On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:42, Fred Bauder fredbaud@fairpoint.net wrote:
I understood that they wanted someone who was ideally *not* a native English speaker. That was something that concerned me when I read it, because it looked as if the intention was to disadvantage applicants who had English as a first language. Or did I misunderstand it?
"Demonstrated ability to work (speak, read, write at a professional level) effectively in a language other than English (ideally as a native speaker)"
English speakers and Europeans generally, such as you and I, dominate most Wikimedia conversations. I doubt anyone could function in this position if they didn't understand English, but our hope is to get the rest of the world involved.
However it is hard to imagine an ideal second language that is not European; only Arabic is spoken by a large diverse population with internet access.
Is that kind of bias against national origin allowed when hiring?