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description | "video in Introduction to Partnership Building (computer-graded exercises) - Basics of partnership building for Wikimedia volunteers, with computer-graded exercises." |
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label | "WikiLearn - Introduction to Partnership Building (computer-graded exercises) - video: Saying no" |
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display_name | "Saying no" |
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subtitle-90-7650-1 | "As we mentioned, we should we should be ready to not partner with people if we find" |
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subtitle-7650-11070-2 | "that what they want, we cannot actually deliver, because we don't have enough" |
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subtitle-11070-16350-3 | "capacity. If what they want us to work on isn't attractive or interesting to our few" |
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subtitle-16350-22440-4 | "volunteers and we literally won't be able to do what they want, or if they show us some" |
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subtitle-22440-28080-5 | "really strong warning signs, like they refuse to accept that they cannot control" |
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subtitle-28080-33120-6 | "articles, or they refuse to release under a free license, and yet want us to include the" |
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subtitle-33120-37140-7 | "images, or they give us impossible deadlines that they insist on." |
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subtitle-37950-40500-8 | "Or they want to immediately benefit from our brand." |
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subtitle-41190-44670-9 | "They want to immediately have a press release saying "we are partners with" |
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subtitle-44670-47520-10 | "Wikimedia" before we've actually done anything together." |
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subtitle-47520-48780-11 | "That's a warning sign." |
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subtitle-50340-56580-12 | "Or if their own work conflicts with our mission significantly, like censorship or" |
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subtitle-56580-58200-13 | "government propaganda or something like that." |
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subtitle-58590-63990-14 | "That's true too strongly against our own mission to partner with them." |
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subtitle-63990-68700-15 | "And then if that's the case, we say politely, no, we say why we cannot partner." |
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subtitle-68700-72780-16 | "And if we realize after the meeting that this is not going to work, we should let them" |
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subtitle-72780-74070-17 | "know. We shouldn't just abandon it." |
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subtitle-74070-75360-18 | "We should be professional about it." |
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subtitle-75360-79830-19 | "Pick up the phone or write an email and explain why this is not possible." |
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subtitle-80580-82920-20 | "And ideally, we should let people know in advance." |
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subtitle-83370-88140-21 | "If we're talking, for example, about writing articles about your museum's objects, we" |
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subtitle-88140-92850-22 | "should say the people who would write the articles are volunteers, and volunteers write" |
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subtitle-92850-95280-23 | "about what they care about and what motivates them." |
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subtitle-95280-100500-24 | "So we're not guaranteeing any particular object, any particular article will be" |
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subtitle-100500-102240-25 | "written. We're going to do a contest." |
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subtitle-102240-103680-26 | "We're going to have publicity." |
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subtitle-103680-105600-27 | "We're going to encourage people to write articles." |
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subtitle-106050-109710-28 | "But you need to understand, volunteer interest is a condition here." |
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subtitle-110280-114570-29 | "That's something that's worth saying in advance so that there are not unpleasant" |
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subtitle-114570-119400-30 | "surprises. And this is where assignment seven with the assumptions section comes in" |
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subtitle-119430-124350-31 | "handy. You need to make sure that these assumptions are understood and shared by your" |
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subtitle-124350-124920-32 | "partner." |
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