: [Wikimedia-l] "9 annoying nonprofit trends that need to die"
2016-02-07 19:10 GMT+01:00 Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com>:
> A marketing slogan that I'd like WMF to banish is that Wikipedia is
> 100% written by volunteers. That's simply false.
I find that point of view entirely wrong
lol This is why “Nonprofit: The Musical” will have, as one of its
characters, a consultant robot, whose only job is to repeat exactly
what an internal staff or board member says; the difference is that
the robot actually gets listened to.
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 8:59 PM, Pine W
2016-02-07 19:10 GMT+01:00 Pine W :
> A marketing slogan that I'd like WMF to banish is that Wikipedia is 100%
> written by volunteers. That's simply false.
I find that point of view entirely wrong. The WMF does not pay anybody to
edit, so editors are volunteers. I might
A marketing slogan that I'd like WMF to banish is that Wikipedia is 100%
written by volunteers. That's simply false. Wikipedia is written by
individuals with a mix of motives, and for some people those motives
include financial compensation.
Diverging a little into the topic of paid
Hoi,
What is your intention, to be "right" at all cost?
Thanks,
GerardM
On 8 February 2016 at 00:04, Pine W wrote:
> The fact that someone is not paid *by WMF* to edit does not mean that they
> are a volunteer. That would be like saying that a newspaper salesperson
>
Some Wikipedians in Residence also get paid for their work, saying
"Wikipedia is written by volunteers" is honest and doesnt have the puffary
of 100%. As a community we are working to create more activities, projects
and partnerships with GLAM where the people participating are being paid to
edit
The fact that someone is not paid *by WMF* to edit does not mean that they
are a volunteer. That would be like saying that a newspaper salesperson
standing at the door of a grocery store is a volunteer because he is not
paid by the grocer and instead paid by the newspaper. As with paid
Hoi,
It would be a travesty when a "Wikipedian in residence" is paid only to
write articles. In my honest opinion, I doubt that they have much time to
write themselves. This whole negativity that this thread is part of
indicates how sick the "community" is because it is not the "community", it
is
I think that a number of us may appreciate this article, specifically
people who are involved with Wikimedia affiliates, grant committees, and
WMF Community Engagement including CR and PC
http://nonprofitwithballs.com/2015/06/9-annoying-nonprofit-trends-that-need-to-die/
Pine
Which of these heinous sins do we commit?
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Pine W wrote:
> I think that a number of us may appreciate this article, specifically
> people who are involved with Wikimedia affiliates, grant committees, and
> WMF Community Engagement including CR
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