I agree in that point.
Please be back to this millenium.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal) (updated to 2017).
Three Asian countries are listed in the top 10.
And the estimation is to have sooner a fourth:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_past_and_projected_GDP_(P...
We can say that we have to look at the distribution of GDP, but also in this case three countries of the top 10 are Asian:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita
Honestly there should be from Asia a contribution 10 times bigger in the fundraising.
I think that it's time to say that Asia is a continent that can give more.
Kind regards
On 01/10/2018 12:28, Paulo Santos Perneta wrote:
I suppose Asia can do a lot better than 3 million, but I don't augur much success with increasing those campaigns for Africa and South America, at least using the current model.
Looking by the sample I know in Brazil (last year fundraising campaign, in August I believe) the Brazilian Portuguese Wikipedia readers often got enraged to the point of vandalizing articles stating their disgust for a campaign asking money to an impoverished country (even more saying 10$ was the cost of a coffee there). Others "donated" money or attempted to donate it thinking it was a kind of a fee for being allowed to read Wikipédia (kind of a subscription).
Paulo
Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com escreveu no dia domingo, 30/09/2018 à(s) 20:30:
Hi Thea,
Thank you for sharing this report.
I very much like the visual design, which I think is simple, clear, and concise. Who did the design?
Regarding the sentences, "We imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Each year, with your support, we edge closer toward that vision.": I suggest removing the second sentence because the horizons of human knowledge continue to expand at a significant rate, and I doubt that we have evidence that we're keeping up in every human language with the pace that human knowledge advances, let alone moving fast enough to catch up.
I'm a bit surprised by the relatively low revenue from regions other than North America and Europe. Those look like areas where Fundraising could be more successful in the future. Does Fundraising have plans to work on improving revenue from those regions?
Congratulations on the success with asking donors to cover transaction fees.
Thanks again for sharing this report.
Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 10:16 PM Thea Skaff tskaff@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am writing to share with you our fundraising report for fiscal year
2018
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2017-18_Report. This
report
is a collaborative effort on behalf of many teams: fundraising tech, ops and donor services, major gifts, online fundraising, legal,
communications,
and more.
The fundraising report offers us an opportunity to pause and reflect on learnings from last year and also consider where we're headed,
particularly
as we approach one of our busiest times of the year for fundraising. It's also an inspiring reminder of how many people across the world support
the
work of the community and WMF staff.
We welcome your questions and feedback.
Thank you, Thea
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