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Not that it's worthwhile to drag this out, but I rather presumed the term referred to the person's normal role in the real world. A public relations professional is a kind of paid advocate, but whether they advocate here is a separate issue. Though in some countries there is a different marketing culture where public relations professionals are seen as consensus-builders between companies and their respective publics, rather than advocates. I prefer to just use normal business language like ""marketing"" rather than Wikipedia jargon. But if you insist on labeling me as a ""paid editor"" I think I will start referring to others as ""free editors"" since working for free is actually the more unusual between the two (*snicker).  (Talk) "