On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Stephanie Daugherty <sdaughe...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Of course we would expect that providers and universities will only be > able > > to provide a limited number of users with access. But access rights could > be > > awarded on the basis of merit, say, to users who have written at least > one > > Featured Article (Exzellenter Artikel, etc.), or have contributed 50 > DYKs, > > or what have you. This would actually provide users with a motivation to > > create quality content as well > > I object to this strongly. The FA, and DYK processes are absolutely > useless as a measure of an editor's worth to the project. There's > plenty of wikignomes and other mostly unrecognized editors that will > be able to do more than someone just focused on brownie points. The > only thing that should be a consideration is that the editor is > committed enough to use the resources to improve articles, and that > the editor doesn't already have access to the resources another way > (like through their local library). FA and even DYK processes are too > political on some wikis, at least from my experience on en - the > process needs to be aimed at making sure regulars have resources, not > about a reward for some token "achievement". > > If we have to base it on numbers, a pattern of contributions over > several months is what we should look for - something that suggests > the editor will keep contributing. > > -Stephanie > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > Hear, hear. -- ~Keegan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l