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

[Stevie Benton]

Andrew sums up the situation in the UK very well. For some Wikimedian in
Residence positions they are entirely funded by the chapter. Others involve
funding from both the institution and the chapter. A third model involves a
residency being funded by a third party. For example, there's a residency
which is being announced later this week working with a leading health
charity which is being funded by a third party. It's not announced publicly
yet, so can't give details, but watch this space!

Stevie


On 12 January 2014 19:26, Erlend Bjørtvedt <erlend at wikimedia.no> wrote:

> In Norway, without exception; all 5 wikipedians in residence are either
> paid by the institution (3) or they are retired pensioners from their
> institution. No one paid by chapter or wmf. This means they 'belong' to the
> institution and feel quite a lot lotalty there.
>
> Erlend
>  Den 12. jan. 2014 13:13 skrev "Andrew Gray" <andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk>
> følgende:
>
> > It varies. Some are essentially unfunded or self-funded; some are
> > institutionally funded; some are funded by chapter-sourced grants;
> > some are funded by third parties (I was!); and a mix of #2 and #3 is
> > not uncommon.
> >
> > Andrew.
> >
> > On 12 January 2014 10:06, 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.
> > >
> > > --
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