Thank you very much for raising this distinction MZ. It's a very important one and, in the recriminations about this particular event, I would hate for the 'baby to get thrown out with the bathwater' by losing this distinction.
-Liam / Wittylama wittylama.com Peace, love & metadata On 9 January 2014 13:22, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote: > Frank Schulenburg wrote: > >[...] it is widely known that paid editing is frowned upon by many in the > >editing community and by the Wikimedia Foundation. > > No. > > Paid editing is not the same as paid advocacy (editing). This is a very > important point. > > Suggested reading: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dominic/FAQ > https://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=25830 > > N.B. an example of paid editing that few would likely have an issue with > in the first link and Sue's careful and correct wording in the second link. > > If we're going to have such a fine distinction, we should probably better > document it to avoid misunderstandings. > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
