On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Liam Wyatt liamwyatt@gmail.com wrote:
Although I can understand that there are genuine reasons why the "anti organisational account" rule is in place, can I mention that having an organisational account is one of the main things that GLAM institutions have asked from us. If a museum wants to upload their own photographs to Commons (something which I think we all would love to support) they have requested that they be able to upload those images under their own organisational username. This in itself doesn't necessarily mean we should change our policies, but it's just an example of a good outcome that changing our flat ban on organisational accounts would achieve.
Then they should sign contracts with WMF. OR: They should send their identification to WMF staff and WMF should make clear that those accounts are exceptions from the general policy.