I get very exasperated when the WMF says it does not have the money for something . Since it is spends only 1/2 of its annual receipts, it has the money; The actual meaning of the statement is that the WMF does not think the project of high enough priority to do, and would prefer to add the money to its reserves rather than spend it. (I agree that the Foundation ought to build up a reserve, but devoting so much of its financial resources to the purpose is not a reasonable decision).
That it does not have the human resources is another matter, and a real concern. It is of course related: unless it uses its money to hire technically qualified people who understand the needs of WP, it never wiil have suitable staff for the requirements of the project. But even with this limitation, projects for work that is not intrinsically unique to Wikipedia can be outsourced. That individual people and chapters are not only willing but eager to fill its deficiencies is what keeps the overall project going. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- David Goodman DGG at the enWP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DGG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
