On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 6:40 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
2008/11/27 David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com:
2008/11/27 Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com:
"Wikipedia is a charity" ?
People always say "non-profit" when describing WMF, is it a charity? The two terms are different. (In the UK, the WMF would probably be considered charitable, I don't know what the requirements are in the US.)
The bottom of every page on en:wp says it's a charity!
(I put that text there, after precise phrasing was worked out on the comcom list. If it's wrong we should change it ...)
And, in fact, wikimediafoundation.org says "nonprofit charitable organization". I don't know why people generally say "non-profit" instead of "charity", then - charity would be more precise and would probably be better perceived.
I'm afraid I disagree with you here. Non-profit vs for-profit is a distinction in taxation and precise. Charity vs not being charity may 1) no legal distinction in some cases and 2) Wikimedia Foundation could be no charity in some definition of non-US jurisdiction (and at worse it may be taken as deceitful).
I am for adding "charitable" etc. but against replacing "charity" etc. with "non-profit".
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