[Wikimedia-l] Paid editing v. paid advocacy (editing)

[Andreas Kolbe]

On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Andre Engels <andreengels at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Which reminds me – I often think it odd that Wikimedia will fund a
> > Wikipedian-in-Residence for some regional tourist attraction (think the
> > Welsh Coastal Path project, or the York Museum),
> >
>
> Wikipedians-in-Residence are not funded by Wikimedia, but by the
> organisation where they are working with.
>


Not so. Joint funding is common, and substantial funds from donations go to
such projects.