I do hope that WMF is a charity organization.
The last time I crossed the US-border in behalf of the Foundation I met a border officer who indeed never heard anything of WikiMedia Foundation or Wikipedia at all. And I had to explain her lengthy what the foundation is. One of her question is:"How much money do you earn for on the board of the Foundation?" And I answered:"Nothing, because we are a charitative organization." I do hope that I didn't lied to her. Otherwise I would have to fear to cross that border again.
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Thomas Dalton 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.
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