You say 'if only the Foundation matches my donation'... I don't want to sound daft, but from a financial viewpoint, I don't think it's a donation if you're getting something (a survey) in return. On 4 Jul 2014 00:18, "James Salsman" jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:

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[Calling] when you ask for a huge chunk of hardware [and] someone dares to ask what you plan to do with it, once you get it for free ... censorship is trolling

I was not complaining about the question, I was sincerely complaining about the answer. We need Foundation staff with the capability to recognize the value of contributors' work without stalling them or giving them the runaround. We need to be as respectful of our colleagues' time as we expect them to be of ours.

To prove my sincerity, I offer to pay the full cost of the 24 TB equipment and installation, reserving the right to pass the hat, if and only if the Foundation matches my donation by surveying contributors' opinions about new and existing strategic goals for improving participation and providing the headcount and resources to develop accuracy review:

http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Develop_systems_for_accuracy_rev...

Is that a fair deal?

Best regards, James Salsman

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