Le 2013-03-30 09:54, Craig Franklin a écrit :
It comes down to asking what the purpose of the Foundation and a
project
like Wikipedia is. Is it to produce a free source of knowledge, or
is to
promote volunteerism? If it's possible to build a better
encyclopædia by
encouraging paid editing or allowing for-profit entities to sponsor a
particular page, then that's a possibility that we ought to make
ourselves
open to. Volunteerism, of course, has served the movement well and
got us
to where we find ourselves today, but it is not and should not be
considered an end unto itself.
Of course, as has been pointed out, there are potential pitfalls with
this
model that have been discussed many times - there are many potential
COI
issues, and paid editing in some areas may discourage unpaid editing
in
others. However, I think it would be unwise simply to dismiss those
sort
of possibilities out of hand.
How do you measure risk? Because, as I percieve it, once you lost
unpaid editors confidence, it will be at least as difficult to make them
come back as to go from scratch again. So you better have to be
absolutely sure it won't break the community before you go in such major
political change.
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http://www.culture-libre.org/
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