I won't comment on the Gibraltar issue, but I do have to say I am highly
suspect of the author of one of these articles. With articles such as
"Wikipedia will fail in five years", and another "Wikipedia will fail in *four*
years", he comes across as someone who, for one reason or another, has an axe
to grind about open source projects.
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From: John Baker <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];
[email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, 6 October 2012, 20:25
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Gibraltar - Mapping Party?
Maybe no-one cares but Roger was paid ($80,000 apparently) to create articles
and promote Gibraltar.
I see this is part of that. Promote Gibraltar by linking it to OSM, get on the
OSM wiki pages, etc, etc.
Personally I do feel uneasy working on crowded sourced/open sourced projects on
the request of others that are paid to do it.
I would have thought they could at least chip in for the flights, accomadation,
etc
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2012/10/05/wikipedias-pay-for-play-scandal-highlights-wikipedias-vulnerabilities/
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/09/20/roger_bamkin_gibraltor_s_repeated_appearance_on_did_you_know_provkes_existential_crisis_for_wikipedia_.html
Just want to let people know the score beforehand.
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:31:30 +0100
CC: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Gibraltar - Mapping Party?
Sounds like there is a the comings together of interest for perhaps early in
the New Year? I’ll communicate that back to Roger and see where we go. I think
he’s looking for OSM to organise themselves but I’ll get confirmation of what
accommodation was on offer and what, if any, strings are attached with going at
their request.
Cheers
Andy
From:Gregory [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 05 October 2012 13:26
To: Tim Waters
Cc: Andy Robinson; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Gibraltar - Mapping Party?
"basic accommodation in an old fort might be available free of charge"
You've got me listening.
But advance notice and doing it after Christmas is more likely to work for me.
I presume this would end up as an Isle of Wight type exercise. Make a really
good example(buildings & addressing) and cover the whole land in a short time.
Then if we finished earlier than planned we could pop over to Spain for the
remaining days and stay in Gibraltar, or if people planned to stay longer &
arranged their own accommodation then Spain mapping could be planned too.
--
Gregory
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http://www.livingwithdragons.com
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