A marketing slogan that I'd like WMF to banish is
that Wikipedia is 100%
written by volunteers. That's simply false.
I find that point of view entirely wrong. The WMF does not pay anybody to
edit, so editors are volunteers. I might follow the same line of reasoning
and say, that Wikipedia is not neutral, because people are allowed to write
about their own country/city etc.
Contributors make a living from other sources. Anybody could have some
affiliation other than getting paid and total neutrality is hard to come by.
Thyge
2016-02-07 19:10 GMT+01:00 Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com>om>:
A marketing slogan that I'd like WMF to banish is
that Wikipedia is 100%
written by volunteers. That's simply false. Wikipedia is written by
individuals with a mix of motives, and for some people those motives
include financial compensation.
Diverging a little into the topic of paid contributions: generally I feel
that *disclosed* paid editing is ok so long as it's done in a manner that's
compliant with our policies. For example, a museum staffer who publicly
discloses their affiliation and writes on Wikipedia about a fossil that the
museum has in its collection may be a net positive writer for the
encyclopedia. On the other hand, a someone who's a POV-pusher for a
political interest, whether paid or unpaid, may be a net negative for the
encyclopedia.
In any case, Wikipedia is only partially written by volunteers, and public
communications from WMF should be consistent with this reality.
Pine
On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 1:58 AM, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
lol .... This is why “Nonprofit: The Musical”
will have, as one of its
characters, a consultant robot, whose only job is to repeat exactly
what an internal staff or board member says; the difference is that
the robot actually gets listened to.
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 8:59 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I think that a number of us may appreciate this article, specifically
> people who are involved with Wikimedia affiliates, grant committees,
and
WMF
Community Engagement including CR and PC&L.
http://nonprofitwithballs.com/2015/06/9-annoying-nonprofit-trends-that-need…
Pine
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