Yann, the nuclear industry controversy was more the issue of
control/ownership of content (which can happen on Commons, for example
the news today about attempts to restrict reuse of Barack Obama's
image). It is a tangent to this proposal. If you have other examples
and think current project polici
Hi,
In 2007, there was some significant conflict on the French Wkipedia,
when people working for the nuclear industry edited related articles,
and denied anyone without a PhD on nuclear physics any autority about
this subject. Further more they refused any reference from outside the
nuclear indust
On 04/04/2014, Richard Symonds wrote:
> Just a quick correction, you say that "Even a paid researcher on a
> university project would not meet this definition, unless the project were
> part funded or in partnership with Wikimedia. "
>
> This is not quite accurate: even a student on a university p
Just a quick correction, you say that "Even a paid researcher on a
university project would not meet this definition, unless the project were
part funded or in partnership with Wikimedia. "
This is not quite accurate: even a student on a university project would
meet this definition if his univers
On 4 April 2014 14:33, Gryllida wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Apr 2014, at 22:14, Fæ wrote:
>> *Definition of "paid volunteer":*
>> Paid volunteers are employees, contractors or part time contractors of
>> Wikimedia organizations or other organizations having agreements or
>> partnerships with Wikimedia. The
On 4 April 2014 14:05, Richard Symonds wrote:
...
> It seems to me that the term 'paid volunteer' is an oxymoron.
...
Yes, it is oxymoronic, many common terms are, though I am open to an
alternative form of words. I understand that volunteers who are also
employees do not want to be required to a
Hoi,
I can understand the sentiment and, it makes some sense. However, I do not
like weasel words ... "paid employees".. Bah
They are not volunteering. They are on a job, have a mission. I think that
employees of any organisations may work for the benefit of bringing the sum
of all knowledge toget
On Fri, 4 Apr 2014, at 22:14, Fæ wrote:
> *Definition of "paid volunteer":*
> Paid volunteers are employees, contractors or part time contractors of
> Wikimedia organizations or other organizations having agreements or
> partnerships with Wikimedia. The paid volunteer contributes to Wikimedia
> pro
A bit of unsolicited advice from a chapter staff member and long-time
volunteer coming up. It doesn't represent my view on this proposal, but is,
as I said, simply unsolicited advice! Feel free to ignore it if you want.
Here we go...
It seems to me that the term 'paid volunteer' is an oxymoron. A
Perhaps I'm just being obtuse, but I'm a little unclear on the definition
of a paid volunteer. Could you possibly try rephrasing it so that I'm more
clear?
pb
*Philippe Beaudette * \\ Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia
Foundation, Inc.
T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 | phili...@wikimedia.org
Proposal: "Paid volunteers" should take care to identify themselves on
Wikimedia Projects and discussions related to Wikimedia Projects.
Sue Gardner's initial report by the WMF into the Belfer case makes a key
decision that there must be effective processes for escalation of employee
activities t
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