On 02/09/05, Fredrik Johansson fredrik.johansson@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/2/05, Michael Turley michael.turley@gmail.com wrote:
In light of the Katrina disaster and the competing appeals for aid for the victims there, should we consider suspending the Wikimedia Foundation funding drive for a time?
Or do we consider the two causes different enough that it should continue as scheduled?
We're doing our part by providing accessible, neutral, and up-to-date information about the disaster. The extra traffic costs money...
I've not seen any complaints about the fund drive - but would you believe someone complained about having the Hurricane Katrina article linked from /In The News/ on the front page? The mind, she boggles.
For what it's worth, income over the past few days to the fund drive has been roughly constant. I'd say that indicates it isn't in direct competition in any way; were we holding a drive for $random_charity, then perhaps.