Anthere wrote:
- When a change is made in the purpose of donations,
could it be mentionned on foundation-l (rather than only on en:) so that all projects could change the initial purposes given by Jimbo ?
Can you explain what you mean here? There has been no change made in the purpose of donations, and there is no change planned.
--Jimbo
I mean this
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Main_Page&diff=3428085&ol...
which led to this
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Donations&action=hi...
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Now, I support paper edition entirely, but till now, it was not written that donations would support making paper edition. Some people also told me that paper edition could be supported by publishers, not by donations. So, I would like that this is confirmed before we add to main pages that donations will (for example) be used for such a purpose.
For this reason, I removed the notes both from the main page and the donation page.
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Whatever the use made of donations, it would be best that all wikipedias display the same type of messages (ie, that we do not have one wikipedia saying donations are used for hardware, while another says that donations are used to purchase domain names, and a third that it is for print editions.
When I set the french page, I strictly translated the information you gave by email. It is here http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia%3ADonations#Objectifs_d%27utilis...
Perhaps we need a central template for this; because this is external information, one that is a display of our professionalism and seriousness and reliability. It is best that we show consistent information on all wikipedias.
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imho. Sorry for having been upset this morning, but I am a bit disappointed that we can't succeed to improve our communication all together :-( I think this is important. But right, I know, we are all volunteers and we just try to do our best :-) Sorry for my bad mood.
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