I'm going to have to agree with Brian on this one. It just steps over too many lines for me. #Terin
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Brian McNeil <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 00:07 +0100, Milos Rancic wrote: > > Today I've noticed creation of the account on sr.wn which means "Jobs > > Serbia". It is obviously that it is an account from some portal which > > is used for job advertisement. Instantly I've got an idea: to offer to > > that portal to make one page per day for linking the job offerings. It > > is useful and it is relevant to many Wikinews readers, as well as it > > may make Wikinews more relevant to its readers. > > > > But, I've started to think further... To allow original advertisements > > or to require linking to a relevant site? For some time I was thinking > > that it is better not to allow original content related to > > advertisement, but, after all, I think that it is about wiki and wiki > > should allow that. At last, advertisement is the part of almost all > > daily newspapers and why not to put it on Wikinews, too? > > > > Further, advertisement may be about a lot of fields, not just about > > jobs. It may be about housing, cars, whatever... > > > > So, the question is where to stop? At the beginning and not do that at > > all or to allow every [legal] advertisement? Or something between? > > > > At one side, it is not so relevant at the English language area: there > > is Craigslist for that. In many other language areas such portals > > don't exist and they don't have a lot of chances for success because > > there are not enough of users who would be willing to use one > > specialized site for that kind of advertisement. > > > > At the other side, it is relevant as a concept for en.wn and other > > Wikinews editions. If it becomes successful as a model, it may bring > > new quality and many more users. > > > > You may guess that I am very interested for that idea :) However, I > > think that it is very possible that I am inside of a small minority. > > Tell me what do you think about that and, more important, which > > problems may we have? (BTW, yes, it is about spreading free > > information and I don't think that it is against WMF's goals.) > > It is an interesting idea, but would be pretty much against policy in > terms of putting it in the main namespace. Really, I don't think any of > the WN projects have the resources or knowledge to manage advertising > job vacancies. You could end up directing people to fishing expeditions > where their personal data is harvested for identity fraud. > > So, I'd say, not in line with project or WMF principles. Cannot be > effectively policed. Should not be done. > > > > > -- > Brian McNeil <[email protected]> > Wikinewsie.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikinews-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l > >
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