[Foundation-l] Assume Good Faith and Don't Bite Newbees

effe iets anders effeietsanders at gmail.com
Thu Dec 3 12:07:48 UTC 2009


could you perhaps point to that general WMF policy? Or do you mean you would
like to see such a policy, but there is none yet?

Lodewijk

2009/12/3 Milos Rancic <millosh op gmail.com>

> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt op gmail.com> wrote:
> > Although I can understand that there are genuine reasons why the "anti
> > organisational account" rule is in place, can I mention that having an
> > organisational account is one of the main things that GLAM institutions
> have
> > asked from us. If a museum wants to upload their own photographs to
> Commons
> > (something which I think we all would love to support) they have
> requested
> > that they be able to upload those images under their own organisational
> > username. This in itself doesn't necessarily mean we should change our
> > policies, but it's just an example of a good outcome that changing our
> flat
> > ban on organisational accounts would achieve.
>
> Then they should sign contracts with WMF. OR: They should send their
> identification to WMF staff and WMF should make clear that those accounts
> are
> exceptions from the general policy.
>
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