I looked at WMF's grant page here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants. I don't see any mention of grants for academic research. Does the WMF give such grants? If not, why not?
,Wil On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 1:06 AM, Thyge <ltl.pri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Maybe you should suggest that to the universities and not just to this >> mailing list. >> Nothing prevents to set up " an independent panel of academic experts" and >> to start doing that job today. >> regards, >> Thyge >> > > > Well, I'd like the Foundation to invest in such research, which is why I > brought it up here. > > I cant think of several instances of donors' money being spent on things > that to me seemed less supportive of the Foundation's core mission. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
