I really wanted to come to this one but it's looking unlikely (spouse's
birthday plans take precedence, alas).
Some topics that came up on #wikipedia-en-helpers in the last few days
seemed really appropriate for this meetup. Maybe this would be a useful
topic for discussion:
1. What are some useful ways we could make an end run around paid editing?
Someone observed that there are a lot of freelance Wikipedia editing
jobs up on Elance.com, e.g.
https://www.elance.com/j/wikipedia-page/73318807/ Is there a way we can
use that to our advantage? Some ideas that were floated:
* Bid for the job, once you've got it, post the name of the page that is
being promoted to a list of COI pages for closer monitoring (or even
salting). Ethical problems galore!
* Maybe more radically: take the job yourself and write the article,
with full paid disclosure, on the principle of "if you can't lick 'em,
join 'em" -- as long as someone's going to be paid to write this
article, we might as well make sure it's someone who can do it right.
2. What's the most effective way to handle situations where an editor
has been told by their employer to put a page on Wikipedia, and where
the editor's job depends to some degree on their success? The editor is
between a rock and a hard place; ideally we would make Wikipedia the bad
guy in this situation so that it doesn't backlash on the editor. How
best to do that?
Hope you all have a good time. Hoping to see you in June!
--t.
On 5/24/15 4:42 PM, Amanda Rust wrote:
Hello, all--
Just a quick reminder: our next meetup is this Thursday! In Cambridge,
details below.
Amanda
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Amanda Rust* <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Wed, May 6, 2015 at 12:50 PM
Subject: Next monthly meetup 5/28, topic: COI
To: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
Hello, all--
I've just posted the info for our next monthly meeting here:
http://www.meetup.com/wikipedia-5/events/222348760/
We'll meet in the same space as last month -- thanks to Maia for finding
that space.
Hope to see you there!
Amanda
User: AmandaRR123
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