On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:52 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/3/2 Chris Down <neuro.wikipe...@googlemail.com>: > >> Ipatrol has just came on IRC claiming that he has been told that the WMF is >> hiring people to "validate" articles, and that the foundation is doing it in >> secret by using thousands of IPs and academics. He claims that the WMF has >> contracted colleges all across the US have been recruiting academics to >> "validate" articles, and states that admins are involved in this 'cabal', or >> whatever. > > > o_0 > > If we were doing such a thing: > > 1. we wouldn't be paying anyone > 2. we'd be shouting it from the rooftops. > > Nice idea, actually. Anyone feel they could put together a serious > programme to recruit academics to such a cause?
(changed subject as this is an interesting discussion) I was thinking about this as well recently and yes, Thomas, I agree, this is something that could coordinated or at least supported by chapters, many of which have good connections to local universities. Michael -- Michael Bimmler mbimm...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
