[Advocacy Advisors] clarifying things for other advocacy groups

[Luis Villa]

On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 11:12 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
>

In response to early feedback, I've made some changes:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asking_Wikimedians_To_Support_Advocacy&diff=7870212&oldid=7546446

I've also given it to a few advocacy groups who have approached us in the
past about this sort of thing and been frustrated. No feedback from them
yet, we'll see :)

Thoughts/feedback/etc. still welcome.

Luis


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