[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation's help to the projects

[Yann Forget]

Hi,

I think that there are several areas where the projects would benefit
from a more proactive help from the Foundation. I will speak about two here:

1. Legal counselling.

Some projects (mainly Commons and Wikisource) need more input about
copyright issues from knowledgeable persons. I have asked twice to
juriwiki-l specific issues for Wikisource without receiving an answer,
even an acknowledgement that my request was received. Another concrete
example: Commons and Wikisource would benefit most from a cross table
about copyright rules, which countries use "most favourable rule apply",
etc.

2. Helping small projects. It seems that some projects have a difficult
start. Indian languages projects are my first examples. I will go to
India in January, and I would like to use this opportunity to recruit
new contributors. The Foundation could help coordinate this kind of
recruitement.

Best regards,

Yann
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