A paid position to take care of the coordination of the publication might
help. If such a position was not involved in content I would see less issue
with the funds for it coming from a movement grant.
Translation of more from the German Kurier could also be another good
source of content. And such a position could also involve setting up
content for translation into other languages.
J
On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 11:54 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
During my time at the *Signpost*, there were large
fluctuations in the
supply of people who had the time, willingness, and skills to write regular
features for the *Signpost* and work on the publication process. As far as
I know, the labor supply is still the biggest problem. The discussion on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost supports
that view, although there is also some discussion about technical problems
with the publication process.
I think that the labor supply problem could be partially addressed by
making at least some Signpost work into part-time paid work.
However, I'm not sure that anyone with the required financial resources
would be willing to fund this work. I think that is the biggest step that
would need to be addressed.
If work on the *Signpost* isn't funded and if volunteer availability
continues to be limited at best, then unfortunately the *Signpost* may
become a shadow of its former self, or fade into memory indefinitely. I
would be sorry to see either of those outcomes. I think that the *Signpost*
performed a valuable community service as a reliable weekly or semi-weekly
publication with a variety of informative and interesting content.
Pine
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