[Wikimedia-l] Question for Board

[Dan Rosenthal]

Agree with Keegan.Not to mention a) the legal ramifications, and b) the PR
ramifications -- how on earth do we maintain a straight face having a
policy on paid editing if we begin paying administrators directly?

Dan Rosenthal


On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Oct 24, 2012 9:46 PM, "Keegan Peterzell" <keegan.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > When you subsidize volunteers they a) are no longer volunteers and b) the
> > same problem with paid editors: losing the power to walk away.
> >
> > Give me money to administrate Wikipedia and I give up my bit.  The
> freedom
> > to pick and choose what we do on the website is one of our greatest
> > strengths.
>
> Well said.
>
> Sj
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