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Managing a conflict of interest
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Chesterton's fence

In general, I think paid editors (especially undisclosed ones) should not have the pages they've created kept, as that would create an incentive to use kamikaze accounts to violate WP:PROMOTION. If they're not caught then the advertising stands; if they are caught then volunteer Wikipedians will do the editing work to let their client continue to reap the credibility benefits of having a Wikipedia article (especially if they have marginal/shallow press coverage). If someone/something is actually notable, a truly independent editor will create an article someday.

Cite WP:TOU #4 for paid editing violation: Articles_for_deletion/Oren_Alexander

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-04-08/Op-ed