User:Electron9/Wiki-PR

Wiki-PR is a public relations firm which claims specialization in editing of Wikipedia.

The firm claims it has administrator access enabling it to manage the Wikipedia presence of more than 12,000 clients. In an article on VICE, the writer, Martin Robbins, claimed he called 60 companies including Viacom and Priceline, with Priceline and Colorado Technical University both confirming they hired Wiki-PR. Wiki-PR is using aggressive email marketing to acquire new customers.

Background
Wiki-PR was created in 2010 by Darius Fisher, its current COO, and Jordan French, its current CEO. Wiki-PR is a Public Relations firm that specializes in creating, editing, and translating articles on Wikipedia according to its website. The firm's clients have included Priceline, Viacom, and CTU, among other companies and organizations.

As of 2013, the firm has at least 45 employees and two offices. Wiki-PR holds its headquarters in Austin, Texas and has an additional office in San Francisco, California.

Sockpuppet investigation
An investigation of sockpuppet accounts on Wikipedia beginning in 2008 implicated hundreds of accounts, with many of the accounts being traced back to Wiki-PR.

The use of a company to manage the content of Wikipedia violates several Wikipedia rules, including the rule against asserting ownership of a page and has lead to the Wikipedia community blocking hundreds of paid Wikipedia editing accounts believed to be connected with activities of Wiki-PR contrary to Wikipedia's rules.