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Self-identified editors
editUnder the Terms of Use, contributers editing Wikipedia for pay are required to disclose their employers, clients and affiliation in respect to paid edits. This section is only for those editors who have openly self-identified as paid agents and have agreed to work within the policies. Please provide proof such as a permanent link to your/their userpage (anyone can add to this list) where it is stated, or a diff of an edit where it is so stated.
See also signatories at Wikipedia:Statement on Wikipedia from participating communications firms.
Active, and disclosing
edit- CorporateM (talk) (disclosure)
- BC1278 talk
- WWB Too (talk) (disclosure)
- John Vandenberg (talk) (disclosure)
- Fbell74 (talk) (disclosure). He also has a profile at freelancer that lists several WP articles in his portfolio, some of them created with other usernames.
- User:Arturo at BP Self-identified BP employee.
- Mr RD (disclosure)
- Johanna Janhonen aka jjanhone (talk) (disclosure)
Not regularly disclosing paid edits
editEditors no longer active
edit- Eclipsed (talk) (email) (disclosure) Account has been abandoned. The individual who used it is now editing as 1Wiki8Q5G7FviTHBac3dx8HhdNYwDVstR (talk). Was indefinitely blocked at own request in 2017.
- Joedesantis (talk) (disclosure) Communications Director, Newt Gingrich Campaign, 2012 (discussion). Last edited in 2012.
- Hilumeoka2000 (disclosure) Page deleted in 2015.
- Djhuff (disclosure). Last contrib in 2015.
- Savannah38 (disclosure). Last contrib in 2015.
- Alexwillis (disclosure) Last contrib in 2015.
- ChrisPond (disclosure) Last contrib in 2014.
- TGCJKS197276(disclosure) Last contrib in 2015
Editors who have been indefinitely blocked or banned
edit- Worthywords (disclosure) -- blocked for persistent direct promotional editing.
- Nmwalsh (disclosure) -- blocked for socking.
- User:AKonanykhin, Wexperts (& socks), Jeremy112233 (& socks) WikiExperts, community banned
- User:I'm Tony Ahn alt account User:Noraft (disclosure)
- User:KDS4444 (disclosure) - socking, community banned
Review
editEntries reviewed; did not check to add any additional. Jytdog (talk) 19:52, 12 July 2017 (UTC)