Wikipedia could fund Oka or other organizations. That places the responsibility in the hands of a third party. As long as Wikipedia remains hands-off, then there is no bias or unfairness on the part of Wikipedia.
> As a general practice, it's liable to devalue volunteer contributions.
> A 3rd party paying editors introduces a host of other concerns, but is probably not as harmful to the emotional economy.
Perhaps. But it seems like Oka will proceed anyway.
I suppose one analogue we can look to is Linux Kernel contributions. Many of the contributors are on the payroll of tech companies, though some contributors are simply volunteers.
There can be a tremendous amount of emotional stress and drama in open source contribution. So you're probably right about that bit. But the community does work and software still gets made.