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I have reached out multiple times about problems with this page, which purports to be a biogrqphy of me. I discovered an accurate, albeit not well written, page about me last year. Then I began receiving messages from people offering to "edit" it (for a price). Then I noticed that someone posted major errors, and then I discovered that someone removed most of the important parts of my biography (my career at The New York Times, for example.). It is clear that there are people using Wikipedia to gouge money from those they profile. I did send one of the crooks (before I knew that he was) a detailed biography of me, with links. He asked for $250 to correct the current posting, and appears to be someone based in Nigeria. What can I do? Why does Wikipedia allow this? And why should we trust Wikipedia if it does? Hankscott (talk) 15:49, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
