There have been examples of successful role accounts in the past - or, at
least role accounts that have attempted to edit in a way that is respectful
of our policies whilst maintaining information about their company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:USSTRATCOM_PAO is one from en:wp.
Yes, the OTRS idea might be a good way to go about this.
But with role accounts for organisations that have an educative mission
(especially GLAM sector) I would have thought it would be an important step
for us to allow/accept this kind of editing. We want their expertise and
direct involvement and if they are going to let their staff edit Wikimedia
Commons in office-hours then they will want to have some official
recognition of that fact - i.e. a role account.
For a cultural organisation to actually make the step of having a staff
member edit, officially, as part of their job of increasing awareness (and
correct/detailed information) about their institution's collection is an
extraordinarily important step. I would argue that we should do whatever we
can to make them feel welcome and supported. This is not the same as a PR
person trying to 'spin' an article about a corporation - which would be a
CoI. This is about someone trying to make the mission of their cultural
institution fit with our mission - sharing knowledge of a particular aspect
of culture with the rest of the world.
Best,
-Liam [[witty lama]]
On 7/28/09, Gnangarra <gnangarra(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Maybe we could request that GLAM role accounts verify their identity via
the OTRS system the same way we ask for licensing verifications.
When the person in the seat changes then they can send a new email
confirming the change in opeator, as it stands at the moment there is
nothing to confirm that the person is actually authorised to act on behalf
of the University except whats said on a user page.
2009/7/28 Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org>
And, here's another example of a recently
created role account -
please be nice to them:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:EgyArt
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