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  Microsoft criticized for trying to pay for Wikipedia edits
Time: 00:13 EST/05:13 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum

Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse today after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.

While Wikipedia is known as the encyclopedia that anyone can tweak, founder Jimmy Wales and his cadre of volunteer editors, writers and moderators have blocked public-relations firms, campaign workers and anyone else perceived as having a conflict of interest from posting fluff or slanting entries. So paying for Wikipedia copy is considered a definite no-no.

"We were very disappointed to hear that Microsoft was taking that approach," Wales said.

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