User:SawtRot47/WikiPR-Darius Fisher

There is a company called Wiki-PR, founded by Darius Fisher, that was a public relations firm offering to edit Wikipedia articles for its clients. Darius Fisher co-founded the company in early 2010. Darius Fisher is also the co-founder of Wiki-PR and president of Status Labs.

Wiki-PR
The company started modestly as Darius Fisher initially started editing Wikipedia pages while at college. Eventually, Wiki-PR gained traction and Vice Magazine described Wiki-PR as "the king of Wikipedia reputation managers." Paid editing of Wikipedia pages is strongly considered biased and deemed a conflict of interest by the community. Wikipedia editors caught on to the Wiki-PR operation and tracked down all the accounts Darius Fisher had made with the help of others and sent a cease and desist letter.

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/is-the-pr-industry-buying-influence-over-wikipedia

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/21/wikipedia-cease-and-desist-pr-firm-offering-paid-edits

Status-Labs
After Wiki-PR, Darius Fisher later established a public relations and marketing company called Status Labs. Still based in Texas, the company seemingly operates similarly to the now defunct Wiki-PR, but doesn't broadcast Wikipedia writing services on their website. Darius Fisher was recently credited by PR Week as one of their "Innovation 50," a recognition of the "2015's top rising stars of PR and digital communications."

http://www.prweek.com/article/1364574/darius-fisher-innovation-50

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/29/i-got-doxxed-so-you-don-t-have-to.html