P.S. I mean, the WMF can't hire them but the WEF can, and I hope they do soon to complement the accuracy metric without expenditure.
On Wednesday, June 3, 2015, James Salsman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Aaron, > > Could you please confirm that Lila and Dario are in receipt of the > fact-checker candidate list and associated materials? Please remember that > the WEF can't hire them but the WikiEd Foundation has not yet achieved > IdeaLab technology, so your assistance may still be required. Thank you for > your patience. > > Best regards, > James Salsman > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *James Salsman* <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > Date: Sunday, May 31, 2015 > Subject: comments on Annual Plan > To: Lila Tretikov <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > Cc: Dario Taraborelli <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > > > Dear Dario and Lila, > > Are you both able to see the human fact checker and proofreader candidates > in > [censored] ? > > Please keep the contents of that file confidential, as I promised I would > not share it with commercial interests. > > Please let me know your thoughts on the next best steps. > > Best regards, > James > > > On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 10:05 PM, James Salsman <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Lila, >> >> Thank you so much. I will help Dario as much as I can. You are both so >> great. >> >> Best regards, >> Jim >> >> >> On Thursday, May 28, 2015, Lila Tretikov <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi James, >>> >>> Not sure we can "take this away" better than another volunteer, but we >>> do plan to focus on quality measurements. I am CCing Dario who is in charge >>> of Analytics Research to look into the specifics of what's involved here >>> and how it may link to the general quality metrics. >>> >>> Lila >>> >>> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 7:54 AM, James Salsman <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Lila, >>>> >>>> Please take this away from me. I do not want to be in a position where >>>> my influence over it can unduly enrich my new client by degrading the >>>> quality of the encyclopedia. Please let me know your decision. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> James >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: James Salsman <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Thu, May 28, 2015 at 8:52 AM >>>> Subject: comments on Annual Plan >>>> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regarding >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2015-16#Engineering >>>> >>>> Will key quality metrics for reading include accuracy of articles on >>>> the Simple English Wikipedia? >>>> >>>> To that end, will the Wikimedia Foundation please take over this >>>> project in full as stated here: >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2015-May/031684.html >>>> >>>> I have a new contract through the end of the year and will be unable to >>>> devote the time I had planned. Thank you. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> James Salsman >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> > >
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