privileges on Serbian Wikipedia, the latterby a remark stating he made the article “based on content the client wanted published” as inconsistent with his insistence that he was not engaged in inappropriate promotional activities. Previously, Datta hada draft page on sleep apps authored by Cvjetković, alleging it was created using an AI platform and contained false citations, an incident hein a subsequent response about Cvjetković’s paid editing. Datta argued checkusers often use their access to confidential user data to investigate undisclosed paid editing and that his own paid editing, even if disclosed, was incompatible with possessing such privileges.that there was a broader question about whether it is appropriate for checkuser privilege-holders to be engaged in paid editing anda new discussion at the Meta site regarding the question. Describing the situation, Datta noted the policy for checkusers does not mention anything relating to paid editing and argued this was an oversight as “having your own paid editing business could have conflict-of-interest implications.” In a survey section of the page, Datta stated paid editing was incompatible with holding checkuser privileges given the sensitivity of privilege-holders having user data access.has seen numerous editors speaking both for and against allowing paid editing by checkusers. Among those expressing support were numerous admins on Wikipedia-affiliated sites, including the English Wikipedia. Most objected that no specific case of misuse had been identified and stated that as long as policies on paid editing are followed there should be no issue with them holding checkuser privileges. Another Serbian Wikipedia admin with checkuser privilegesAdmins holding checkuser privileges on the English Wikipedia were also among those supporting the idea that paid editing by privilege-holders was acceptable. One checkuserthat only failure to follow the relevant rules should be disqualifying. McKenna previously served on the Arbitration Committee, often likened to a Supreme Court, which hashe personally didn’t agree with paid editing by those possessing checkuser privileges, but agreed with leaving it up to individual site communities. Ajraddatz also serves on the enforcement committee for the “code of conduct”several admins with access to confidential user data who disclosed paid editing, including multiple Korean Wikipedia admins paid by the Korea Press Foundation and Gangwon Provincial Office.such as professional photographers who upload their images to Wikimedia Commons, an image and file repository affiliated with Wikipedia, or people whose jobs involve contributing to thepeople who contribute to Wikipedia and are employed by educational institutions as technically falling under the category of paid editing. One of those commentingphrasing any policy on checkuser privilege-holders to clearly define paid editing in a way that excludes such exceptions might be acceptable.of the proposed wording. Opposition to admins holding checkuser privileges engaging in paid editing included many regular users and adminshe never misused his privileges to benefit himself or a client in any way and that he never hid his paid editing work. He stated he would comply with any decision on the matter. Currently, hehis conduct resulting in no action, partly arguing the broader discussion on the Meta site about checkuser privilege-holders engaging in paid editing should be decided first. Cvjetković’s English Wikipedia article on the BetterSleep app wasto have used multiple accounts, including the admin account, in undisclosed paid edits regarding a controversial private business school in India that is nowafter privately reporting conflict of interest editing by one of the site’s administrators. 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