Mashable: Where Do Wikipedia Donations Go? Outgoing Chief Warns of
Corruption
http://mashable.com/2013/10/17/wikipedia-donation-corruption/
When Wikipedia decided to roll out an aggressive fundraising effort a
few years ago, the free encyclopedia came with a remarkably effective
battle plan.
Keeping this post in mind, the idea of Rs 110 Lakh budget for the
Chapter really raises a lot of disquiet in my mind.
Frankly, imho budget growth should be organic, not catastrophic. The
items proposed for expenditure should be discussed amongst the
community and explicit support got for this.
Hi,br/br/IIRC a call was put out on the list for discussion on the budget
by the Chapter EC. br/br/I however agree that something like an exit budget
to see how programmes funded have worked out and the impact they had on
Wikipedia would be a helpful exercise to help the Chapter in future
The functional assumption being that what the WMF/WMIN are solving are
technical challenges for which outcomes are immediately apparent. I believe
that what they are both doing is engaging with an eco-system and that is an
adaptive challenge for which outcomes are not always know immediately.
Gautam, all the more reason to move forth steadily - one step on the ground.
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Gautam John gau...@akshara.org.in wrote:
The functional assumption being that what the WMF/WMIN are solving are
technical challenges for which outcomes are immediately apparent. I
My take is that they should measure what impact each intervention has on
it's own. Not necessarily against the goal of increasing editorship because
that is a complex problem that will not be solved in a single step or year.
Trying different things is not a bad idea so long as it is done with
SMARTER, eh?
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 10:55 PM, Gautam John gau...@akshara.org.in wrote:
My take is that they should measure what impact each intervention has on
it's own. Not necessarily against the goal of increasing editorship because
that is a complex problem that will not be solved in a
