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:::::Personally I focus on one specific niche, typofixing. Typofixing is quite boring, and not as "sexy" as for example vandalfighting is. We have loads of software to fight vandalism, but there is almost no software to find and fix typos. I had to write some myself, and the WMF refused to fund it. The software allows me to fix [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/The_Quixotic_Potato&offset=20170710161013&limit=2000&target=The+Quixotic+Potato over 2000] typos in less than 24 hours. I am not claiming to know much about all the other areas, but I imagine that there are people in a similar situation to mine. An RfC asking: "If the WMF hires some Wikipedians to work on some areas, which areas should that be?" seems to be a good idea, and I don't think "articles about companies" would be high up that list. ((([[User:The Quixotic Potato|The Quixotic Potato]]))) ([[User talk:The Quixotic Potato|talk]]) 14:00, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

::::::Not quite sure what you are suggesting here. What do you think would be high up that list?--[[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimbo Wales]] ([[User talk:Jimbo Wales#top|talk]]) 14:02, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

:::::::Let's have the RFC and find out. I hope stuff to counter our systemic bias. Paying people to write about female scientists from third world countries sounds like a good idea to me, but maybe I am too idealistic. I assume you are familiar with [[WP:BOGOF]]. ((([[User:The Quixotic Potato|The Quixotic Potato]]))) ([[User talk:The Quixotic Potato|talk]]) 14:08, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

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