It might get some action in the short term, but at what cost? What Fae just proposed is to make Wikimedia a reputational risk. This would scare people away from open access potentially doing long term damage.
I don't have a magic bullet, but this kind of approach is decidedly worrying. In the meantime I can try to contact an appropriate curator. If we can get them onside that is the first step. On 28 Jul 2017 13:25, "Andy Mabbett" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 28 July 2017 at 13:11, Richard Nevell > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Attempting to embarrass the British Museum is misguided and certainly > would > > not build bridges for future collaboration. > > Perhaps, but as Fae indicates, it might also cause some movement. > > What's your - WMUK's, I mean - alternative proposed action? > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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