That would be appalling
Cheers,
Peter
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From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of James
Salsman
Sent: 05 October 2018 20:09
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Apparently it says $10 in Brazil?
On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 3:29 AM Paulo Santos Perneta
<paulosperneta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
...
Looking by the sample I know in Brazil (last year fundraising campaign, in
August I believe) the Brazilian Portuguese Wikipedia readers often got
enraged to the point of vandalizing articles stating their disgust for a
campaign asking money to an impoverished country (even more saying 10$ 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).
On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 10:28 AM Peter Southwood
<peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net> wrote:
I thought this specific message was targeting North Americans for whom $3 is a realistic
price. If the message is for worldwide use I would also find it offensive in its US
centric price claims. I am in Africa, where a cup of coffee would normally be less than $3
US, but is enormously variable depending on where you are, what coffee you drink, and who
you buy it from. I don't drink coffee myself, so not particularly expert on the
topic.
Cheers,
Peter
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From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of James
Salsman
Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018 7:17 PM
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Someone recently complained that referring to the equivalent of USD $3
as the cost of a cup of coffee was incorrect and substantially
offensive in Brazil. And then a few weeks later there was a discussion
about how donations are so much smaller in the developing world.
Coincidence? I don't think so.
On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 10:11 AM Peter Southwood
<peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net> wrote:
It is a bit of a wall of text, but at first reading the message is less offensive than
many previous versions.
Cheers,
Peter
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