[Wikipedia-l] Money, money...

Mon Oct 13 01:26:51 UTC 2003

Just catching up--- I agree with Andrew that these notions of paying academics for their knowlege is anti-wiki -- its silly, and I need to say so before I read another one of these. With every typical boon come the various ideas for how to spend it. Were talking about a few thousand dollars here.  Even if Bill and Melinda Gates came down and gave a million bucks to wikipedia, it still would not warrant the hiring of expensive academics--- many of whom actuall do 'get it" and already contribute to WP. Its beyond silly-- and I would like to propose an equally silly idea that WP hire on Gary Coleman, Stephen Hawking and Traci Lords as spokespeople for Wikipedia -- and pay for commercial airtime to advertise.

Well maybe a few public transit ads...
~S~

"Thomas R. Koll" <tomk32 at gmx.de> wrote:
On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 03:13:18PM +0800, Andrew Lih wrote:
> Perhaps I'm completely cynical, but the variety of suggestions about
> hiring experts to keep watch, or college professors, or
> "known-neutral-and-knowledgeable" folks is a bit troubling and un-Wiki.
> (And for those who know what I do for a living will find it ironic. :) 
> 
> If this route is considered, we should ensure no greater authority will
> be conferred upon this class of contributors. So far, the suggestions
> by Delerium and Mav have been innocent enough, but could be dangerous if
> it becomes related to ownership, entitlement or keeper-status of certain
> topics. 

How about advertising in scientific magazines? But before we do that we
should make a survey what jobs and interests our readers have so we can
focus one advertising in a Wild-West-magazine somthing like
"Billy the Kid wanted! Write and article about him in the WP"
Ads should be 1) cheaper than experts and 2) reach more people.

> In the most extreme case, it reminds me of "The Simpsons" episode where
> the Mensa chapter of Springfield take responsibility for running the
> town (with their so-called "genius") only to have things go horribly
> wrong, and have Stephen Hawking come by to chastise them. :)

A great episode.

ciao, tom
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