A PS re "crowdsourcing": Lori just wrote this blog post, which
mentions the alternative term "community sourcing"
http://www.nmc.org/news/why-youll-never-hear-me-call-wikipedia-crowdsourcing

On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 2:27 AM, Stevie Benton
<stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> It is interesting because I've never got those connotations from
> "crowd-sourcing" either. To me it sounds a bit more magnetic and charming!
>
> Thanks very much for pushing the tweet out, it's appreciated. Would it be
> possible for the WP account to retweet please?
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Stevie
>
>
> On 3 June 2014 20:57, Heather Walls <hwalls@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Tilman Bayer <tbayer@wikimedia.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Posted! (although I would encourage choosing a different word than
>>>> "crowdsource" next time; I fully agree with Jimmy and many other
>>>> community members who think it has all the wrong connotations:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.quora.com/Wikipedia/Why-does-Jimmy-Wales-think-crowdsourcing-is-a-horrible-term
>>>> - basically, of "making basement-dwelling losers work for you for
>>>> free" instead of "empowering a volunteer community to do awesome
>>>> things")
>>
>>
>>
>> Something to put on our social media practices list. We are full of
>> mystery.
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:55 AM, James Alexander
>>>> <jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>> > LGTM with Katherine's tweaks.
>>>> >
>>>> > Sent from my iPhone
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > James Alexander
>>>> > Legal and Community Advocacy
>>>> > Wikimedia Foundation
>>>> > +1 415-839-6885 x6716
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Jun 3, 2014, at 10:52, Katherine Maher <kmaher@wikimedia.org>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Suggest:
>>>> >
>>>> > T: Can digital democracy be crowdsourced? @wikimediauk & @Demos
>>>> > calling on Wikimedians to prove it can. Get involved!
>>>> >
>>>> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Tilman Bayer <tbayer@wikimedia.org>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Forwarding from Stevie (CC'ed), via ComCom:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> T: Can digital democracy be crowdsourced? @wikimediauk & @Demos
>>>> >> calling on Wikimedians to prove it can, get involved!
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Stevie, you suggested it for @wikipedia, but note that we often post
>>>> >> the more Wikimedia-focused stuff - i.e. not specifically about WP -
>>>> >> from @wikimedia first, then retweet from @wikipedia. Which category
>>>> >> do
>>>> >> you think this falls under? (I haven't yet had time to look at the
>>>> >> linked page myself, perhaps someone else on this list will.)
>>>> >>
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