On Apr 18, 2006, at 8:40 AM, MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
You're absolutely right. People on a tight budget like me would be very much interested in financial compensation for certain jobs. As long as it results in articles following policy, I don't see the problem.
My concern is getting Wikipedia written faster and better. If people make money along the way, more power to them. It's worked on Deutsche Wikipedia and it can work here.
If we reject this policy, incidentally, we'd also have to reject all of Larry Sanger's contributions--he was a paid editor-in-chief during his tenure.