[Advocacy Advisors] clarifying things for other advocacy groups

[James Salsman]

Hi Luis,

I like your new document, but I have a question.

Do you prefer "Relate very clearly to interests of Wikimedians" or
"Relate very clearly to interests of our readers"?

Best regards,
James Salsman


On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:12 AM, Luis Villa <lvilla at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi, all-
>
> Since SOPA, we've seen a steady trickle of advocacy groups approaching us
> and asking us to banner or shut down for a variety of causes/events/etc. Not
> surprisingly, they usually come away frustrated.[1]
>
> I think that a lot of the frustration stems from two sources:
> - misunderstanding who we are/what we do
> - confusion about how best to ask us when there is a legitimate problem.
>
> To help address those points, I've put together a super, super-preliminary
> draft that we can point people at when they ask us to do advocacy for them,
> telling them better what to expect, how to help themselves, etc. It is here:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Asking_Wikimedians_To_Support_Advocacy
>
> Please feel free to edit/hack at it/tell me it is awful :)
>
> Luis
>
> [1] Recent example: https://thedaywefightback.org/letter-to-wikipedia/
>
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