"Thank you Joseph2302. I'll be very sincere with you. I have been a full time article writer, blogger and web content writer. I also earn a living from that. I work on freelancer.com, Elance.com and odesk.com..  

Here's my public profile on freelancer.com   -   https://www.freelancer.com/u/hilumeoka2000.html

Here's my public profile on Elance.com  -   https://www.elance.com/s/hilumeoka2000/

You can also search ""hilumeoka2000"" in Odesk to get my details there.

Now, I use to see  clients post jobs about ""Write a Wikipedia page""  or ""Create a Wikipedia page"" on all the freelancer platforms. In fact, it seems as if everyone wants to be on wikipedia probably because of the high page ranking and traffic that comes from the resource. 

As a freelancer interested in research, I use to get useful materials from Wikipedia and other sources to write some of my articles.  Indeed, Wikipedia has been a great resource.

Sometime in 2002, I created an account on wikipedia to see if I can meet the demands of the clients who request for wiki job on freelance platforms. To be frank, I didn't understand how to use wikipedia as at then. Hence, I abandoned the urge to write wikipedia articles and continued with my normal web content development and article writing career.

Now, sometime in April this year, I decided to start placing bids on wikipedia jobs via freelancer.com.  This is because, wiki jobs are always available but there are few people who actually know how to write them.

I made a decision to learn about wikipedia writing and what it entails. I started reading all the wiki tutorials I could see on wikipedia.  I started learning and indeed, it's quite interesting.  It was not easy initially, but, I vowed to know more.

So, I placed my first bid  on freelancer.com. A client wanted me to write on ""Joshua Letcher"" . I accepted. I used this particular topic to learn some facts about wiki policies.  I created and submitted it for review. It was rejected but I was told what to do to make it acceptable. I took some days to make some researches about ""Joshua Letcher"" I discovered, there are no media secondary resources.. That was the reason the article was deleted.

Now, the same client also contracted me to write about thier company ""Newfield Resources Ltd. I did my research to get some secondary resources. I succeeded and created the article. It was allowed to stay.

So, I got excited. I really became very happy that I can now write wikipedia articles. So, I went for more.  I always focused more on maintaining neutrality and using secondary sources. I also follow the rules on referencing and formatting having taken enough time to learn them.

Now, as a freelancer, I kept getting alerts about new Wikipedia  creation jobs. I  go ahead to place my bids.  I really got selected by some clients to help them put up a wikipedia page.  I also get paid for doing so as a freelancer. I turn down jobs that do not have media coverage or jobs that are meant to promote or advertise since they are against wiki rules.

So far, I've created the following pages via the jobs I won through freelancer.com and Elance.com. 

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

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

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

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

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

I made sure each of the pages is  neutral and properly cited. I'm also working on few more pages right now. I don't get involved in vandalism or supporting stands to make a page stay on wikipedia. My main focus is to create new pages.

To be very sincere with you, I've never heard about the issue of disclosing paid identity on Wikipedia until now. I thought that I'm free to create articles as a freelancer and get paid.

I noticed one thing about most of my clients. They don't know how to create articles on wikipedia. Some of them have tried but failed. Hence, they look for an expert who will help them.

So please, I'll like to know if I'm contravening wiki rules by creating articles for clients through freelancer.com.  I don't really know. There are lots of policies on wikipedia. I learn most of them as I create articles. I learn virtually on daily basis. 

Do I need to declare myself as a Paid editor or something?  Do I need to stop creating articles for clients? 

I'll like to get clarifications. 

Thanks   

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