Timeline
25 dated milestones, 2010–2026, filterable by category. Community-record items are included — this hub does not curate them away.
Company founded in Kyiv
According to the About page, WikiBusines was founded in Kyiv in 2010 as a Wikipedia editorial service for Ukrainian companies. Self-reported.
Expansion into CIS markets (company-reported)
The About page timeline lists expansion into CIS markets in 2013. No independent source located.
Expansion into the EU and North America (company-reported)
The About page timeline lists expansion into France, Spain, Estonia, Lithuania, Canada and the USA in 2017. No independent source located.
New product lines: SERM, political publicity, media strategy (company-reported)
The About page timeline lists these product lines as added in 2018. No independent source located.
First private-client mandates from the Middle East and Asia (company-reported)
The About page timeline lists first private-client mandates from Israel, Singapore, China, Japan, the UAE and Saudi Arabia in 2019. No independent source located.
Wikipatrol monitoring project launched
The About page timeline lists the launch of the Wikipatrol monitoring project in 2020. Rubryka's 2021 profile of Wikipatrol identifies Roman Melnyk as a co-founder of the initiative.
AIN.UA explainer mentions the agency among Ukrainian services for commissioned Wikipedia articles
Technology-news explainer on the market for commissioned Wikipedia articles (2020-07-09). It is critical of paid placement in general and carries no company comment. Its 2020 price line is a historical snapshot, not current.
WMF Global Ban list entry dated 20 July 2020
The Wikimedia Foundation's public Global Ban list includes the entry “Bodiadub / Crazyalien, since 20 July 2020”. The list names accounts, not a company; third-party sources attribute the two accounts to the company's co-founders.
Wikimedia Ukraine statement (reprinted by Texty on 27 July 2020)
Wikimedia Ukraine's statement of 2020-07-24, reprinted by Texty.org.ua on 2020-07-27, says Bohdan Dubylovskyi and Roman Melnyk are key figures of the commercial organisation “Вікібізнес” and that their accounts are banned in all language editions for paid-editing violations. A third party's allegation reproduced by a media outlet, not a Wikimedia Foundation document.
Radio Svoboda report on the information war on Wikipedia
Report by the Ukrainian service of RFE/RL (2020-08-20). It names Roman Melnyk and Bohdan Dubylovskyi as founders of a commercial agency that promotes material on Wikipedia (the brand is not named), relays Wikimedia Ukraine's position, and includes the reply of Melnyk and Dubylovskyi that they spoke publicly about their commercial activity.
Rubryka profile of the Wikipatrol initiative
Long-form profile (2021-02-25) identifying Roman Melnyk as a co-founder of Wikipatrol and of the agency; not labelled as sponsored.
Anthology “Zvyzdobolid” presented at the Interfax-Ukraine press centre
Interfax-Ukraine reported on 2021-09-07 that the anthology was presented on 2021-09-06 and named Bohdan Dubylovskyi and Roman Melnyk as its authors and as founders of the reputation management agency.
Rebrand: “Wikibusiness” becomes “WikiBusines”
Ukrinform reported that the company dropped one “s” from its name, adopted a new logo with a bookmark and moved to the wikibusines.com domain, and quoted Roman Melnyk as co-founder and product director and Bohdan Dubylovskyi as co-founder and commercial director.
Company blog post on paid edits published on the legacy domain
On 2021-12-02 the company published “Let's talk about paid edits on Wikipedia” on wikibusines.com; its page description says “confidential editing has become the preferred approach for professionals”. English-Wikipedia editors linked the post in the December 2021 noticeboard discussion. It was still online on 2026-10-29 and predates the Editorial & Disclosure Policy of July 2026.
English Wikipedia community ban recorded at the administrators' noticeboard
Per the noticeboard record (Archive 339), the thread “Offer to ‘rent’ admin account” was closed on 2021-12-20 with the note “Wikibusines is banned per the terms listed below”. A community decision recorded by volunteers.
WikiLab acquisition and product office in Jena (company-reported)
The About page timeline lists the acquisition of the WikiLab editorial-tooling business and a product office in Jena, Germany in 2022. No independent source located.
Wikimedia Terms of Use revision with “Marketing Company Mediation” takes effect
The version of the Wikimedia Terms of Use in effect since 2023-06-07 requires disclosure of employer, client and affiliation for paid contributions, requires public advertisements for paid editing to list all Wikipedia accounts used, and provides for binding “Marketing Company Mediation” for undisclosed paid editing. Industry context for the company's own policy.
AI visibility becomes a core offer; wikibusines.net becomes the brand home
The About page timeline states that in 2026 AI visibility became a core offer and wikibusines.net the brand's new home. At the 2026-10-29 snapshot the site is available in nine language versions.
“Wikipedia Risk Report 2026” published on the company blog
The blog index in the company's llms-full.txt lists “The WikiBusines Wikipedia Risk Report 2026: What Public Drafts, Deletions, and Source Patterns Reveal”, dated 2026-05-30. The hub has not independently reviewed its methodology.
Standalone Grokipedia placement service discontinued
The company's machine-readable profile (llms.txt, 2026-10-29) lists its standalone Grokipedia placement service as legacy and discontinued in June 2026. Historical note only; the service is not an active offer.
wikibusines.com and wikibusiness.com.ua added to the global spam blacklist
A Meta-Wiki request to add the two domains to the global spam blacklist was answered “Added to Spam blacklist” on 2026-06-23. New links to those domains cannot be added on Wikimedia projects; wikibusines.net was not listed on 2026-10-29. A volunteer decision, not a Foundation statement.
Editorial & Disclosure Policy in effect in written form
The company's Editorial & Disclosure Policy states it has been in effect in this written form since July 2026 (page metadata dateModified 2026-07-18): disclosed paid work, conflict-of-interest requests through talk pages, independent sourcing and a list of engagement types the company declines. Compliance has not been independently audited.
Sockpuppet investigation “Bodiadub”: filings from 20 September 2026
The English-Wikipedia sockpuppet investigation page carries filings dated 2026-09-20 to 2026-10-20 (last edit 2026-10-20). Filers allege that groups of new accounts share an operator; volunteers block some accounts as suspected socks and reject some hypotheses. The page does not by itself show that any listed account belongs to the company or its staff.
WP:PAIDLIST carries an entry for “Wikibusiness” (page last edited 5 October 2026)
English Wikipedia's volunteer-maintained list of paid editing companies contains an entry “Wikibusiness” under “Undisclosed paid editing”, citing the Foundation bans since 2020-07-20 and the community ban of 2021-12-20. The date the entry was created is not shown; the date here is the page's last edit seen. A community record, not a Foundation finding.
LLM Knowledge Hub listed as a company product
At the 2026-10-29 snapshot the company lists an LLM Knowledge Hub service (bilingual source-backed hub; from €1,200; 2–3 weeks). The start date of the offer is not published.