Someone else can very much correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is that the difference is that this is as a normal contractor in that he's doing what is directed/needed rather then an accepted project on his own under a mentor like GSoC.
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Platonides <[email protected]> wrote: > Rob Lanphier wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Many of you already know Brian Wolff, who has been a steady > > contributor to MediaWiki in the the past several years (User:Bawolff), > > having gotten a start during Google Summer of Code 2010[1]. > > > > Brian is back for another summer working with us, working generally to > > improve our multimedia contribution and review pipeline. In addition > > to his normal GMail address, he's also available at > > [email protected], and is on Freenode as bawolff. > > > > Welcome Brian! (again! \o/) > > > > Rob > > I guess this simply means that WMF has contracted Bawolff. If it wasn't > for the email bit, I would had thought in a GSoC-like program. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
