On 9 January 2014 13:10, Fæ <[email protected]> wrote: > In the light of the recent announcement by the Wikimedia Foundation that > paid editing is not acceptable for employees,
Though it's not unreasonable to infer that, they've made no such declaration - leastways, in their posts that I have seen, the phrase used is "frowned upon". > and the apparent swift termination of a long term employee, Again, that's not apparent to me; she may have resigned, wither willingly or under duress. WMF comments on the matter have not made such facts clear. > I believe it appropriate for the Board > of Trustees of Wikimedia UK to agree a policy at the next board meeting to > require employees, contractors and trustees to publicly declare any current > or past paid editing activities, or related unpaid advocacy that may > represent a potential conflict of interest. WMUK already has a CoI policy does it not? No hasty action should be taken, particularly while the issues discussed above are not clear. > I have posted this same proposal at > <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Engine_room#Declarations_for_paid_editing_and_related_advocacy>, > however I recommend that should anyone wish to discuss specific examples, > including naming or linking to > the WMF employee case, that this is limited to this independent email list > rather than using the WMUK wiki. As a meta issue, I find it unhelpful to have discussions split between venues. Better to start one, and then post pointers to it elsewhere. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
