As I stated on the talk page - I agree with the idea of some standard for reference-useful content contribution, and that FA/GA work would be one aspect of that. But I'd like that to be a category with one option of satisfying it being GA/FA work, rather than that being the only way to fulfil it.
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 6:08 PM, David Goodman <dgge...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree with that about FA/GA, possibly because I avoid that place > myself, but for negotiating with publishers it would help to have a > standard of some sort, in addition to a maximum number, so they would > know they're not opening it up to the world in general, which is a > matter of some concern to most of them. > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:10 PM, George Herbert > <george.herb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:18 PM, John Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >>>> 2011/3/15 SlimVirgin <slimvir...@gmail.com>: >>>>> Speaking of the CREDO accounts, several people have asked that their >>>>> accounts be reassigned, but they don't know how to do it. Could Erik >>>>> advise? See here -- >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Credo_accounts#I_gave_up_my_account_in_June >>>> >>>> As per my earlier message, Credo is willing to give away up to 400 >>>> additional accounts, so we really shouldn't be too worried about >>>> reassigning the existing ones until we've handed these out. Here's >>>> what I wrote in September: >>> >>> There are a few ex-Wikipedians on the current list. Not sure how you >>> want to address that. >> >> I'm also going to go to the talk page, but... >> >> I object to the GA/FA/etc requirement. There are a lot of content >> editors out there who won't go near the FA mafia. >> >> I use that term carefully, and hopefully without inciting a great >> backlash. The people involved in the GA/FA etc process are welcome as >> far as I am concerned to keep doing what they're doing, but I don't >> want membership in that community to be a gatekeeper requirement for >> other participation. >> >> >> -- >> -george william herbert >> george.herb...@gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > > > > -- > David Goodman > > DGG at the enWP > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DGG > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- -george william herbert george.herb...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l