[Foundation-l] Fundraising update

[James Hare]

It'd be nice if we implemented something so that on each project, it would
check if the user is from the US or from a country where they have a branch
that can do tax deductability, and then put a link to tax deductability info
if they can get tax deducs.

On 12/17/06, Bence Damokos <bdamokos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
> I'm happy to put the tax deductibility link back (otherwise it follows the
> original), but I found it misleading to Hungarian users, as its not clear
> if
> the tax-deductability applies in Hungary (from the help page it seems only
> in the USA, and countries with a local chapter registered as a charity is
> the case, and otherwise its not deductable).
> Bence Damokos
>
> On 12/17/06, Aphaia <aphaia at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello
> > A comment came from a community:
> >
> >
> Talk:Translation_request/WMF/Fundraising_Sitenotice%28default%29/2006&rcid=484233
> > ----
> > Hungarian is at hu:MediaWiki:Sitenotice, the Tax-deductibility link is
> > taken out, as it doesn't apply in Hungary.--Dami 21:12, 17 December
> > 2006 (UTC)
> > ----
> >
> > Brad, we will apprecite your comment about such localization.
> >
> > On 12/18/06, Brad Patrick <bpatrick at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > > Hello:
> > >
> > > Well, after some bumps we have the fundraiser off and running!  There
> > > was a bug in currency conversion reporting when we got started, but
> > > everything has been tested and verified, and now the thermometer is
> > > exactly right.  The good news is that the currency issue caused the
> > > thermometer to *underreport* what was donated in the first day of the
> > > fundraiser.  Our donation history is available on
> > > http://fundraising.wikimedia.org.
> > >
> > > We also have our default site notice revised and in need of
> > > translation.  Please see
> > >
> >
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Translation_request/WMF/Fundraising_Sitenotice%28default%29/2006
> > .
> > > We will go live with the new and improved sitenotice after we get some
> > > translations put together.
> > >
> > > Stay tuned!
> > >
> > > -Brad
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