On 5 April 2014 08:09, Peter Southwood <peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net> wrote:
Will you be expecting every supporter of a political
party, every member of
a religious group, every national of a country, every supporter of a
football team and so on ad nauseam... to declare COI when editing a related
article? These groups are often more biased then grunt employees. Wikipedia
content is largely contributed by enthusiasts with either a strong bias or
partial information (leading to unintentional bias). It is the strength and
the wakness of crowdsourcing. Live with it or lose many of your
contributors. This whole pogrom against paid editors is a waste of effort as
it is virtually unenforceable without an invasion of privacy that the NSA
would reject as over the top. Judge the contributor by the quality of their
work, not by who their connections may be, or require every contributor to
register their true and validated identity and all affiliations, financial
or otherwise.. I oppose double standards favouring unpaid fanatics against
well intentioned professionals
Hi Peter,
No, the groups you mention are not covered by this proposal.
As for "invasion of privacy", this seems tangential. The proposal is
for Wikimedia employees and similar to be transparent about the fact
of their status. On the surface at least, this is not something one
would expect to be kept a secret on Wikimedia projects.
Thanks,
Fae
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