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How to restore wikipedia article if it was deleted?

by LonAq
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Hi to everyone,

Need your advice.

The problem is the following, we had an article on wikipedia, we promoted it and overspammed a little, so it was deleted. We need to restore the article with the same title.

We found a guy on fiverr, but he can't restore it with the same title, he offers a new article and new title, but it doesn't suit us.

So is it possible to restore the wikipedia article with same title? Do you know anyone who can help with it?
#article #deleted #restore #wikipedia
  • Profile picture of the author MasterJirou
    Hi Brooo

    Even if you find someone wikipedia will remove i guarantee you that

    Although wiki is almost open source but there are controllers that follow the new article .. if they found it that it's not proves they deletes it immediatly


    thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author LonAq
    So there is no way we can restore it? only write a new article?
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
    Banned
    • What is the old wiki page about?
    • Do you have a backup of the content?
    • Why do you need the same old wiki page title, is it a spammy keyword (SEO)?
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  • Profile picture of the author LonAq
    - Wiki page is about our software;
    - yes, we have the back up;
    - no, it's not a spammy word , it's just the name of the product and the owner wants to have exactly this title
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Originally Posted by LonAq View Post

      - Wiki page is about our software;
      - yes, we have the back up;
      - no, it's not a spammy word , it's just the name of the product and the owner wants to have exactly this title
      Sounds like a spammy link building trick to me. I'm guessing that you sold a client on how you could build "high quality backlinks" and now you're scrambling when your tactics backfired.
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      • Profile picture of the author LonAq
        Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

        Sounds like a spammy link building trick to me. I'm guessing that you sold a client on how you could build "high quality backlinks" and now you're scrambling when your tactics backfired.
        No, we didn't sell such option!
        Just the client asked to restore the deleted article, that's it.
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        • Profile picture of the author BradVert2013
          Originally Posted by LonAq View Post

          No, we didn't sell such option!
          Just the client asked to restore the deleted article, that's it.
          Tell the client that if it got deleted once, it will continue to get deleted. There are better ways to promote a product/service than trying to game Wikipedia.
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      • Profile picture of the author writeaway
        Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

        Sounds like a spammy link building trick to me. I'm guessing that you sold a client on how you could build "high quality backlinks" and now you're scrambling when your tactics backfired.
        But aren't Wikipedia outgoing links tagged NO FOLLOW?
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  • Profile picture of the author BradVert2013
    Wikipedia isn't a marketing platform, that's why your article was deleted. And trying to get it reposted on Wikipedia will have the same result.

    I was a Wikipedia editor several years ago and I can't tell you how much of this crap I had to delete because ppl were trying to promote their own product/service.

    You're wasting your time and money trying to promote through Wikipedia. There are much more effective marketing platforms out there that you won't have to try to game for it to work.
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  • Profile picture of the author newxxx
    but being on wiki gives the product authority
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  • Profile picture of the author David Beroff
    So post it on the client's website. Only takes a minute, and you're done.
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    • Profile picture of the author LonAq
      Originally Posted by David Beroff View Post

      So post it on the client's website. Only takes a minute, and you're done.
      What do you mean?
      What's the point posting wiki article on client's website?
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      • Profile picture of the author David Beroff
        Originally Posted by LonAq View Post

        What do you mean?
        What's the point posting wiki article on client's website?
        This gives you full control, without risk of outside influence. You can promote the article as you see fit.
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
    Originally Posted by writeaway View Post

    But aren't Wikipedia outgoing links tagged NO FOLLOW?
    Could be. I've never had reason to check, as I'd never try to manipulate Wikipedia for SEO.

    Originally Posted by David Beroff View Post

    This gives you full control, without risk of outside influence. You can promote the article as you see fit.
    Without the implied legitimacy of appearing in Wikipedia. Most civilians accept Wikipedia as a legitimate source of facts. They don't account for the fact that anyone can edit any article for any purpose.
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