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 > projects and discussions that influence the content of Wikimedia projects. > This includes employees and contractors that may not be paid for their > on-project activities, however their employer benefits from the content of > the same projects.
Dear Fae, If I am a student and write wikipedia articles about commercial software my university uses in my free time, I satisfy this definition. However, I would have no conflict of interest here, as neither I nor my university gets paid for the new information I would write. I think that in such situation, I can silently do my things within interest of satisfying Wikimedia mission of free knowledge. You should not require anything of me. I would like you to re-think your definitions here. Related: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Terms_of_use/Paid_contributions_amendment/Archives/2014-03-07#What_to_ask_to_disclose:_paid_contributions_or_COI.3F Gryllida. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
