Hi all,

This is now published after a snafu with WordPress' scheduling mechanism.
Further proposed Facebook posts:

   - "Wikipedia is, after all, an encyclopedia—not a commercial directory."
   - No, you should not hire a paid editor who does not disclose that fact
   on Wikipedia.

--Ed

On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote:

> I guess a further refinement: it can be free of financial obligation in
> order to participate in Wikipedia in many ways, but plenty of people and
> organizations are being paid for their involvement, so we need to be
> careful about the messaging.
>
> Pine
> On Sep 19, 2015 1:38 PM, "Pine W" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Agreed that we should drop any suggestions that everyone who creates
>> content or does other work is doing so for free. Wikipedia is free (of
>> financial obligation) as in free to read and share, not as in free to
>> create, store, maintain, defend, reseaech, and develop.
>>
>> Pine
>>
>


-- 
Ed Erhart
Editorial Associate
Wikimedia Foundation
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