How about something straightforward like: Should you pay for a Wikipedia article? Find out here. [LINK]
On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- *Juliet Barbara* Senior Communications Manager I Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street I San Francisco, CA 94105 [email protected] I +1 (512) 750-5677
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