"Paid editor". What an excellent example of why being a paid editor
doesn't necessarily make one the personification of all things evil, as
some argue :>
Keep up the good job, Dominic.
--
Piotr Konieczny, PhD
http://hanyang.academia.edu/PiotrKonieczny
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Piotrus
On 10/31/2013 6:35 AM, Dominic McDevitt-Parks wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As you may have heard
http://blogs.archives.gov/aotus/?p=5179, I am
> now a full-time, permanent staff member at the US National Archives
> employed to work on Wikipedia initiatives. This makes me, even more
> clearly so than previous Wikipedians in Residence which are often
> temporary workers or interns, a paid editor.
>
> I haverewritten my user page
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dominic on Wikimedia projects
> where I am active to reflect my job (and position with my chapter). I
> am publishing my entire job description on Wikipedia. I have also
> written a somewhat lengthy FAQ
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dominic/FAQ about my personal
> history, motivations, and what I will and will not be doing as a paid
> editor. This statement has been approved by NARA, so it represents
> their intentions as an agency as well as my personal thoughts. I would
> encourage you to read it.
>
> I realize that this is going well beyond the conflict of interest
> statement we usually suggest of cultural professionals editing
> Wikipedia. I'm essentially doing this for two reasons. First, out of
> an abundance of caution, I would like to demonstrate a high level of
> transparency and thoughtfulness, since I am a very public example of
> being a paid editor. Second, I am hoping that the way I have expressed
> the rationale for my participation on Wikimedia projects can be an
> exemplar, both for prospective GLAM partners interested in best
> practices, and for the Wikipedia community, which is probably sorely
> in need of positive examples of non-advocacy paid editing right now.
>
> To that end, I'd be interested to hear everyone's thoughts on this
> approach generally or specifically on the statements I've published. I
> am still willing any necessary changes if you have a good suggestion.
>
> Dominic
>
>
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