Hey Kudpong, Those people are still volunteers from the perspective of Wikipedia - they are not being paid by the Wikimedia Foundation. If true, it is a worrying development, but perhaps not a reason for Victor to change his videos.
Best, Lodewijk On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 7:45 PM, cs <[email protected]> wrote: > ‘All of the articles on Wikipedia are written by volunteers’ > > You’ll need to correct that for your next video - if you knew the extent > of paid editing, blackmail, and extortion we are discovering and trying to > combat you’d fall off your chair or drop your camera. > > Kudpung > > On 3Aug, 2017, at 00:33, Victor Grigas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Wikimedians! > > My name is Victor Grigas, I’m a storyteller and video producer > <https://www.youtube.com/user/WikimediaFoundation/videos> at the > Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that supports Wikipedia. Many of you > may already know me or my work. I'll be in Montreal at Wikimania from > Thursday August 10th through Sunday August 13th and wanted to ask that if > you *know someone *or *are someone* who has an inspiring story to share > about how you use Wikimedia projects, then we'd like to hear it! > > If you are interested, please answer a few questions on this private > Google form or share it with someone you know who will be attending > Wikimania: > > https://goo.gl/forms/h6a9TWFyFMs4qgua2 > (All answers are confidential and we will not publish your story without > first getting your written permission.) > > We publish profiles of Wikimedians here regularly: > https://blog.wikimedia.org/c/communications/profiles/ > > Then, in Montreal I can take your portrait photo > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:VGrigas_(WMF)#A_few_Wikipedians> for > free to publish on Wikimedia Commons. I’ll be there from Thursday August > 10th through Sunday August 13th. I’ll only need a few minutes of your time > to take your photo and we can co-ordinate by email. Once I'm there, I'll > have a better idea of where I'll be for the best lighting setup. > > If you have any questions, feel free to email Victor Grigas - > [email protected] > > Thank you! > > -- > > *Victor Grigas* > Video Production Manager > and Storyteller > Wikimedia Foundation <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ4ba28-oGs> > [email protected] > https://donate.wikimedia.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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