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.
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Philip L. Welch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Philwelch