HubPages' Wikipedia entry looks a bit stale... a little help?

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   Simone Smithposted 12 years ago

   Hello Hubbers!!
   
   It looks like our Wikipedia page has not been updated since October of this year- would any of you be interested in spiffing it up?  HubPages employees can't update the page themselves, but community members can!
   
   If you are an established Wikipedia editor or contributor, we would especially like your help, though anyone can contribute- just be sure to leave out any promotional language and to follow the rules of the site when it comes to proper citation.
   
   If you are willing to update some things for us on Wikipedia, here are some things that you might consider these points:
   
   *In addition to embedding videos, external links, and reader surveys, authors can also embed photos and maps.
   
   *To help people improve their online writing skills, we offer a Learning Center, contests, HubChallenges, and the Weekly Topic Inspiration program.
   
   *We no longer include Kontera contextual ads as an option on Hubs
   
   *Through the HubPages Ad program, HubPages serves ads from premium ad partners on Hubs in addition to AdSense Ads
   
   *The way payment works on HubPages is now fairly different because of the HubPages Earnings Program (Hubbers still get paid by Google and Amazon directly, but through the HubPages Earnings Program, for example)
   
   *We now have 24 people on our team (not 20)
   
   Big thanks to anyone who takes a second to keep our Wikipedia page up to date!

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      kannanwritesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I'm off to improve the Wikipedia page. Will work on it in small chunks in the next few days.

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   K9keystrokesposted 12 years ago

   I have never written any information on Wikipedia, but this is a good reason to start. Any pointers for an easy approach?

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      Simone Smithposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      To be honest, I have not either, so I am not the best person to ask! I just know it's not cool to edit one's own page, which really does make perfect sense

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   barryrutherfordposted 12 years ago

   I will  make some updates/changes

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      Simone Smithposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I appreciate it!

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   wordscribe43posted 12 years ago

   I'd be happy to help, but my fees are a bit steep.  Kidding (about the latter part).  Let me know what I can do.

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      Simone Smithposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks wordscribe43! Just keeping the occasional eye out for the page would be much appreciated... since after a while it gets a bit out of date ^_^

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   melbelposted 12 years ago

   Can do! I wasn't aware that employees weren't allowed to make updates to their company's wiki page but the rule does make perfect sense. I'll keep an eye on this for any further updates you guys would like added, ESP citations. Unfortunately my current Wikipedia account doesn't have many updates. (I abandoned my other wiki account because I didn't care much for the sn.)
   
   Need anything else, just shoot me a note and I'll be glad to help.

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      Simone Smithposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you melbel!

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   Anamika Sposted 12 years ago

   I thought I will update and saw that it is already updated. I did small edits. I updated the employee number underneath the Key people. Whoever edited it had put 'To help people improve their online writing skills, Hubpages offer a Learning Center, contests, HubChallenges, and the Weekly Topic Inspiration program. Hubpages no longer include Kontera contextual ads as an option on Hubs.  The way payment works on HubPages is now fairly different because of the HubPages Earnings Program (Hubbers still get paid by Google and Amazon directly, but through the HubPages Earnings Program, for example)
   Hubpages now has 24 people on our team.' in reference section which I shifted to 'Structure'. Also it should not be 'our team' but their team as the edit is made as an outsider.  Anything else needs to be done?

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   Marisa Wrightposted 12 years ago

   I'm curious why you'd feel it necessary to say HubPages no longer offer Kontera?
   
   Surely the section called "Structure" should reflect the way the site is structured today.
   
   If you feel it's important to have a historical record of how HubPages used to be run (e.g. change in payment method, Kontera, individual webpages instead of sub-domains etc etc) then that should be in the History section, but I'd have thought it wasn't really important enough to be worth mentioning?

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      Simone Smithposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      There's really no need to mention that we no longer offer Kontera- it's just inaccurate that the page should mention us offering it when we no longer do.

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   LuisEGonzalezposted 12 years ago

   OK, Simone, I added some information or rather clarified it a bit. Hope it helps.......

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      Simone Smithposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Danke!

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   Pearldiverposted 12 years ago

   No problems... they use me a lot and were really interested to hear that HP also provides the Best Internet Christmas Party of all the sites courted by Google, HP Sauce Inc. and Fox (or was it ABC?) 
   
   Happy to help... When's the party????

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    barryrutherfordposted 12 years ago

    Simone
    
    How may Hubbers currently use Hubpages?  How has that grown compared to 5 years ago.

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       Simone Smithposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       We currently have 231,484 published users. Hmmm- I'm not sure what that number was five years ago. That said, a bit over six years ago, there were NO users!

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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

    "HubPages is where writers can park diagonally in a parallel universe."
    
    Attribution: <snipped self-promotional link>
    
    

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       paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Paradigmsearch slinks away...
       
       

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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

    "HubPages is where the quickest bunnies in the forest hangout."
    
    Attribution: same as previous post.

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    barryrutherfordposted 12 years ago

    Hubpages has a forum where Hubbers come together to voice their opinions on God and other fascinating topics

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       paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       And just why in the hell have I not been following you? I thought I was. I fixed that. Don't follow me back though. If you do, then current consensus says we are both weenies.

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       willywillwillposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Can I?
       They not publish me text coz stoop I am.
       Can I at least participate in a debate and talk withopinions. I've never made an habit with blogging but I'm trying to get involve.
       Where are you?

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    Simone Smithposted 12 years ago

    Thanks for your help everyone! I appreciate the little changes.

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