On 9 January 2014 13:10, Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
In the light of the recent announcement by the Wikimedia Foundation that paid editing is not acceptable for employees,
Though it's not unreasonable to infer that, they've made no such declaration - leastways, in their posts that I have seen, the phrase used is "frowned upon".
and the apparent swift termination of a long term employee,
Again, that's not apparent to me; she may have resigned, wither willingly or under duress. WMF comments on the matter have not made such facts clear.
I believe it appropriate for the Board of Trustees of Wikimedia UK to agree a policy at the next board meeting to require employees, contractors and trustees to publicly declare any current or past paid editing activities, or related unpaid advocacy that may represent a potential conflict of interest.
WMUK already has a CoI policy does it not? No hasty action should be taken, particularly while the issues discussed above are not clear.
I have posted this same proposal at https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Engine_room#Declarations_for_paid_editing_and_related_advocacy, however I recommend that should anyone wish to discuss specific examples, including naming or linking to the WMF employee case, that this is limited to this independent email list rather than using the WMUK wiki.
As a meta issue, I find it unhelpful to have discussions split between venues. Better to start one, and then post pointers to it elsewhere.