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'''Gregory Kohs''' is a market researcher in Media, Pennsylvania. Gregory operates the Inside Market Research and MyWikiBiz.com web sites. | '''Gregory Kohs''' is a market researcher in Media, Pennsylvania. Gregory operates the Inside Market Research and MyWikiBiz.com web sites. | ||
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In 2006-7, Kohs launched MyWikiBiz.com, a service that offered to write Wikipedia entries for businesses for $49 to $99. A few days after he put out a press release in 2006-08-04, MyWikiBiz's account on Wikipedia was blocked.[1] | In 2006-7, Kohs launched MyWikiBiz.com, a service that offered to write Wikipedia entries for businesses for $49 to $99. A few days after he put out a press release in 2006-08-04, MyWikiBiz's account on Wikipedia was blocked.[1] | ||
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^ a b Bergstein, Brian. "Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia", The Washington Post / Associated Press, 2007-01-24. | ^ a b Bergstein, Brian. "Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia", The Washington Post / Associated Press, 2007-01-24. | ||
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MyWikiBiz.com Assisting Companies with Placement of Articles on Wikipedia. Press release. | MyWikiBiz.com Assisting Companies with Placement of Articles on Wikipedia. Press release. | ||
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| + | | name = Gregory J. Kohs | ||
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| + | | birth_name = | ||
| + | | birth_date = 1968{{fact|date=June 2013}} | ||
| + | | birth_place = [[Jackson, Michigan]], USA{{fact|date=June 2013}} | ||
| + | | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | ||
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| + | | nationality =American{{fact|date=June 2013}} | ||
| + | | other_names = | ||
| + | | occupation =Market Researcher | ||
| + | | known_for =[[MyWikiBiz]] | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | '''Gregory J. Kohs''' (born 1968){{fact|date=June 2013}} is a market researcher who has been involved in various internet-related enterprises including [[MyWikiBiz]], an online business directory. | ||
| + | He has also written extensively on internet-related topics, and is known as a critic of Wikipedia. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Career=== | ||
| + | Kohs says that his first internet-based enterprise, started in 1995, was Facts On Call, Inc. The company was meant to provide online research services in the days when search engines were in their infancy.<ref name="Hall 2013-04-03"/> Around 1997, Kohs created a popular [[online magazine|e-zine]] newsletter called ''American Cynic'', which featured "interesting facts about little-known history, bizarre current events and news stories".<ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFE7E10DB1886F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Cyberlinks - Newspapers abound as cyber resources], Steven Tharpe, [[San Antonio Express-News]], 29 June 1997.</ref> | ||
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| + | In 2004, while working for ICR/International Communications Research, Kohs fielded a survey of 500 [[radiologist]]s on issues associated with the use of [[computed tomography]]. The study, a joint effort between the [[American Roentgen Ray Society]] and [[Philips|Philips Medical Systems]], was published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15461297 |accessdate=2013-06-04 |title=CT in your clinical practice}}</ref> | ||
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| + | In January 2007, [[Associated Press]] reporter [[Brian Bergstein]] brought international attention to Kohs, via a news story about Kohs' enterprise that offered paid editing of Wikipedia.<ref>[http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/technology/whats-wrong-with-accepting-money-to-write-on-wikipedia-469640/ What's wrong with accepting money to write on Wikipedia?], Brian Bergstein, 28 January 2007.</ref> Kohs has noted that small businesses can create articles about themselves on Wikipedia that will not be deleted if they are careful to follow an approach that gives the impression of an independent editor.<ref name="Hall 2011-01-11"/> | ||
| + | He has published critical commentary about Wikipedia on various websites.<ref name="Rosenberg 2008-08-06"/> | ||
| + | More recently, Kohs has published articles on [[Wikipediocracy]], a website launched in May 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wikipediocracy.com/2013/01/16/whos-the-best-yoruban-wikipedian-of-them-all/ |accessdate=2013-06-04|title=Who’s the best Yoruban Wikipedian of them all?|first=Gregory |last=Kohs|date=January 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wikipediocracy.com/2012/05/16/female-editors-growing-scarce-at-wikipedia/|title=Female editors growing scarce at Wikipedia|first=Gregory |last=Kohs|date=May 16 2012|accessdate=2013-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |ref=harv |url=http://wikipediocracy.com/2012/06/20/wikipedia-reveals-top-10-most-contentious-people/|title=Wikipedia reveals Top 10 most contentious people |first=Gregory |last=Kohs|accessdate=2013-06-04|date=June 20, 2012}}</ref> | ||
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| + | Kohs has also criticized Wikipedia and [[Wikimedia Commons]] for hosting large amounts of pornography and sexually graphic material.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/09/17/wikipedia-abandons-efforts-to-purge-porn-from-online-encyclopedia/ | ||
| + | Wikipedia abandons efforts to purge porn from online encyclopedia], Perry Chiaramonte, FoxNews.com, 17 September, 2013.</ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Internet ventures=== | ||
| + | ====MyWikiBiz==== | ||
| + | {{main article|MyWikiBiz}} | ||
| + | In 2006 Kohs and his sister founded MyWikiBiz, where for a fee of $49 to $99 a business could have a [[Wikipedia]] article created.<ref name="Bergstein: 2007-01-24"/> | ||
| + | According to Kohs the articles would only be written for significant enterprises, and would follow the rules of neutrality and sourcing.<ref name="Bergstein: 2007-01-24"/> | ||
| + | Kohs noted that Wikipedia already had a "Reward Board" on which Wikipedians could offer gifts to authors for improving articles.<ref name="Read: 2007-01-24"/> | ||
| + | The press release was issued in August 2006. A few days later the MyWikiBiz account was blocked.<ref name="Bergstein: 2007-01-24"/><ref name="Gordon2009"/> | ||
| + | In an unusual move [[Jimmy Wales]], co-founder of Wikipedia, personally blocked the account indefinitely.<ref name="Zittrain 2008"/> | ||
| + | Wales apparently said in a call to Kohs that paid editing was "antithetical" to Wikipedia's mission.<ref name="Bergstein: 2007-01-24"/> | ||
| + | |||
| + | Kohs then launched Centiare.com, a paid business directory.<ref name="Bergstein: 2007-01-24"/> | ||
| + | According to Kohs, Centiare had been created by Karl Nagel, and the two partnered to market it.<ref name="Hall 2013-04-03"/> | ||
| + | After poor initial results, Centaire was shut down, but the content was ported to the MyWikiBiz database.<ref name="Hall 2013-04-03"/> | ||
| + | The MyWikiBiz.com directory was launched in January 2008.<ref name="Hall 2013-04-03"/> | ||
| + | In an April 2013 interview Kohs said there were more than 87,000 pages in MyWikiBiz.<ref name="Hall 2013-04-03"/> | ||
| + | In June 2013 MyWikiBiz.com was offering a service where individuals or enterprises who had been rejected by Wikipedia as "non-notable" could create their own directory pages.<ref name="Welcome to MyWikiBiz"/> | ||
| + | The site also said "we also boast the oldest continuously-operated Wikipedia article-writing service on the Internet".<ref name="Welcome to MyWikiBiz"/> | ||
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| + | ====Wikipediocracy==== | ||
| + | {{main article|Wikipediocracy}} | ||
| + | [[Wikipediocracy]] was launched in May 2012, described in the press release as a site that "hosts articles examining Wikipedia’s editorial failings and the governance flaws that lead to them, as well as a forum dedicated to criticism of Wikipedia’s administrative culture". Kohs and Eric Barbour, owner of [[Metasonix]], were listed as contacts for more information.<ref name="Kohs 012-05-30"/>{{efn|As of June 2013, the wikipediocracy.com domain name was registered to MyWikiBiz.com.<ref name="Whois"/>}} | ||
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| + | ===References=== | ||
| + | '''Notes''' | ||
| + | {{notes}} | ||
| + | '''Citations''' | ||
| + | {{reflist|2|refs= | ||
| + | <ref name="Bergstein: 2007-01-24">{{cite journal |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16793247/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/t/idea-paid-entries-roils-wikipedia/#.UavgY9LBPTc |last=Bergstein|first=Brian |date=2007-01-24|title=Idea of paid entries roils Wikipedia|journal=NBC News|accessdate=2013-06-02}}</ref> | ||
| + | <ref name="Gordon2009">{{cite book|last=Gordon|first=Janey|title=Notions of Community: A Collection of Community Media Debates and Dilemmas|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=M1yNL0iI5T0C&pg=PA142|accessdate=2013-06-02|date=January 2009|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-3-03911-374-3|page=142}}</ref> | ||
| + | <ref name="Hall 2011-01-11">{{cite web |url=http://blog.intuit.com/marketing/how-can-a-small-business-get-on-wikipedia/ |title=How Can a Small Business Get on Wikipedia? | ||
| + | |last=Hall|first=Phil |date=2011-01-11|work=Intuit|accessdate=2013-06-03}}</ref> | ||
| + | <ref name="Hall 2013-04-03">{{cite web |url=http://www.business-superstar.com/superstar-of-the-week/gregory-kohs-publisher-of-mywikibiz-com-philadelphia/ | ||
| + | |last=Hall |first=Phil|date=2013-04-03|title=Gregory Kohs, publisher of MyWikiBiz.com, Philadelphia | ||
| + | |publisher= Business Superstar Media LLC|accessdate=2013-06-02}}</ref> | ||
| + | <ref name="Kohs 012-05-30">{{cite web |url=http://wikipediocracy.com/press-release/ | ||
| + | |date=2012-05-30 |title=Press Release - Announcing a new Wikipedia criticism site|accessdate=2013-06-02}}</ref> | ||
| + | <ref name="Read: 2007-01-24">{{cite web |url=http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/wikipedia-blocks-a-pay-for-play-scheme/2796|work= The Chronicle of Higher Education | ||
| + | |last=Read|first=Brock|date=2007-01-24|title=Wikipedia Blocks a Pay-for-Play Scheme |accessdate=2013-06-02}}</ref> | ||
| + | <ref name="Rosenberg 2008-08-06">{{cite web |url=http://www.funnelholic.com/2008/08/06/wiki-palooza-part-iii-the-world-of-wikis-and-how-b2b-marketing-can-win-in-this-game/ | ||
| + | |title=Wiki-palooza Part III: The world of wikis and how b2b marketing can win in this game | ||
| + | |last=Rosenberg|date=2008-08-06 |first=Craig |work=the funnelholic |accessdate=2013-06-03}}</ref> | ||
| + | <ref name="Welcome to MyWikiBiz">{{cite web |ref=harv |url=http://www.mywikibiz.com/Main_Page | ||
| + | |title=Welcome to MyWikiBiz! |publisher=MyWikiBiz|accessdate=2013-06-03}}</ref> | ||
| + | <ref name="Whois">{{cite web |url=http://www.whois-search.com/whois/www.Wikipediocracy.com | ||
| + | |title=Domain Name: WIKIPEDIOCRACY.COM|work=whois-search|accessdate=2013-06-03}}</ref> | ||
| + | <ref name="Zittrain 2008">{{cite book|url=http://yupnet.org/zittrain/archives/16#48|title=The Future of the Internet – And How to Stop It|page=140|year=2008|publisher=[[Yale University]] Press|authorlink=Jonathan_Zittrain|last=Zittrain|first=Jonathan|isbn=0-300-12487-2}}</ref> | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | ===External links=== | ||
| + | {{refbegin}} | ||
| + | *{{cite web |url=http://www.mywikibiz.com/Gregory_J._Kohs | ||
| + | |title=Directory:Gregory J. Kohs|work=MyWikiBiz|accessdate=2013-06-03}} | ||
| + | {{refend}} | ||
| + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Kohs, Gregory J.}} | ||
| + | [[Category:1968 births]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Living people]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Critics of Wikipedia]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Emory University alumni]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Temple University alumni]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:26, 3 October 2013
Version from approximately 2010
Gregory Kohs is a market researcher in Media, Pennsylvania. Gregory operates the Inside Market Research and MyWikiBiz.com web sites.
MyWikiBiz.com
In 2006-7, Kohs launched MyWikiBiz.com, a service that offered to write Wikipedia entries for businesses for $49 to $99. A few days after he put out a press release in 2006-08-04, MyWikiBiz's account on Wikipedia was blocked.[1]
Over the the next few weeks, Kohs claimed to get about 10 clients into Wikipedia.[1]
References
^ a b Bergstein, Brian. "Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia", The Washington Post / Associated Press, 2007-01-24.
Further reading Read, Brock. "Wikipedia Blocks a Pay-for-Play Scheme", The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007-01-24.
Bergstein, Brian. "Microsoft Offers Cash for Wikipedia Edit", The Washington Post / Associated Press, 2007-01-24.
Mathias Peer. "Wikipedia-Artikel, die man kaufen kann", Die Welt, 2006-08-24. (in German)
Ruth P. Stevens. "Web Watch 2.0", Direct magazine, Prism Business Media Inc., 2006-12-02.
Bernd Graff. "Wikipedia und ungewollte Artikel von Werbern "Schmutzige Spielchen"", sueddeutsche.de, Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH, 2007-01-26. (in German)
"Empresa cobrava por verbetes na Wikipedia", G1.com.br, Globo.com, 2006-01-25. (in Portuguese) MyWikiBiz (2006-07-08).
MyWikiBiz.com Assisting Companies with Placement of Articles on Wikipedia. Press release.
Version from 2013
Template:Infobox person Gregory J. Kohs (born 1968)Template:Fact is a market researcher who has been involved in various internet-related enterprises including MyWikiBiz, an online business directory. He has also written extensively on internet-related topics, and is known as a critic of Wikipedia.
Career
Kohs says that his first internet-based enterprise, started in 1995, was Facts On Call, Inc. The company was meant to provide online research services in the days when search engines were in their infancy.[1] Around 1997, Kohs created a popular e-zine newsletter called American Cynic, which featured "interesting facts about little-known history, bizarre current events and news stories".[2]
In 2004, while working for ICR/International Communications Research, Kohs fielded a survey of 500 radiologists on issues associated with the use of computed tomography. The study, a joint effort between the American Roentgen Ray Society and Philips Medical Systems, was published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.[3]
In January 2007, Associated Press reporter Brian Bergstein brought international attention to Kohs, via a news story about Kohs' enterprise that offered paid editing of Wikipedia.[4] Kohs has noted that small businesses can create articles about themselves on Wikipedia that will not be deleted if they are careful to follow an approach that gives the impression of an independent editor.[5] He has published critical commentary about Wikipedia on various websites.[6] More recently, Kohs has published articles on Wikipediocracy, a website launched in May 2012.[7][8][9]
Kohs has also criticized Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons for hosting large amounts of pornography and sexually graphic material.[10]
Internet ventures
MyWikiBiz
Template:Main article In 2006 Kohs and his sister founded MyWikiBiz, where for a fee of $49 to $99 a business could have a Wikipedia article created.[11] According to Kohs the articles would only be written for significant enterprises, and would follow the rules of neutrality and sourcing.[11] Kohs noted that Wikipedia already had a "Reward Board" on which Wikipedians could offer gifts to authors for improving articles.[12] The press release was issued in August 2006. A few days later the MyWikiBiz account was blocked.[11][13] In an unusual move Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, personally blocked the account indefinitely.[14] Wales apparently said in a call to Kohs that paid editing was "antithetical" to Wikipedia's mission.[11]
Kohs then launched Centiare.com, a paid business directory.[11] According to Kohs, Centiare had been created by Karl Nagel, and the two partnered to market it.[1] After poor initial results, Centaire was shut down, but the content was ported to the MyWikiBiz database.[1] The MyWikiBiz.com directory was launched in January 2008.[1] In an April 2013 interview Kohs said there were more than 87,000 pages in MyWikiBiz.[1] In June 2013 MyWikiBiz.com was offering a service where individuals or enterprises who had been rejected by Wikipedia as "non-notable" could create their own directory pages.[15] The site also said "we also boast the oldest continuously-operated Wikipedia article-writing service on the Internet".[15]
Wikipediocracy
Template:Main article Wikipediocracy was launched in May 2012, described in the press release as a site that "hosts articles examining Wikipedia’s editorial failings and the governance flaws that lead to them, as well as a forum dedicated to criticism of Wikipedia’s administrative culture". Kohs and Eric Barbour, owner of Metasonix, were listed as contacts for more information.[16]Template:Efn
References
Notes Template:Notes Citations
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- ^ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Kohs, Gregory (May 16 2012). "Female editors growing scarce at Wikipedia". Retrieved 2013-06-04. Check date values in:
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- ^ [http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/09/17/wikipedia-abandons-efforts-to-purge-porn-from-online-encyclopedia/ Wikipedia abandons efforts to purge porn from online encyclopedia], Perry Chiaramonte, FoxNews.com, 17 September, 2013.
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External links
- <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Directory:Gregory J. Kohs". MyWikiBiz. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
