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.
From: David Gerard <dgerard@gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2008 1:01:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Making Wikimedia Commons less frightening
2008/12/6 Geoffrey Plourde <
geo.plrd@yahoo.com>:
> You said the problem is a lack of administrators who speak the language,
> right? What about making cross appointments of administrators who complete a
> 12 hour online boot camp on Wikimedia Commons procedures?
The job of commons admin requires being a serious heavy-duty copyright
nerd, because that's what most of the work is. I'm not sure that can
be done in twelve hours.
- d.
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