Hoi,
There have been paid contributions, contributions nothing to do with
whatever questionnaire. The notion that all contributions were done by
volunteers is incorrect. I would even say that both the quality and the
quantity of the content can be improved by having professionals contribute
to our content.
I know of several specialists are working on their topic because they HATE
to see the nonsense that existed on the topic that they know best. So if
anything I respectfully disagree with your notions.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 1/2/07, Teun Spaans <teun.spaans(a)gmail.com> wrote:
All contributions have always been by volunteers.
There has been some discussion about hiring paid contributors, at
least I have seen a questionaire on it somewhere.
I wouldnt support paid translators, the success of volunteer work
encourages us to go on along this path.
teun
On 1/2/07, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi,
If these are the basics, we have to make it work. When we have money we
can pay translators to translate into languages where we do not have
content yet. The notion that we only need the money to have our current
operational needs serviced does therefore not suffice. If anything, if
the dream is to have all knowledge in all languages, we need much more
money.
Thanks,
GerardM
Teun Spaans schreef:
> Indeed this is the old dream: all knowledge in all languages.
>
> On 1/2/07, Anthony <wikilegal(a)inbox.org> wrote:
>
>> On 1/2/07, daniwo59(a)aol.com <daniwo59(a)aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> With all the commotion, with the departures over the sitenotice,
with
the
>>> infighting on various projects (and
between various projects), with
the bitter
>>> debates over image policy, I thought
it may be a good idea to go
back to the
>>> very root of all the Wikimedia
projects. It is a simple statement,
but what
>>> it says--and doesn't
say--summarized the very essence of what we
are doing.
>>>
>>> "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share
in the
>>> sum of all knowledge. That's our
commitment."
>>>
>>>
>> That statement is "the very root of all the Wikimedia
projects"? When
> was
that decided?
>
> Anthony
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