Reading this I see that there may be a shift as to what the purpose of the Wiki was for, from my understanding it was for the record keeping related to WM-au activities, this would include some discussions and event notices but I cant see any purpose that we would have a need for non-members to have open access to our records that couldnt be managed by the creation of an account for that purpose.
If an individual wants the rights of a member then $40 membership fee is a very small barrier to gain such rights. 2009/6/14 John Vandenberg <[email protected]> > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Sarah Ewart<[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, I also agree there's no consensus, but remember that this isn't the > > English Wikipedia and we don't necessarily do things by consensus. WP:CON > > can be useful in group decision making, but we're not bound by it and > having > > a Wikipedia-style "consensus" for something doesn't necessarily mean it > will > > or won't happen as the Chapter and the committee have obligations and > > responsibilities outside a "consensus" among half-a-dozen people on a > > mailing list. > > > > When we were setting up the official wiki, the committee considered using > > flagged revs for members. (see: > > > http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Resolution:Officialwiki_configuration_and_accounts > ) > > I'm not sure what ended up happening with it or how far we got towards > > implementation, but I guess we could consider the possibility of using > > flagged revs. > > The original intention was that flagged revs was going to prevent > members from making unapproved changes to pages which need committee > approval before modification can go live. So far we haven't needed > that. > > Before non-members can edit the WM-AU website, a new resolution from > the committee would be needed. > > > However, I feel that Brianna raised some important issues with regard to > > members v non-members editing that can't just be cast aside. > > Brianna's suggestion is feasible, if a committee is willing to take on > the extra work involved in managing the new account requests. As > there is no monetary disincentive, the process of accepting > non-members would require verification of wiki-identity where > applicable; there are plenty of people who would love to waste our > time in order to have a few lulz. And as these users will not be > members, there will be no compensation for time and effort of whoever > is handling new non-member account setup. > > We still have a meta presence, and non-members can knock themselves > out over there. As a result, I am opposed to opening the doors for > the sake of a few spelling corrections. Currently we don't need or > want an active administration team. > > > Nick, I also don't think editing privs is an effective draw-card for > getting > > more members. I can't imagine anyone being motivated to join WMAu so they > > can edit the official wiki. But we don't currently have the ability to > offer > > much in tangible members privs so it counts in "What do I get?". > > If someone indicated they were willing to pay $40 in order to edit our > website, I would be quite worried about their motivations. > > -- > John Vandenberg > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > -- GN. http://gnangarra.redbubble.com/
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