[WikiEN-l] Prizes and the British Museum and Wikipedia

[Michael Peel]

On 27 Jul 2010, at 09:15, Charles Matthews wrote:

> Gwern Branwen wrote:
>> 'British Museum pays for Wikipedia page views'
>> http://www.examiner.com/x-58002-Wiki-Edits-Examiner~y2010m7d26-British-Museum-pays-for-Wikipedia-page-views
>> 
>> 
> I decided to ignore the whole "prizes" aspect of the BM residency. 
> That's a snarky piece, really, and there is no need for me to add to the 
> snarkiness. But the idea of a wiki is collaboration, and any prizes that 
> ignore that an article is developed by a team (how exactly do you divide 
> up a £100 book prize among those who get an article to FA?) are 
> basically misconceived.

Um ... £100 / (number of people involved)? or using a weighted distribution? Seems fairly easy to me, and definitely a lot easier than dividing up a specific prize (e.g. a book worth £100).

Mike
(Leaving aside that it's a general voucher, not book-specific.)