Legal
WikiBusines Editorial Policy: paid-editing disclosure, conflict of interest, sources
In short
- We always disclose paid work on Wikipedia in WikiBusines’ name, as the Wikimedia Terms of Use require.
- Where there is a conflict of interest, changes to live articles are proposed on the talk page and independent editors decide.
- We write only from independent reliable sources, in a neutral tone. If the sources are not there, we say “not yet” before you pay.
- We do not promise what Wikipedia volunteers or algorithms control. What can go into a contract, goes into it: guarantees.
1Disclosure of paid work
Every paid edit on Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects is disclosed under the Wikimedia Terms of Use and WP:PAID. We disclose in WikiBusines’ name: on the user page, on the article’s talk page or in the edit summary.
We do not take projects where the client asks us to hide who is paying for the work.
2Conflict of interest
When an article concerns a client, we have a conflict of interest under WP:COI. So we do not edit live articles directly where the rules do not allow it. We post a request on the talk page with the text and sources, and independent editors make the decision.
New articles go through Articles for Creation or its equivalent in other language editions, so a reviewer checks the text.
3Sources and neutrality
Every project starts with a free source assessment of about 10 minutes: we check the sources against Wikipedia’s criteria (WP:GNG, WP:NCORP). If there are not enough independent sources, we say so before you pay and suggest another route. For unclear cases we offer a paid notability audit, credited toward the page if you order it within one month.
We write from independent reliable secondary sources: media, books, official registers. Press releases, promotional material and the client’s website are not the basis of an article. The tone is neutral, as the neutral point of view policy (WP:NPOV) requires.
Our editors write the texts for Wikipedia. We do not publish AI-generated text in articles, in line with Wikipedia’s rules.
4Client approval of the text
The client checks the facts and approves the text before publication. The wording follows Wikipedia’s rules: we do not publish promotional claims, unverified statements or unsourced text, even at the client’s request.
After publication anyone can edit the article. We watch changes for 90 days after publication or under an annual support contract.
5What we do not do
- We do not guarantee publication or retention. The Wikipedia community decides that. Instead, the contract sets a concrete remedy: up to three restoration attempts within the 90-day window, and if they fail, an 80% refund.
- We do not promise “100% approval”. Our 93% success rate is our own data, and we explain how we count it.
- We do not remove well-sourced criticism. Wikipedia protects accurate, reliably sourced material. We can add context and current sources through legitimate channels.
- We do not use fake accounts. No staged “independent” editors and no coordinated inauthentic participation on Wikipedia, Reddit, Quora or anywhere else. One disclosed account per project.
- We do not guarantee AI mentions. Nobody controls ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity. We build the sources models trust and measure the outcome as a probability.
- We do not promise page protection. Only Wikipedia administrators protect an article from editing.
6How we count our success rate
Wherever this site shows our success rate, it means one thing: 93% of the pages we create pass Wikipedia's review and are published.
We count Wikipedia page-creation projects that we accepted after the source assessment. Requests we declined at the assessment, and our editing, defence and non-Wikipedia work, are not in the count. It is our own aggregate figure from internal project records, not a Wikipedia statistic and not a promise for a single project: the outcome depends on the sources and on the Wikipedia community.
7Who and what this policy covers
The policy covers all Wikipedia, Wikidata, Reddit, Quora and AI-visibility work sold by WikiBusines, and everyone who does it: staff editors and subcontractors.
We do not name clients without consent. Examples on the site are anonymous (for example, “Company N”), and materials on specific projects are shown under NDA.
8How to check our work
Wikipedia editors. If you have a question about an edit connected to a WikiBusines project (disclosure, sources or anything else), write to team@wikibusines.com. We answer directly, without intermediaries.
Clients. What disclosure means for your project, what we ask from you and what happens if the article is challenged is explained in: paid editing and disclosure, how legitimate agencies work, is paying for a Wikipedia page legal.