“Perhaps the most concerning finding is that Hatchens, an articles-for-creation reviewer, was banned for abusing his position and possibly corruptly approving several Adani articles. We can, however, examine the nearly complete record of edits made to Wikipedia and identify editors that are likely to be sockpuppets, or that appear to be working together with other accounts.”) Even if the editor identifies themself as an employee of a company, they may be simply trying to embarrass the company. (Wikipedia said: “We remind our readers that no entirely on-Wiki investigation of a user’s edits can completely identify an editor’s name or employer. It did not provide the exact information that was purportedly added by sockpuppets. Some created articles by unusual methods that avoided Wikipedia’s quality control systems,” the Internet-based encyclopedia said. Others removed warnings about conflict-of-interest editing. ![]() “A declared paid editor, using a company IP address, completely rewrote the Adani Group article. Similar instances we recited for information on the family and the group. But by 2012 three editors, who were later blocked or banned as sockpuppets or undeclared paid editors, had edited the information on “the philanthropy section, made a few reverts, and removed a warning tax”, it added. Wikipedia said the article or write-up on Adani was started in 2007 in “a straightforward style”. An Adani group spokesperson did not respond to an email seeking comments. Some of the edits on Adani were by company employees, Wikipedia alleged, listing IP addresses that edited information on Adani, his wife Priti, son Karan, nephew Pranav and group companies. A sockpuppet is a phony name or identity created by an online user to argue, bully or review products as another person. But the principle it operates on is neutrality. Many of them edited several of the articles and added non-neutral material or puffery.” Wikipedia is a wiki, meaning anyone can edit nearly any page and improve articles immediately. ![]() Wikipedia added: “Over 40later banned or blocked sockpuppets or undeclared paid editors created or revised nine related articles on the Adani family and family businesses. Wikipedia has in a February 20 “Disinformation Report” referred to the “con” alleged by Hindenburg to ask: “Did he (Adani) and his employees also try to ‘con’ Wikipedia readers with non-neutral PR versions of related Wikipedia articles?” It went on to answer the question: “Almost certainly they did.”
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