+1 Craig. Thank you. So glad that you share our values, believe in the promise of our vision, and the power of our contributors and platform.
On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 4:02 PM, James Heilman jmh649@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Craig
Appreciate the openness :-)
James
On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Craig Newmark < craig.newmark@craigconnects.org> wrote:
Hey, after discussion with WMF folks, and more, I figured I should
disclose
the following, in respect.
In addition to founding craigslist, I've been focused on philanthropy via craigconnects.org, specifically supporting nonprofit journalism, which I feel includes Wikipedia. I just posted regarding the ethics of funding nonprofit journalism, and thought this would be relevant here.
Further, given my heavy Wikipedia existing and future grants, I've
decided
I need to disclose everything I do that's related, limited only by the do no harm principle. That is, I'll be subjecting everything I do re
Wikipedia
to public scrutiny, and this is the start of that.
Related:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/06/08/craig-newmark-wikipedia-future/
http://craigconnects.org/2016/07/funding-non-profit-journalism-be-transparen...
Craig Newmark
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