> > However it is hard to imagine an ideal second language that is not > European; only Arabic is spoken by a large diverse population with internet > access. >
Hindi and Japanese (chinese too but not all of they have internet acess) ;) _____ *Béria Lima* <http://wikimedia.pt/> (351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer.*** 2011/4/15 Fred Bauder <fredb...@fairpoint.net> > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 10:36, <wjhon...@aol.com> wrote: > >> In a message dated 4/5/2011 6:08:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > >> bnewst...@wikimedia.org writes: > >>> Another quick note on the Movement Communications Manager posting that > >>> we > >>> are hoping to fill at WMF. We have a number of applicants, but very, > >>> very > >>> few are from the Wikimedia community. We would really love to fill > >>> this > >>> role > >>> with a strong Wikimedian, so if you are interested or know someone who > >>> may > >>> be interested, please apply or reach out to Jay Walsh or myself. > >>> > >>> > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/Movement_Communications_Manager > >>> > >> The job is written in such a narrow way that it's not very likely > >> you're > >> going to get many candidates from within the community sorry. > >> You want someone with a communications degree, who is a native English > >> speaker, can also communicate in a non-English language, and has > >> experience in > >> CSS, and templates, and Wikimedia projects in general. > > > > I understood that they wanted someone who was ideally *not* a native > > English speaker. That was something that concerned me when I read it, > > because it looked as if the intention was to disadvantage applicants > > who had English as a first language. Or did I misunderstand it? > > > > "Demonstrated ability to work (speak, read, write at a professional > > level) effectively in a language other than English (ideally as a > > native speaker)" > > English speakers and Europeans generally, such as you and I, dominate > most Wikimedia conversations. I doubt anyone could function in this > position if they didn't understand English, but our hope is to get the > rest of the world involved. > > However it is hard to imagine an ideal second language that is not > European; only Arabic is spoken by a large diverse population with > internet access. > > Fred > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l