On 2016-02-25 03:09, SarahSV wrote:
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 4:20 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com>
wrote:
The Foundation could pay that number of workers, especially if it found
imaginative ways to do it.
For example, it could set up a department that accepts contracts from
individuals and groups who want certain articles to be written or
rewritten. Instead of paying a PR company, those people would pay the
Foundation. The Foundation would maintain a list of excellent editors
and
would offer the contract to the most appropriate, taking a percentage
of
the fee for itself.
I am sure this has been discussed before, but I also think this is a bad
idea. Whereas I can imagine that as an exceptions some editors can be
supported by the Foundation via an engagement grant, it should really
stay an exceptions. The obvious reasons are:
- Different image of the movement, and, as a consequence, less
donations, as Risker already pointed out.
- Possibly POV will be compromised in paid articles.
- Unhealthy situation within the editing community. In the debates with
WMF staff when we disagreed, I always felt awkward, because they were
paid arguing with me, and would do it until they convince me or I give
up, and I was doing this in my free time, and got tired very quickly. I
also had very unpleasant experiences interacting with some chapter
people whose only goal was to keep their position. They did not care
about the quality, efficiency, anything, only about their personal good.
And if somebody defends their personal good, you know, thy usually win,
and the quality loses. Now, imagine there is a content dispute between a
user who is paid (and is afraid to lose the salary) and a user who is
unpaid and have to do the same for free - I am sure a paid user will be
way more persistent.
There should be many other reasons which I am sure have been already
voiced.
Cheers
Yaroslav
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