There have been examples of successful role accounts in the past - or, at least role accounts that have attempted to edit in a way that is respectful of our policies whilst maintaining information about their company. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:USSTRATCOM_PAO is one from en:wp. Yes, the OTRS idea might be a good way to go about this.
But with role accounts for organisations that have an educative mission (especially GLAM sector) I would have thought it would be an important step for us to allow/accept this kind of editing. We want their expertise and direct involvement and if they are going to let their staff edit Wikimedia Commons in office-hours then they will want to have some official recognition of that fact - i.e. a role account. For a cultural organisation to actually make the step of having a staff member edit, officially, as part of their job of increasing awareness (and correct/detailed information) about their institution's collection is an extraordinarily important step. I would argue that we should do whatever we can to make them feel welcome and supported. This is not the same as a PR person trying to 'spin' an article about a corporation - which would be a CoI. This is about someone trying to make the mission of their cultural institution fit with our mission - sharing knowledge of a particular aspect of culture with the rest of the world. Best, -Liam [[witty lama]] On 7/28/09, Gnangarra <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe we could request that GLAM role accounts verify their identity via > the OTRS system the same way we ask for licensing verifications. > > When the person in the seat changes then they can send a new email > confirming the change in opeator, as it stands at the moment there is > nothing to confirm that the person is actually authorised to act on behalf > of the University except whats said on a user page. > > > 2009/7/28 Erik Moeller <[email protected]> > >> And, here's another example of a recently created role account - >> please be nice to them: >> >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:EgyArt >> -- >> Erik Möller >> Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation >> >> Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Commons-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >> > > > > -- > GN. > http://gnangarra.redbubble.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > > -- wittylama.com/blog Peace, love & metadata
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