On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 1:52 AM, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote:
> David Gerard wrote: > > On 1 March 2011 19:35, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I'm curious how > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/Storyteller > >> fits in with Wikimedia's mission or its strategic plan. > > > > It's pretty much directly answered right there on the linked page, for > > anyone else who's wondering. > > > > What bit of the page wasn't clear? > > The part where adding this person leads to better content? Wikimedia's > mission is to educate the world with free content. I'm not sure how a > Propaganda Minister really furthers that goal. There is a very finite > amount > of resources for staff hires; I just don't see how this passes any type of > reasonable cost/benefit analysis. > > If it's the outside world's perception of Wikimedia that is the underlying > concern, I think hiring someone whose job description includes "make > something incredibly beautiful every month" might be more detrimental to > Wikimedia's image and mission than anything else. There are a lot of people > who would be (more) willing to donate to Wikimedia if they didn't feel > their > donations would be spent like this, in my view. > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > +1 for calling the title 'Propaganda Minister'. Raconteur would be my second choice. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
