[Foundation-l] Fundraising update

[Bence Damokos]

I think having the current status display display in local currency at least
for currencies, in which you can donate might boost the donations coming
from that local wiki (eg. Euros in de,it,fr, wiki, CZK in cswiki, HUF in
huwiki...)

Bence

On 12/17/06, James Hare <messedrocker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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