The banner has been taken down Harry by consensus as advertising and not in line with our values ... you can keep the 15 quid
On 9 December 2011 14:15, Richard Symonds <[email protected]>wrote: > Harry,**** > > ** ** > > Some of the issues I’ve seen brought up that I think are interesting > points:**** > > **· **What if it was Microsoft, or Google, that was running this > research, rather than Harvard University? Would we have their logos on the > front page too? What if it was Mozilla, or the Free Software Foundation? > Where do we draw the line?**** > > **· **If the Research Committee are allowed to post central > notices after a short discussion, are others allowed to as well? Who > decides what goes up? Can the British Library or Oxford University put up a > banner about their research?**** > > **· **If Google (or Microsoft, or Tesco) put their logo on the > front page as part of this research, does that clash with Wikimedia UK’s > charitable objectives at all?**** > > **· **Some of the reward money was apparently donated to the WMF: > are local chapters to get a share of this too? Where did the money come > from in the first place, who is funding the research?**** > > ** ** > > Like I said, just a few points to stimulate discussion. They might be > baseless, but it’s always best to think about these things in depth. As it > happens, I’m not overly concerned, but as a volunteer I’d like to have seen > a bit more discussion about this somewhere first. And yes, I did take the > survey: I earned $17, although I must say I was hoping for more.**** > > ** ** > > Richard Symonds**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *HJ Mitchell > *Sent:* 09 December 2011 13:53 > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Research banner**** > > ** ** > > I'm $15 richer than I was yesterday? It's not like some commercial advert, > it's just an invitation to take part in a survey. I don't see what's got > people so hot under the collar. **** > > ** ** > > Harry**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Richard Symonds <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, 9 December 2011, 3:01 > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Research banner > > Thomas, > > We had no involvement in this, and I'm not aware that we were even told > about it in the first place. What do WMUK members (ie people on this email > list) think of the banner? > > Richard Symonds > > On 9 Dec 2011, at 00:50, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I just loaded a Wikipedia article and rather than a fundraising > > banner, I saw a banner asking me to participate in a research project > > (a fairly standard game theory type experiment involving how to share > > money between yourself and other participants). It was made clear that > > the banner was approved by the WMF and the Wikimedia Research > > Committee. I'm wondering what involvement Wikimedia UK had in deciding > > to put this banner up. I notice I was given an option to donate my > > "earnings" to the WMF (or the International Red Cross), but not WMUK > > (I chose to keep mine for myself and will pass them on the WMUK once > > they arrive in my paypal account). > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > **** > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > -- Roger Bamkin Chair WMUK <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board> 01332 702993 0758 2020815 Google+:Victuallers Skype:Victuallers1 Flickr:Victuallers2
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