[Wikipedia-l] re:Money, money

Mon Oct 13 04:59:12 UTC 2003

> Daniel Mayer <maveric149 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> So Jimbo wasted his money paying Larry to lead the
> Wikipedia project its first 
> year? IMO, that is one of the main reasons why the
> whole enterprise took off. 
> Larry did a hell of a lot of work publicizing
> Wikipedia, recruiting 
> contributors, creating/shaping policy (such as NPOV)
> and resolving disputes. 

And what about paying also those hunting for copyvio ?

and typos ?

And those making international links (which may help
small wikis to take up)

and those making promotion ?

and those copying images from one wikipedia to another
?

Tracking basic vandalism ?

Banning user name ?

Drawing logos ?

Fixing international contests ?

Translating articles from en to a small wiki to help
it take off ?

All this NPOV, and not fun activity.
Or perhaps is it fun activity for some, and boring for
others ?

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