Gerard,<div><br></div><div>IMHO, someone feeling the need to see the WIkipedia main page or read content everyday and feels something is amiss if they don&#39;t, also has a sense of ownership. To have a sense of ownership one doesn&#39;t necessary need to contribute content or contribute financially.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have met many people who have a warm fuzzy feeling for Wikipedia, read content every day in their tea break, who have never considered contributing content or money. They are quite happy with their daily experience of reading.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Surely contribution of content or money is a demonstration of ownership but probably not the only ones.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Arun</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Gerard Meijssen <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:gerard.meijssen@gmail.com">gerard.meijssen@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hoi,<br>If the Dutch example is something to go by, being able to pay through electronic banking made a big difference in the Netherlands..<br>
<br>However, do you agree with me that being able to contribute to Wikipedia (financially or as an editor) is what it takes to give a sense of ownership?<br>

Thanks,<br>      GerardM<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 March 2011 04:06, Arun Ramarathnam <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:arunram25@gmail.com" target="_blank">arunram25@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">

<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Ravi,</div><div><br></div><div>I concur. That has been my view as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Enabling payments through net banking will really see a lot more contributions. If the contribution level is where it is with just credit cards, things will only get better next year.</div>


<div><br></div><div>We should explore ways of enabling net banking transfers for next years fund raiser.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Arun</div><div><div></div><div><div><br><br></div><div><br>On 19-Mar-2011, at 6:02 PM, Ravishankar &lt;<a href="mailto:ravidreams@gmail.com" target="_blank">ravidreams@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>


<br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>If the Indian chapter / Foundation will allow donations by Net banking, may be more people can donate. </div><div><br></div><div>Not all have credit card / Paypal. </div>


<div><br></div><div>Ravi</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On 19 March 2011 04:34, CherianTinu Abraham <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:tinucherian@gmail.com" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:tinucherian@gmail.com" target="_blank">tinucherian@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>





</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><b>The Hindu : &quot;India is No.6 in donating to Wikipedia&quot;</b><div>





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