I’m talking about the sockfarms of literally hundreds of users who are being paid to write articles - among whom are sadly admins and New Page Reviewers (according to their claims). I thought that would have been clear.
KudpUng > On 3Aug, 2017, at 00:48, Lodewijk <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[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 >> <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/ >> <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] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> Thank you! >> >> -- >> >> Victor Grigas >> Video Production Manager >> and Storyteller >> Wikimedia Foundation <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ4ba28-oGs> >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> https://donate.wikimedia.org/ <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > <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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