Wikipedia page about Epesi marked for deletion?

swim

@jasiek are you aware that a page about Epesi on Wikipedia is marked for deletion?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epesi

Epesi
An editor has nominated this article for deletion.
You are welcome to participate in the deletion discussion, which will decide whether or not to retain it.

I found Epesi via Wikipedia and it would be pretty bad if it was deleted.
Can I help?

jasiek

@swim yes, I am aware of it. I received an e-mail from a guy, who apparently is making money on it.
It is a much larger problem than I thought initially.
I will let you know how the things progress and they look interesting.

jasiek

You can follow the discussion over here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Epesi

I was notified by a guy named Shawn Harrison in an e-mail:

Hi Janusz,

I hope this email finds you well!

My name is Shawn Harrison; I work with this company "The Wiki Inc" as a Wikipedia Consultant and have been a Wikipedia Editor myself for more than a decade. I would like to update you that your company's Wikipedia page has been nominated for deletion due to multiple issues.

Please see the Wikipedia link of your entry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epesi

I myself have been a Wikipedia Editor for more than 15 years. You can check my Wikipedia account below:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Guy_Harris

If you are not interested in improving your company's live page then please acknowledge so that I can notify the Wikipedia community to proceed with deleting the live page and clearing our records.

However, if you are interested in improving your company's page so do let us know so I can guide you on further details.

Please be advised that once your details are sent over for the deletion and the page is deleted, the same content and title will not be usable for the next entry.

Looking forward to your positive response.

--
Shawn Harrison
Snr. Wikipedia Consultant
https://thewikiinc.com/

Here is the last e-mail I received:

Hi Janusz,
Thanks for your response.
Well, as you are already aware of the situation and you have already noticed, your Wikipedia entry was already nominated for a speedy deletion process, and another editor has also voted against your entry, which is actually now making your case more critical and concerning if the immediate aren't taken at the right time. This new delete vote has also highlighted the concern of COI, which again is raising indications related to the violation of the neutrality guidelines of Wikipedia.
Now, the actions that can be taken in order to preserve and secure your entry is that your page requires voting from different Wikipedia editors/ bureaucrats in your favor in order to balance out the situation. Also, what we can do to save your entry further is that your entry requires additional editing in a proper, neutral manner. Also, the tone of the page needs to be improvised, and that thing must be eliminated, which is making your page promotional. Moreover, it also needs to be cited properly through the references that are currently available for which detailed research needs to be conducted.
These were some immediate actions that need to be taken as early as possible in order to save your entry. However, if you want us to assist you with your case, we can certainly guide you on the services that we provide. In addition, we can also assure you one more thing in case your entry gets deleted/ removed during the process, so we can also assist you with recreating your page from scratch in line with Wikipedia standards and protocols. Our main motive would be to protect and secure your initial entry first so the changes that we plan out can be implemented accordingly.

Lastly, if you wish to move forward I can get you started with the plan I have mentioned above, and our complete services will cost you $1,499 only.

Kindly confirm so I may get you started accordingly.

--
Shawn Harrison
Sr. Wikipedia Consultant
https://thewikiinc.com/

I did some searching online and found this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ScamsEtc/comments/127ilte/wikipedia_consultancy_scam/

So here's an interesting scam that seems to be making the rounds.

This scam is very subtle, because some sites do seem to offer a legitimate variant.

Basically, certain websites appear to be claiming they can win anyone notoriety by offering to write Wikipedia pages for exorbitant sums of money.

Almost Definite Scam Sites
https://www.wikicounsellor.com/lp-offer

https://www.wikifederation.com/lp-offer

https://www.wikiprofessionalsinc.com/lp-coupon

https://www.wikiproficiency.com/lp-new

https://www.thewikiinc.com/

https://www.wikisolutionsllc.com/

https://www.wikicreatorsllc.com/

jasiek

I believe this is a case of racketeering:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeering

Racketeering is a type of organized crime in which the persons set up a coercive, fraudulent, extortionary, or otherwise illegal coordinated scheme or operation (a "racket") to repeatedly or consistently collect a profit.[1]

Originally and often still specifically, racketeering may refer to an organized criminal act in which the perpetrators offer a service that will not be put into effect, offer a service to solve a nonexistent problem, or offer a service that solves a problem that would not exist without the racket. However, racketeers may offer an ostensibly effectual service to solve an existing problem. The traditional and historically most common example of such a racket is the "protection racket", in which racketeers offer to protect a business from robbery or vandalism; however, the racketeers will themselves coerce or threaten the business into accepting this service, often with the threat (implicit or otherwise) that failure to acquire the offered services will lead to the racketeers themselves contributing to the existing problem. In many cases, the potential problem may be caused by the same party that offers to solve it, but that fact may be concealed, with the intent to engender continual patronage. The protection racket is thus often a method of extortion, at least in practice.

jasiek

Wikipedia page about Epesi was deleted 13.10.2023

Hi Janusz,

I hope this email finds you well.

The team just informed me that your page has been deleted. I am even attaching the snapshot. However, if you wish to have it restored, we can gladly assist you in the process of building and publishing a new page. Please get in touch if you want to learn more about this option.

Looking forward to hearing back from you.

Shawn Harrison
Sr. Wikipedia Consultant
https://thewikiinc.com/

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