Every time I try to contribute, I get censored by some gatekeeper. It feels as open and inviting nowadays as StackOverflow.
Apparently you can pay a high-ranking Wikipedia editor to massage your article into the site. I know a Hollywood producer who paid to get himself listed.
What amazes me most, though, is that I still find new subjects to write about that don't exist yet on Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Connected_contributor...
The editor who massaged the article in question has it somewhere on his profile that he accepts payments and has a list of articles he has taken payment for.