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Harvard's Looking for a 'Wikipedian in Residence'
- jey 13y agoUC Berkeley already has one. My friend Kevin Gorman is the Wikipedian-in-Residence at a university: http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/02/25/berkeleys-wikipedian-in-residence-is-a-first/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/02/25/berkeleys-wikipedi...
- jey 13y agoOops, I meant to write "the first Wikipedian-in-Residence at a university".
- _delirium 13y agoFwiw this is both part-time and temporary, not a full salaried position you'd want to move to Boston to accept. Probably most useful for someone who's already got another gig in Boston, but one that's flexible enough to let them take on a potentially interesting side job. Pay is $16/hr for 15 hours/wk (i.e. about $1k/mo), with a contract term of 13 weeks. Details: http://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/find_jobs/rss.php?job_id=8583 http://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/find_jobs/rss.php?job_id=8583
- allochthon 13y agoHow does Wikipedia feel about this kind of position? Is there a perceived conflict of interest? Or are the hired contributors given leeway to build out school-specific material? (I know there's no single Wikipedia to consult -- so perhaps the governing body or influential contributors?)
- tptacek 13y agoThis is a program that Wikipedia coordinates with institutions (universities, museums, whatnot), endorsed and managed specifically by the project.
- seryoiupfurds 13y agoThey encourage it. I think the WiR are supposed to write about subjects of interest to the institution, rather than write directly about the institution itself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence
- davidgerard 13y agoWe furiously encourage this sort of thing.