[Wikimedia-l] Basic income & Wikimedians

[Seb35]

If a basic income is implemented somewhere in the world, people will have  
more time for themselves in mean (probably more partial-time work), so  
they will have more time to edit the Wikimedia projects, among other  
possible activities. ~S

Le Thu, 09 Jan 2014 13:55:39 +0100, Fæ <faewik at gmail.com> a écrit:
> Thanks. I don't see how this relates to Wikimedia projects, by definition
> it is not.
>
>
> On 9 January 2014 12:40, Emmanuel Engelhart <kelson at kiwix.org> wrote:
>
>> Le 09/01/2014 13:36, Fæ a écrit :
>> > ​The WMF has recently clarified that they "frown upon" paid editing.
>> > Presumably offering basic wage for people to edit Wikipedia is still  
>> paid
>> > editing?
>>
>> The answer is "no", because the basic income is *unconditional*.
>> This is an income, not at wage.
>>
>> Definition from Wikipedia:
>> "A basic income (also called basic income guarantee, unconditional basic
>> income, universal basic income, universal demogrant,[1] or citizen’s
>> income) is a proposed system[2] of social security in which citizens or
>> residents of a country regularly receive a sum of money unconditionally,
>> either from a government or some other institution able to ensure an
>> equitable distribution of common wealth."
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income
>>
>> Emmanuel
>>
>>
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