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The online encyclopedia Wikipedia requires clarification from the German Football Association (DFB) about a possibly paid creation of the entry via its general secretary Friedrich Curtius.

“It has nothing to do with fair sportsmanship.

The DFB must now take a clear position as to whether and how the commissioning could come about, ”said the managing director of Wikimedia Germany, Abraham Taherivand, of the“ Frankfurter Rundschau ”.

The background to this is that the DFB is said to have commissioned an external service provider to edit Curtius' Wikipedia entry.

According to the news magazine "Der Spiegel", the association should have signed a contract with a consulting company in 2019.

The DFB confirmed to the “Frankfurter Rundschau” that the contract was completed “in October 2020”.

The majority of the controversial online entry comes from a Berlin consulting agency.

Strict rules

“Paid editing, that is, the paid creation or revision of articles, contradicts the idea of ​​voluntary work and is only tolerated if strict conditions are met,” said Taherivand.

And further: "In particular, a possible paid revision of the article in question was not made transparent."

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Wikipedia added a warning to the entry on Curtius.

"The neutrality of this article or section is controversial," was on Tuesday morning directly under the name.

There is also an entry under the heading “Image maintenance paid for by the DFB”.

Quarreled: President Fritz Keller (r.) And Friedrich Curtius

Source: dpa

The turbulent days at the world's largest sports association continue.

It was only on Friday that President Fritz Keller and Secretary General Curtius settled an ongoing dispute more badly than well.

According to a statement by the association, the duo jointly declared after the extraordinary meeting of the executive committee: “After an intensive and constructive discussion in the DFB executive committee, we will immediately undertake a last joint attempt in the interests of the German Football Association, its member associations and its employees Discuss and define roles for future joint professional cooperation. "

The meeting had been awaited with great anticipation, because of the power struggle between Keller and Curtius, personal consequences appeared possible.

The planned procedure, which Keller and Curtius had communicated after the meeting of several hours on Friday, was "expressly and unanimously supported by all members of the Presidium".