Wikibusines
Compliance

Compliance & ethics

We work in regulated information environments — Wikipedia, Wikidata, search engines, AI systems. None of them grant outside operators control over outcomes. Our compliance framework starts from that fact: we do not promise outcomes we cannot deliver, and we disclose every commercial relationship that affects our editorial work.

Independence

We are an independent advisory firm

Wikibusines is an independent advisory company. We are not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia, Wikidata, Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Meta or any third-party platform unless explicitly stated. We do not control independent platforms, communities, search engines or AI systems. Our work focuses on strategy, public-source credibility, compliant processes, entity visibility and monitoring.
Wikimedia Terms of Use

Paid contribution disclosure

Wikimedia's Terms of Use require that compensated contributors disclose their employer, client and intended beneficiary. We comply with this requirement on every Wikipedia or Wikidata project, before any drafting begins.

Who we disclose
  • Wikibusines as the contributing firm
  • The end client / brand the article concerns
  • The agency partner if a partner agency is involved
  • The intended beneficiary of the work
Where we disclose
  • Editor user-page disclosure (visible to all editors)
  • Article talk-page disclosure on creation
  • Edit summaries during the work
  • Per applicable language-edition local rules

This is non-negotiable. We will not work on a project that asks us to skip or obscure paid-contribution disclosure. Hiding the commercial relationship is the most common reason paid Wikipedia work gets banned and articles deleted retroactively.

What we do

Our scope of work

  • Eligibility and notability assessment
  • Independent source mapping
  • Risk and moderation review
  • Neutral encyclopedic drafting under MoS / NPOV
  • Compliant contribution and submission support
  • Wikidata entity review and integration
  • Multilingual expansion strategy
  • Post-publication monitoring and correction support
What we do not do

Things we will not promise — and will not do

If a sales call frames any of the items below as deliverables, that is not our service. The same applies if you've heard a competitor offer them: they are either misrepresenting the platforms or operating against platform rules.

  • • We do not guarantee Wikipedia article creation, retention or any specific community outcome.
  • • We do not guarantee Knowledge Panel appearance — Google decides which entities receive panels.
  • • We do not directly control AI answers — we improve the public-source and entity layer that AI systems rely on.
  • • We do not create fake sources, manufacture coverage or pay journalists to publish.
  • • We do not remove negative content from independent media — that is the publisher's call.
  • • We do not bypass platform rules, submit through sock-puppet accounts or hide the commercial relationship.
  • • We do not sell "secret methods" or claim a 100% success rate.
  • • We do not promise specific timelines for Wikipedia community review (which is independent and unpredictable).
How we frame outcomes

Approved language for proposals and reporting

All Wikibusines proposals, reports and client communications use the framings below. Anything outside these lines is a compliance flag.

Use this
  • "We assess eligibility before execution."
  • "We work with public facts and independent sources."
  • "Outcomes depend on independent platforms and communities."
  • "We do not guarantee results controlled by third parties."
  • "We improve the source layer behind visibility."
  • "We protect long-term reputation."
Never
  • "Guaranteed Wikipedia page"
  • "Guaranteed Knowledge Panel"
  • "We control Wikipedia / Google / AI"
  • "We remove negative content"
  • "Secret methods" / "100% success rate"
  • "Page in 7 days"
Conflict of interest

How we handle conflicts and refusals

We turn down projects that would put us in a compliance bind. The most common refusal triggers:

  • Asks to omit material public information

    If significant adverse events, regulatory actions or controversies are part of the public record, Wikipedia editors expect them included neutrally. Asks to omit these are inconsistent with NPOV and are deletion-nomination magnets.

  • Asks to bypass disclosure

    Suggesting we contribute through unconnected accounts, or hide that we were paid to write, violates Wikimedia ToU and gets articles deleted retroactively when discovered.

  • Active legal disputes about the subject

    During ongoing litigation or regulatory investigation that could materially change the public record, we typically defer the work until the record stabilizes.

  • Asks to publish during quiet periods

    For pre-IPO or material-corporate-event situations, we coordinate timing with your IR and legal teams; we will not publish in ways that could be construed as offering-related communications.

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