The issues which came up regarding the "Gibraltarpedia" project (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltarpedia#Controversy and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/GibraltarpediA) are probably relevant here.
Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 17:41:33 +1000 From: leighblack...@gmail.com To: wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] [Wikimedia-l] Wiki Towns Thanks Gnangara, there goes my dream of travelling around Australia initiating projects and teaching people/professionals to edit :) On 01/05/2015 5:34 pm, "Gnangarra" <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote: Leigh I think its a rather complex issue and can see a few red flags there to start with that would cause a lot of issues, Paid photographers? Paid historians? Paid editors?. For Wikitowns or for that matter any project really needs to be driven by the volunteer community both from within and from the associated partners. Someone being paid specifically to project manage a WikiTown wouldnt be a good perspective. From within an LGA having someone in a community liason, or GLAM type position who can co-ordinate some of the activities should be ok, even they need to be careful with COI. I personally would discourage any paid activity as we have seen multiple times this inevitably triggers a lot of damage to the community and individuals regardless of standing. On 1 May 2015 at 14:44, Leigh Blackall <leighblack...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Gnangara, Is there any possibility or objection to paying someone project manage a Wikitown project? Am thinking that some local councils or business precincts would put up the funds, and a good project manager would honour ask the disclosure of interests and transparency of process inside Wikipedia. Paid photographers? Paid historians? Paid editors? I realise this is a contentious issue, but not sure it's impossible... On 01/05/2015 8:06 am, "Gnangarra" <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote: G'Day Yes Australia has two ongoing Wikitown projectshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiTown/Toodyaypediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiTown/Freopedia I'm created both projects and are responsible for their on going activity, the projects activity spikes depending on the availability of funding for each set of new plates. I was also fortunate enough to see the talk in Washington in 2012. WikiTowns have a wide appeal and are very popular the issue is that they require significant time to build which gets complicated when you rely on volunteers. I'm happy to answer any questions anyone has, and provide assistance Gnangarra Vice President Wikimedia Australia WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l -- GN. Vice President Wikimedia Australia WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
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