It would be... tricky to get the idea past the community on Wikipedia, though, would it not? I know a good few administrators who delete any paid articles on sight.<div><br clear="all"><span>Richard Symonds</span><div>Wikimedia UK</div>

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 October 2012 12:07, Thomas Dalton <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:thomas.dalton@gmail.com" target="_blank">thomas.dalton@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

The idea of setting up some kind of social enterprise is a very<br>
interesting one. One other service it could sell, somewhat more<br>
controversially, is advice on dealing with problems with Wikipedia<br>
articles. I think it is clear that just letting OTRS handle it doesn&#39;t<br>
really work and people need more support than just an email address<br>
they can send things to and get back a lecture on Wikipedia policy and<br>
procedure, and judging by the number of attempts we see at setting up<br>
for-profit consultancy services for this, it would appear there is a<br>
market. (I think there is probably a market of companies and<br>
individuals that would be happier paying even if they could get the<br>
same thing done for free, just because they feel more confident in a<br>
paid service.)<br>
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It would be better for a social enterprise of Wikimedians to be<br>
providing that paid consultancy than some of the other people trying<br>
to offer such services. I did try and draw up a rough business plan<br>
for such a consultancy, and I think it could turn a profit. The big<br>
unknowns were how much we could charge (I used some PR consultancy<br>
chargeout rates I found online as a rough estimate) and how much<br>
non-chargable work would be required in order to attract business (if<br>
we get people just knocking on the door without any reals sales work<br>
required, then it would easily be profitable).<br>
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