Thought paid editing is prohibited. It could be nice to find ways to enforce that.
On Wed, 8 Jan 2014, at 21:50, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > Odesk is the way the WMF pays people who do not live in the USA. What is > expected of a contractor or employee is to register the time worked for the > WMF and the contractor is paid through Odesk. This has all kinds of legal > reasons. > > When an employee / contractor wants to use Odesk in addition to work done > for the WMF, they can as long as the contract with WMF does not require > exclusivity. Typically people working through Odesk work in the area of > software development. > Thanks, > Gerard > > > On 8 January 2014 09:04, Fæ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have not used it but would like to know more. If WMF > > employees/contractors are free to sell their services as paid > > Wikipedia editors on oDesk, I think that a how-to-sell-your-services > > guide would be helpful so that active unpaid volunteers who are not > > employees know how to go get some money from their hobby. > > > > To date, I have never be paid for my volunteer work, neither have I > > been an employee of the WMF or a Chapter, but my activities as an > > active batch uploader and bot-writer for Commons might be fungible and > > if so, I would like to sell my services ethically and openly. > > > > Fae > > > > On 8 January 2014 07:30, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > Can anyone explain the relationship between Wikimedia and oDesk? > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/oDesk > > > > > > As I understand it, the Wikimedia Foundation uses oDesk with contractors > > > to track their hours. (Right?) > > > > > > But it also appears to be a job board of some kind. It seems like a > > hybrid > > > of LinkedIn and Craigslist, though I haven't looked carefully and I'm > > > still lightly poking around. It seems like the kind of place where you > > can > > > post Wikipedia paid editing services. If this is part of oDesk, does > > > anyone know roughly how many people offer or buy these services? > > > > > > Regarding paid editing, Jimmy reiterated his stance on his talk page > > > saying "I very very strongly condemn such editing, and this is no > > > exception" and expressing his "usual principled objections to such > > > things in the strongest possible terms." > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Permalink/589723131 > > > > > > I think the underlying issue deserves a discussion, apart from particular > > > examples. > > > > > > MZMcBride > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > -- > > [email protected] http://j.mp/faewm > > Personal and confidential, please do not circulate or re-quote. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
