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Excuse my ignorance. Does wikimedia pay content writers?

• wongarsu 7y ago
  No. All the writing and most of the moderation is done by volunteers. The closest to that on the Foundation's payroll are the about three community managers. The Foundation does employ the engineers writing the software, the sysadmins keeping everything running, a UX team of 14 people, a lot of people related to fundraising, as well as outreach and public relations, some legal staff and various administrative staff. There's a full list of employees and contractors at https://wikimediafoundation.org/role/staff-contractors/ https://wikimediafoundation.org/role/staff-contractors/
  • butterthebuddha 7y ago
    They have a UX team? The UX hasn't changed in years!
    • kick 7y ago
      It's changed pretty heavily for the people who actually do the editing.
    • joe-collins 7y ago
      Page previews are a fairly recent addition. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Page_Previews https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Page_Previews
      • jasoncartwright 7y ago
        Nearly two years ago
• redis_mlc 7y ago
  It's well-documented that active writers are paid shills for corporate clients. I've read interviews where the writer brags about his "ownership" of certain pages.
  • deleted 7y ago
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  • divbzero 7y ago
    Does anyone have links to the “well-documented” evidence mentioned above?