On 4/20/07, Florence Devouard <wmf-l(a)anthere.org> wrote: Yes. I have no problem with good, useful edits being made by domain experts who are paid for doing so. I think we need to have a deeper discussion about paid editing that does not devolve into knee jerk reactions. There are many COI issues to worry about, but there are also countless ways in which people across the planet could usefully contribute to making Wikipedia a better learning resources, paid or not paid. -- Peace & Love, Erik DISCLAIMER: This message does not represent an official position of the Wikimedia Foundation or its Board of Trustees. "An old, rigid civilization is reluctantly dying. Something new, open, free and exciting is waking up." -- Ming the Mechanic

On 20/04/07, Florence Devouard <wmf-l(a)anthere.org> wrote: Technically, I think the linguist was being paid to facilitate the editing of Wikipedia. I'm surprised you hadn't heard - I know it's been discussed (positively) on this mailing list before. It's pretty much exactly what we could want from paid editing. -- - Andrew Gray andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk