[Foundation-l] GLAM and "why use Wikimedia Commons"

Sage Ross ragesoss+wikipedia at gmail.com
Mon Jul 13 15:01:58 UTC 2009


On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:07 AM, John at Darkstar<vacuum at jeb.no> wrote:
> Is it possible to find some common grounds on why and how a
> GLAM-organization should use Wikimedia Commons? Forget about troublesome
> disputes with specific organizations. Why should they use us and is it
> possible for us to tell them how to better utilize our services? What
> are our services? Perhaps we need a sales department... ;)
>
> John

Look for something along these lines in the upcoming Signpost,
hopefully.  A handful of Wikimedians who have worked with GLAMs are
working on an open letter making the case of mutually beneficial
cooperative relationships with WMF projects.

-Sage (User:Ragesoss)



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