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[Wikimedia-l] Possible abuse of Wikipedia ToS by SurveyMonkey

May 11, 2019, 8:40 AM

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Hello,

Since the WMF has an ongoing partnership with SurveyMonkey [1][2], the WMF
could review their possible abuse of Wikipedia ToS and, if confirmed,
require them to cease this activity.

SurveyMonkey's possible use of undisclosed paid editing service was already
brought to your attention on this mailing list in July 2018. SurveyMonkey
was by then suspect of hiring Go Fish Digital to edit their Wikipedia
article.

In November 2018, the article started receiving edits from EastWestern [4],
an account that was blocked from Wikipedia for sockpuppetting and whose
behavior is very close to the Go Fish Digital sockpuppet farm uncovered
last year. Suspicious activity resumed after the block by another user, who
is pending a sockpuppet investigation.

Given the WMF relation to SurveyMonkey, is it possible to do something
about this?

[1]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/January_2018_Fundraising_Banner_Survey_Privacy_Statement
[2]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/January_2019_Fundraising_Banner_Survey_Privacy_Statement
[3]
https://www.mail-archive.com/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/msg30648.html
[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SurveyMonkey&offset=&limit=500&action=history

Best,

MarioGom
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Possible abuse of Wikipedia ToS by SurveyMonkey [ In reply to ]

elappen at wikimedia

May 20, 2019, 11:06 AM

Post #2 of 3 (182 views)

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Hi MarioGom,

Thanks for outlining these concerns. The Legal Team is currently looking into the issue and has reached out to SurveyMonkey for additional information. I will provide an update here when the matter is resolved.

Best,
Elena

--
Elena Lappen (she/her)
Community Relations Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation

> On May 11, 2019, at 8:40 AM, Mario Gómez <mariogomwiki@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Since the WMF has an ongoing partnership with SurveyMonkey [1][2], the WMF
> could review their possible abuse of Wikipedia ToS and, if confirmed,
> require them to cease this activity.
>
> SurveyMonkey's possible use of undisclosed paid editing service was already
> brought to your attention on this mailing list in July 2018. SurveyMonkey
> was by then suspect of hiring Go Fish Digital to edit their Wikipedia
> article.
>
> In November 2018, the article started receiving edits from EastWestern [4],
> an account that was blocked from Wikipedia for sockpuppetting and whose
> behavior is very close to the Go Fish Digital sockpuppet farm uncovered
> last year. Suspicious activity resumed after the block by another user, who
> is pending a sockpuppet investigation.
>
> Given the WMF relation to SurveyMonkey, is it possible to do something
> about this?
>
> [1]
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/January_2018_Fundraising_Banner_Survey_Privacy_Statement
> [2]
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/January_2019_Fundraising_Banner_Survey_Privacy_Statement
> [3]
> https://www.mail-archive.com/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/msg30648.html
> [4]
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SurveyMonkey&offset=&limit=500&action=history
>
> Best,
>
> MarioGom
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Possible abuse of Wikipedia ToS by SurveyMonkey [ In reply to ]

mariogomwiki at gmail

May 21, 2019, 4:01 PM

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Thank you Elena!

On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 7:59 PM Elena Lappen <elappen@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi MarioGom,
>
> Thanks for outlining these concerns. The Legal Team is currently looking
> into the issue and has reached out to SurveyMonkey for additional
> information. I will provide an update here when the matter is resolved.
>
>
> Best,
> Elena
>
> --
> Elena Lappen (she/her)
> Community Relations Specialist
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
>
> > On May 11, 2019, at 8:40 AM, Mario Gómez <mariogomwiki@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Since the WMF has an ongoing partnership with SurveyMonkey [1][2], the
> WMF
> > could review their possible abuse of Wikipedia ToS and, if confirmed,
> > require them to cease this activity.
> >
> > SurveyMonkey's possible use of undisclosed paid editing service was
> already
> > brought to your attention on this mailing list in July 2018. SurveyMonkey
> > was by then suspect of hiring Go Fish Digital to edit their Wikipedia
> > article.
> >
> > In November 2018, the article started receiving edits from EastWestern
> [4],
> > an account that was blocked from Wikipedia for sockpuppetting and whose
> > behavior is very close to the Go Fish Digital sockpuppet farm uncovered
> > last year. Suspicious activity resumed after the block by another user,
> who
> > is pending a sockpuppet investigation.
> >
> > Given the WMF relation to SurveyMonkey, is it possible to do something
> > about this?
> >
> > [1]
> >
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/January_2018_Fundraising_Banner_Survey_Privacy_Statement
> > [2]
> >
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/January_2019_Fundraising_Banner_Survey_Privacy_Statement
> > [3]
> >
> https://www.mail-archive.com/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/msg30648.html
> > [4]
> >
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SurveyMonkey&offset=&limit=500&action=history
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > MarioGom
> > _______________________________________________
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