Here’s the way the script would have gone in a sane world:
Wikipedia: Microsoft eats babies!
Microsoft: No we don’t
Wikipedia person: Tell it to the hand!
MS: Are you interested in correcting this?
Rick: Sure, lets make sure everything is upfront. I know, I’ll publish a blog called “An interesting offer - get paid to edit Wikipedia” to start the conversation.
Microsoft: No problems.
Wikipedia person: oh, we have conflict of interest rules
Rick: Oh, OK. Whats the best way to proceed then?
Wikipedia person: A or B or C. But we have a problem in our procedures here, so maybe D. In this case, E is OK too.
Here’s the way it went instead
Wikipedia: Microsoft eats babies!
Microsoft: No we don’t
Wikiepedia person: Tell it to the hand!
MS: Are you interested in correcting this?
Rick: Sure, lets make sure everything is upfront. I know, I’ll publish a blog called “An interesting offer - get paid to edit Wikipedia” to start the conversation.
Microsoft: No problems.
Journalist 1: BLOGGER REVEALS BRIBE ATTEMPT!
Journalist 2: SCANDAL! ATTEMPT TO SUBVERT WIKIPEDIA DISCOVERED!
Journalist 3: BABY EATERS STRIKE AGAIN!
Journalist 4: WHO IS WORSE: THOSE THAT EAT BABIES OR THOSE THAT SELL THEM HERBS?
Journalist 5: WIKIPEDIA BOSS IN COMA!
Journalist 6: CONSPIRACY BLOGGER TO JOIN CELEBRITY SURVIVOR ISLAND
Wikipedia reader: Oh, I didn’t know that Microsoft eats babies.
Unscrupulous competior: Excellent, Excellent. Relase the flying monkeys and pass another baby (urp)
ובעברית
ריק: "בטח, רק בואו נוודא שהכל נעשה בגלוי. אני יודע, אני אכתוב בבלוג תחת הכותרת 'הצעה מעניינת – לקבל כסף כדי לערוך בוויקיפדיה' כדי להתחיל את השיחה".
מיקרוסופט: "סבבה"
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