This is excellent news. I found this part interesting:
*Help, with your input, to identify major gaps in the
Wikipedia materials or
pages that need improvement;
*Compile a list of linguistics pages that Wikipedia editors have identified
as
"in need of attention from an expert on the subject" or " does not cite
any
references or sources," etc;
This shows that the various, often maligned maintenance tags we use in
wikis actually can become the core of funding proposals.
I don't personally believe the Wikimedia Foundation should be in the
business of paying professionals to edit content on our projects, but
at the same time, I think that when done by a neutral, independent
third party and managed professionally, this could open up _huge_
opportunities for our projects.
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Toward Peace, Love & Progress:
Erik
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