@Matthew, thanks for that detailed explanation! That is very interesting and
includes a lot of information I didn't know. I am not against using the central
notice for this purpose, but I just don't think it has much effect in the
current implementation. In this specific case, leading the user t
If your project needs gadgets or templates imported / adapted / fixed,
or other little technical tasks, and you have admins busy enough to do
the work but not to mentor it... this is your chance!
Google Code-in is a perfect program to bring technical help to your
projects. If you are intereste
A post is live on Gizmodo today about a Commons contributor (Evan-Amos) who
takes high quality photos of video game systems and hardware.[1] Towards
the end it mentions that Evan started a Kickstarter to fund his efforts to
buy and photograph more systems as part of an online museum.[2]
Anyone kno
That's the first one I have heard of. Congratulations, Evan! Kickstarters
such as this are fantastic, and I am glad to see it was successful.
The debate is (or should be) about paid advocacy, not paid editing. Many
people are paid in part to help add free knowledge, often by popular
demand, to
On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Nathan wrote:
> Anyone know if this is the first Wikimedia-related Kickstarter campaign, or
> has it happened before? What do people think about someone raising ~$13k to
> contribute photos to Commons? How does that fit in the debate about paid
> editing? To me it
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From: James Forrester
Date: 1 November 2013 18:43
Subject: Wikimania 2015 - Call for Jury volunteers
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Dear all,
Soon we will be kicking off the select
Very cool. As a big fan of video games, kick starter, and commons this is a
nice set of worlds colliding. Big props to Evan-Amos for the work he's
already done.
I'd love to get notifications when new images are contributed by him.
Currently I can go to Special:ListFiles to see what he's uploaded b
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Nathan wrote:
> A post is live on Gizmodo today about a Commons contributor (Evan-Amos) who
> takes high quality photos of video game systems and hardware.[1] Towards
> the end it mentions that Evan started a Kickstarter to fund his efforts to
> buy and photograph
I think this particular campaign seems to be really well structured, which
is clearly part of why it has such substantial support. But as a general
rule, not all Kickstarters are created equal - yet many attract money
regardless. Now that this new trend is kicked off, I'm a little concerned
about f
