I'm a total newb here, and I know the grant system between WMF and the different chapters has been debated in the past. But I have a simple question: if WMF is funding these efforts through grants and the grant money is used to review and/or manage content, wouldn't it be indirectly getting involved with reviewing and managing content?
,Wil
On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen466@gmail.com wrote:
Well, I'd like the Foundation to invest in such research, which is why I brought it up here.
I cant think of several instances of donors' money being spent on things that to me seemed less supportive of the Foundation's core mission. _______________________________________________
Perhaps while the UK chapter pursues automated methods of assessment, another chapter can apply for a WMF grant to pursue a more traditional review effort. Maybe Wikimedia DC? I don't think this kind of research is really the WMF's purview; for reasons everyone is familiar with, it's important they remain distant from reviewing and managing content. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe