Hi,
WMDE's Silke wrote at http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.toolserver/5674 regarding the promotion of additional toolserver roots:
| DaB is right: WMF as the database owner accepts only paid roots. | [...]
Is that statement correct, and what is WMF's rationale for it?
Tim
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Silke Meyer silke.meyer@wikimedia.de Date: 8 February 2013 11:57 Subject: Re: [Toolserver-l] Adding more roots To: toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Hi!
After consultation with WMF, I would like to correct what I wrote the other day about toolserver admins. According to Erik Möller, WMF needs all toolserver admins to
- be identified with their real name;
- have been individually vetted by WMF operations;
- have signed a non-disclosure-agreement with the chapter.
Whether someone is actually paid by a chapter is not crucial. Sorry for the confusion! Cheers, Silke
On 5 February 2013 19:25, Tim Landscheidt tim@tim-landscheidt.de wrote:
Hi,
WMDE's Silke wrote at http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.toolserver/5674 regarding the promotion of additional toolserver roots:
| DaB is right: WMF as the database owner accepts only paid roots. | [...]
Is that statement correct, and what is WMF's rationale for it?
Tim
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Thank you.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Silke Meyer
After consultation with WMF, I would like to correct what I wrote the other day about toolserver admins. According to Erik Möller, WMF needs all toolserver admins to
- be identified with their real name;
- have been individually vetted by WMF operations;
- have signed a non-disclosure-agreement with the chapter.
Whether someone is actually paid by a chapter is not crucial. Sorry for the confusion!
And thanks Erik for this clarification, it's very good news in my opinion (although it probably won't help that much in the near term).
Nemo
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