[Foundation-l] Assume Good Faith and Don't Bite Newbees

[Milos Rancic]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Although I can understand that there are genuine reasons why the "anti
> organisational account" rule is in place, can I mention that having an
> organisational account is one of the main things that GLAM institutions have
> asked from us. If a museum wants to upload their own photographs to Commons
> (something which I think we all would love to support) they have requested
> that they be able to upload those images under their own organisational
> username. This in itself doesn't necessarily mean we should change our
> policies, but it's just an example of a good outcome that changing our flat
> ban on organisational accounts would achieve.

Then they should sign contracts with WMF. OR: They should send their
identification to WMF staff and WMF should make clear that those accounts are
exceptions from the general policy.