Please read the following if you are a new user (ignore this if you are already aware or a more experienced editor):

Scam warning: Don't fall victim to scammers offering Wikipedia "assistance" or "services" in exchange for payment!

Scammers may pretend to be Wikipedia volunteers or a "professional" public relations firm, and will contact you and ask for payment in exchange for their "services" - such as writing and publishing an article for you, getting a draft article accepted quickly, preventing or reversing deletion of an article, or protecting an article from changes. These paid "services" are scams.

  • Help from real Wikipedia volunteers is always free. They will never ask for money or any other compensation.
  • No one can guarantee that an article will be accepted or "protected"; any "guarantees" that are offered are complete lies.

If someone contacts you with paid offers:

  • Do not respond to them. Immediately stop all contact and block them from contacting you further.
  • Do not share any personal information, and never share your Wikipedia account password.
  • Do not click on any links or download and open any files that they send to you.
  • Do not send any money or follow any of their instructions.

What to do instead:

  • Forward the whole conversation, including email headers, to paid-en-wp@wikipedia.org.
  • If you shared your Wikipedia account password, change your Wikipedia password immediately. Consider enabling two-factor authentication.
  • If you clicked on any links or opened any files that they sent to you, consider running a full malware scan on your device.


United we stand, divided we fall.

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