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List:       wikien-l
Subject:    Re: [WikiEN-l] Bounties for editors
From:       "MacGyverMagic/Mgm" <macgyvermagic () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-04-18 15:40:52
Message-ID: fb7fdd9c0604180840m4178dc1ck124dda86f20b9ad3 () mail ! gmail ! com
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You're absolutely right. People on a tight budget like me would be
very much interested in financial compensation for certain jobs. As
long as it results in articles following policy, I don't see the
problem.

Mgm

On 4/18/06, Matt R <matt_crypto@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> The following link:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Now_Hiring
> 
> is to a deletion debate on a page for bounties (cash etc) for bits of work on the \
> project. I believe such a page would be a good thing. Arguments in favour follow: 
> It's worked fine, as far as I can tell, on the German edition since last July, and \
> in a number of free software/open source communities. Some people have argued that \
> selfless altruism is the ideal goal for Wikipedian motives. I disagree. Altruism is \
> good if you can get it, but most people work on Wikipedia for a variety of \
> additional reasons: for fun, to practice a language, to gain a reputation, to \
> socialise, to document their POV, and so on. We don't need to worry so much about \
> motives, but rather whether people follow policy in their editing. We should \
> encourage reward systems where we can do so without compromising our goals. 
> Others have argued that the lure of cash would cause people to pay others to insert \
> their bias and such. Of course, this is a risk with or without a bounty board, but \
> at least we can monitor and police this page. Moreover, Wikipedia mechanisms are \
> quite robust against POV pushers, regardless of motivation. We deal daily with \
> people with strong views on religion, politics, ethics etc, yet we cope well -- and \
> as we probably all know, people get more passionate about these things than any \
> financial pressure could induce. 
> Wikipedians will always be volunteers. But cash is useful for Wikipedians. For \
> example, we now demand, and rightly, reliable sources for facts. But it's the case \
> that acquiring reliable sources can be an expensive activity. 
> 
> -- Matt
> [[User:Matt Crypto]]
> 
> 
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