Hmm, if it gets funded along the lines indicated, that might open the flood gates of similar applications (why wouldn't you if WMF picked up the tab), but it would appear to be contrary to the normal principle of not paying for content development. I guess we wait and see .
Kerry _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Liam Wyatt Sent: Monday, 4 May 2015 8:21 PM To: Australian Wikimedians mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] [Wikimedia-l] Wiki Towns Interestingly, I just had a conversation this week with a (for profit) GLAM consultancy organisation in Greece that wants to do a wiki-town project with the city of Thessaloniki. They've already got the city council and several museums of the city, and some [as yet undefined] level of support from the editing community. What they want now is permission from the WMF to use the logos, and to submit a grant application to run the project. This is an interesting case because it's an organisation that has experience in running events in a country that does indeed have a lot of cultural heritage at the city level, and they city wants to do it. But, they also want Wikimedia to subsidise their staff time to operate the activity - without which the project would probably not happen. I've not seen any grant application (so I don't know how much they want), nor do I know about the degree of local volunteer community support to actually write and translate the articles... It'll be interesting to see how it develops (if at all). -Liam wittylama.com Peace, love & metadata On 1 May 2015 at 09:34, Gnangarra <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> wrote: G'Day Yes Australia has two ongoing Wikitown projects * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiTown/Toodyaypedia * https://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 [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list [email protected] 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 <http://awards.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/WAH2014/images/award_finalist.jpg> _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
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