[WikiEN-l] Fundraiser quote of the day

[Nathan]

Who would pay? Especially with the likelihood that whatever is written
won't live for very long in the same form, but will be modified (and
in the mind of a grantor, can be modified by any non-expert).

On Jan 7, 2008 12:06 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > However, all this might actually be a good idea. Paying students to edit
> > Wikipedia might be a way of funding research into new knowledge and also
> > help receive current knowledge in a form suitable for Wikipedia.
> > Obviously, one would have to find funding for such a thing. AFAIR, the
> > German Wikipedia received funding from the German government and a
> > private company for a project that was used for paid contributors.
>
> Yes, if you can find the funding, it would be great. We should target
> post-grads, rather than under-grads, though. The information added
> will be much more reliable.
>
>
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