[Foundation-l] Wikimedia "Storyteller" job opening

[Michael Snow]

On 3/1/2011 11:44 AM, David Gerard wrote:
> On 1 March 2011 19:35, MZMcBride<z at mzmcbride.com>  wrote:
>> I'm curious how http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/Storyteller
>> fits in with Wikimedia's mission or its strategic plan.
> It's pretty much directly answered right there on the linked page, for
> anyone else who's wondering.
>
> What bit of the page wasn't clear?
Well, some people might selectively read that page and only see the 
parts about working on the fundraiser (spending money to raise more 
money), while missing the parts about creative work that conveys who we 
are to the world (creating educational materials), or telling stories 
that "convince readers to become editors and donors" (either one, or 
both, I would add). It mostly depends on what kind of bias you read the 
page with.

I think all the misapprehensions and misunderstandings out there about 
the Wikimedia projects (even Wikipedia as the best known example) make a 
pretty compelling case that work along these lines is still needed. If 
people actually understood how collaboration on a wiki works, it would 
be much easier for them to accept the projects for what they are, rather 
than creating drama about things they aren't. Then we could focus more 
on dealing with the drama on the projects themselves.

--Michael Snow