[WikiEN-l] Re: Reponse to troll [[The Enforcer]]

Tue May 4 02:55:17 UTC 2004

Jimbo wrote:

>3.  There are no current plans for salaries for anyone.  In the
>future, I do intend that as we grow, we will become a large
>organization patterned after the National Geographic Society, the
>International Red Cross, and so on.  This will eventually necessitate
>employees, etc.  But for now, any suggestion that I am personally
>trying to get money from Wikipedia is beyond ludicrous.

Even if Jimbo *were* currently drawing a salary from the Wikimedia 
Foundation, it wouldn't exactly be a scandal. Frankly, I think the 
Wikimedia Foundation *should* have paid staff, and as soon as 
possible. A project as substantial as the Wikipedia can't run on 
volunteer sacrifices forever.
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