2008/12/11 David Gerard <[email protected]>: > 2008/12/11 Thomas Dalton <[email protected]>: > >> But to what extent is David (and you) in them as a representative of >> WMUK as opposed to as a WMF press contact? I believe David was a WMF >> press contact before WMUK was created, so how many in the media >> updated their directories to add that extra job title? > > > None, they list it under "Wikipedia". They have great difficulty > distinguishing the entities and don't really care.
That's what I expected. If WMUK 2 starts to get noticed for its own activities and becomes a more significant entity in other ways (including financially) we'll have to start trying to make sure the media do distinguish between the entities. For example, people need to know the difference between donating to WMUK and donating to WMF, that requires them to know there is a difference between WMUK and WMF. Also, we can expect to get sued for libel, etc., when it is really WMF's problem (I know both WMDE and WMNL have had such lawsuits, I think WMFR has as well), obviously explaining the difference to a judge is easier than explaining it to a journalist, but we ought to get into the habit of making the distinction clear. Making that distinction will be difficult if it is the same person being "WMUK spokesman" and "Wikipedia volunteer" and "WMF press contact" (the last two are probably the same thing for the most part, but nevermind). _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
