Hi James,
I've been away traveling for the last couple of weeks. Regretfully, I don't
know what you are talking about. I see that a link was censored from a
previous email in the thread.
What exactly are you hoping for? That we'll dedicate some researcher time
to a specific project? Maybe you're just looking for feedback. I see you
mention hiring people -- but for what purpose?
-Aaron
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 9:11 PM, James Salsman <jsalsman(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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(a)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
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: James Salsman <jsalsman(a)gmail.com>
> Date: Sunday, May 31, 2015
> Subject: comments on Annual Plan
> To: Lila Tretikov <lila(a)wikimedia.org>
> Cc: Dario Taraborelli <dtaraborelli(a)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(a)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(a)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(a)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(a)gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Thu, May 28, 2015 at 8:52 AM
>>>> Subject: comments on Annual Plan
>>>> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regarding
>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2015-16#En…
>>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2015-May/031684.html
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
>