Hi Rogol,
Here are a few thoughts:
1. I tend to think that WMF would need to worry about its legal protections if WMF provided grants for content work. I am wondering if there is a way to work around that difficulty by having a separate organization do the fundraising.
2. A separate organization that raises funds could not only address COIN but could provide financial support for other areas of community work that WMF won't fund, such as other kinds of administrative work, and potentially content development and translation.
3. However, I'm not sure that a new organization's funding and governance could be made solid, reliable, and trustworthy. That's a difficult design challenge.
I'd be interested in thoughts from Doc James and others about how to scale up English Wikipedia's capacity to address COI issues.
A lot of problems would be solved if we could significantly increase our numbers of highly skilled, good-faith Wikimedians. I believe that WMF is starting to work on this problem again; I'd like to be optimistic but I think that we should also plan for the possibility that these efforts will be unsuccessful.
Pine
On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 11:05 PM, Rogol Domedonfors domedonfors@gmail.com wrote:
Pine
If the objects of the affiliate are compatible with those of the Foundation, then you could ask for a grant. If they are not, why would the Foundation even consider letting you raise funds on their sites.
"Rogol"
On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 10:12 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
I wonder if WMF would be willing to let a non-WMF affiliate put up fundraising (which I consider to be another form of advertising, and perhaps some survey respondents did too) banners to get funds for COIN
and
related backlogs. Perhaps if the fundraising was done by a separate organization, then these efforts could be funded while minimizing the
risks
to WMF's legal protections.
Pine
On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 2:20 AM, James Salsman jsalsman@gmail.com
wrote:
what proportion of articles at NPP appear paid for? And what percentage of socks / sock cases relate to paid editing?
I would sure like to know this.
I would also like to whether the Foundation could, hypothetically, hire editors to address the COIN and related backlogs (AFC, etc.) without endangering the safe harbor provisions; and if not, could a Chapter or User Group, if they were or were not using Foundation funds. Could the Foundation spin off an organization to address the issue separately as in WikiEd?
On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 8:51 AM, James Heilman jmh649@gmail.com
wrote:
I find the slide <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:July_
2017_Monthly_Metrics_Meeting.pdf&page=22>
about whether or not people feel we are "free of advertising"
interesting
as we only got a 7.3 (with lower scores among younger readers).
We unfortunately are not free of advertising. There is a large and
appears
to be growing industry that sells Wikipedia articles / ads, which are mostly created through large groups of sock accounts. They also are involved with adding SEO links.
We are struggling to get a handle on this at the COI notice board <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_
interest/Noticeboard>,
which has seen over the last couple of days the listing of more than
a
hundred additional articles of concern, at SPI, and at WikiProject
Spam.
Would be useful to analysis just how significant this issue is, such
as
what proportion of articles at NPP appear paid for? And what
percentage
of
socks / sock cases relate to paid editing?
James
On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 7:33 PM, Katherine Maher <
kmaher@wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hi all —
Wikimania is coming, but before we get to Montreal, we are
publishing
many
more insights, reports, guides, and research from our work during
cycle
There's lots of good stuff and interesting insights (did you know
Spain
is
consistently one of the countries with the highest awareness about
our
projects and community?), and I encourage you to take a look. Here
are a
few new updates:
*New voices synthesis report.*[1] Are you looking to better
understand
New Voices projects? Start with this overview report — it summarizes
our
work across many teams: insights from research, a summary of 58
expert
interviews, expert convenings hosted by the Foundation and
affiliates,
design research findings, briefings on major trends that will impact
the
community like misinformation and emerging platforms, further
reading,
and
(of course!) references.
*July Wikimedia Foundation metrics meeting.*[2] During our July 27 meeting, we reviewed new research on brand insights about why people
do
(and do not) read Wikipedia, research that focuses on high-awareness countries as part of New Voices initiatives.
*Strategic direction committee update.*[3] We are working to
consider
what we have heard from the community and learned from research to
identify
what we want to achieve as a movement by 2030. We will share our
first
draft of the strategic direction with all of you in advance of
Wikimania.
We’re looking forward to your thoughts on the talk page!
*Wikimania movement strategy and events.*[4] Speaking of Wikimania,
the
Foundation is preparing 6 sessions related to the strategy process
in
the
official program. We will also offer you a physical location for
engaging
with the strategic direction: the Movement Strategy Space, open from Thursday through Sunday. The Space will host different working
sessions,
discussions, and the chance to re-energize for the coming weeks and
months
(we have some special things in store!). The conference organizers
are
also
preparing a remote attendee plan with live video and content for the conference overall, so you will be able to participate if you’re not
able
to come to Montreal. Please note that online registration ended July
31;
after that you can register on-site starting August 8.[5]
ভালো থাকবেন। (Bengali translation: “Stay well”)
Katherine
PS. A version of this message is available for translation on
Meta-Wiki.[6]
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