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Comment by minopret

I think there's something relevant going on with search optimization, or if you prefer, marketing and advertising. A Wikipedia user who is somewhat active just now is using mentions of the website to boost the references to a particular consulting firm. This sort of activity is not much beloved by many habitues of Wikipedia, as you can see in the essay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:SPA

Here I'll leave it to others whether this is smart and laudable or sneaky and regrettable. Perhaps it's normal and unremarkable, but I find it interesting. It is only a guess on my part that this is intentional and coordinated.

parent minopret 11 years ago

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