P.S. I mean, the WMF can't hire them but the WEF can, and I hope they do soon to complement the accuracy metric without expenditure.


On Wednesday, June 3, 2015, James Salsman <jsalsman@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Aaron,

Could you please confirm that Lila and Dario are in receipt of the fact-checker candidate list and associated materials? Please remember that the WEF can't hire them but the WikiEd Foundation has not yet achieved IdeaLab technology, so your assistance may still be required. Thank you for your patience.

Best regards,
James Salsman


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From: James Salsman <jsalsman@gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, May 31, 2015
Subject: comments on Annual Plan
To: Lila Tretikov <lila@wikimedia.org>
Cc: Dario Taraborelli <dtaraborelli@wikimedia.org>


Dear Dario and Lila,

Are you both able to see the human fact checker and proofreader candidates in 
 [censored] ?

Please keep the contents of that file confidential, as I promised I would not share it with commercial interests.

Please let me know your thoughts on the next best steps.

Best regards,
James


On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 10:05 PM, James Salsman <jsalsman@gmail.com> wrote:
Lila,

Thank you so much. I will help Dario as much as I can. You are both so great.

Best regards,
Jim


On Thursday, May 28, 2015, Lila Tretikov <lila@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi James,

Not sure we can "take this away" better than another volunteer, but we do plan to focus on quality measurements. I am CCing Dario who is in charge of Analytics Research to look into the specifics of what's involved here and how it may link to the general quality metrics.

Lila

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 7:54 AM, James Salsman <jsalsman@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Lila,

Please take this away from me. I do not want to be in a position where my influence over it can unduly enrich my new client by degrading the quality of the encyclopedia.  Please let me know your decision.

Best regards,
James

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: James Salsman <jsalsman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, May 28, 2015 at 8:52 AM
Subject: comments on Annual Plan
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>


Regarding https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2015-16#Engineering

Will key quality metrics for reading include accuracy of articles on the Simple English Wikipedia?

To that end, will the Wikimedia Foundation please take over this project in full as stated here: 

I have a new contract through the end of the year and will be unable to devote the time I had planned. Thank you.

Best regards,
James Salsman