On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
But to suggest that the choice of such
shorthand is tantamount to "lying to and misleading our donors" is,
indeed, irresponsible hyperbole. It's clear that the choice was, in
fact, made to _reduce_ potential confusion of donors about who/what
they're being asked to support.
Hang on:
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Philippe Beaudette
<pbeaudette(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
When we get letters saying things like "I'd donate, but only to Wikipedia, not
to Wikimedia", it spells out for us that it's possible we could attract more
people with the institution of Wikipedia than the institution of Wikimedia.
So wait, why was the choice made?
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Stephen Bain
stephen.bain(a)gmail.com