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> There is likely a critical mass of volunteers needed - fewer than that and you lose it all. Volunteers... don't cost money. If they were paying people to co
by oconnore 9y ago
> There is likely a critical mass of volunteers needed - fewer than that and you lose it all.
Volunteers... don't cost money.
If they were paying people to contribute/edit that would be one thing, but all the money they're spending doesn't contribute to the content on the site at all.
And as far as I can tell, mediawiki -- the software platform -- is basically complete. It accomplishes the goal of displaying editable encyclopedia pages at scale.
- brian-armstrong 9y agoVolunteers don't cost money, but acquiring and retaining them does. A lot of these events are chances to get WP volunteers to meet and connect in real life, hopefully making WP more tangible and enjoyable to volunteer for. Saying that spending money on volunteer outreach doesn't contribute to site content is just absurd. It's exactly the opposite.