2016-02-07 19:10 GMT+01:00 Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com>: > A marketing slogan that I'd like WMF to banish is that Wikipedia is 100% > written by volunteers. That's simply false.
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I find that point of view entirely wrong. The WMF does not pay anybody to edit, so editors are volunteers. I might follow the same line of reasoning and say, that Wikipedia is not neutral, because people are allowed to write about their own country/city etc. Contributors make a living from other sources. Anybody could have some affiliation other than getting paid and total neutrality is hard to come by. Thyge 2016-02-07 19:10 GMT+01:00 Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com>: > A marketing slogan that I'd like WMF to banish is that Wikipedia is 100% > written by volunteers. That's simply false. Wikipedia is written by > individuals with a mix of motives, and for some people those motives > include financial compensation. > > Diverging a little into the topic of paid contributions: generally I feel > that *disclosed* paid editing is ok so long as it's done in a manner that's > compliant with our policies. For example, a museum staffer who publicly > discloses their affiliation and writes on Wikipedia about a fossil that the > museum has in its collection may be a net positive writer for the > encyclopedia. On the other hand, a someone who's a POV-pusher for a > political interest, whether paid or unpaid, may be a net negative for the > encyclopedia. > > In any case, Wikipedia is only partially written by volunteers, and public > communications from WMF should be consistent with this reality. > > Pine > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 1:58 AM, rupert THURNER <rupert.thur...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > lol .... This is why “Nonprofit: The Musical” will have, as one of its > > characters, a consultant robot, whose only job is to repeat exactly > > what an internal staff or board member says; the difference is that > > the robot actually gets listened to. > > > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 8:59 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I think that a number of us may appreciate this article, specifically > > > people who are involved with Wikimedia affiliates, grant committees, > and > > > WMF Community Engagement including CR and PC&L. > > > > > > > > > http://nonprofitwithballs.com/2015/06/9-annoying-nonprofit-trends-that-need-to-die/ > > > > > > Pine > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: 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 > > New messages to: 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 > New messages to: 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 New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
