<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Is there some sort of document that details what type of copyright stuff is necessary to be an admin? I think that the big point of cross appointed admins is that they are someone who people already know. This would prevent alienation and would allow for a logical translation. <br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> David Gerard <dgerard@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, December 6, 2008 1:01:14 PM<br><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Commons-l] Making Wikimedia Commons less frightening<br></font><br>
2008/12/6 Geoffrey Plourde <<a ymailto="mailto:geo.plrd@yahoo.com" href="mailto:geo.plrd@yahoo.com">geo.plrd@yahoo.com</a>>:<br><br>> You said the problem is a lack of administrators who speak the language,<br>> right? What about making cross appointments of administrators who complete a<br>> 12 hour online boot camp on Wikimedia Commons procedures?<br><br><br>The job of commons admin requires being a serious heavy-duty copyright<br>nerd, because that's what most of the work is. I'm not sure that can<br>be done in twelve hours.<br><br><br>- d.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Commons-l mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org" href="mailto:Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org">Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l" target="_blank">https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l</a><br></div></div></div><br>
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