Samuel Klein, 02/11/2012 16:01:
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Institutional support for the GLAM related activities in the US
(until
the US Federation is fully functional, if ever)
I agree there is room for a global GLAM support for regions that
don't have
local [chapter] organization. Why do you feel this is a special problem
for the US, compared to other archive-rich parts of the world - given
the
two regional chapters and numerous present and past Wikipedians in
residence?
The problem is always the same, i.e. that the WMF acts as WM-USA while
a chapter is missing, rather than being truly global.
Random (unfair?) recent example: WLM-USA uses the allegedly global
"Wikimedia blog"
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/10/31/wiki-loves-monuments-us-top-ten-photos-announced/>
unlike all the other national editions.
I'm not sure why it was posted on the WMF blog. I'm sure if other
countries submitted their top ten's they'd be posted to the WMF blog.
Remember: anyone in the movement - around the world - can write a blog
for the WMF blog, in any language they want. So do it!
-Sarah
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