[Foundation-l] Jimmy Wales donation appeal

Robert Rohde rarohde at gmail.com
Tue Dec 23 02:07:01 UTC 2008


Looks like the new appeal is working well.

We seem to be on pace to have the best single day of this fund drive.

-Robert Rohde

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Delirium <delirium at hackish.org> wrote:
> I assume most of you at least occasionally read one of the Wikimedia
> websites so probably saw this in a sitenotice, but I thought it was a
> very well done appeal, concisely highlighting exactly what we do, why
> it's different than what most people do, and why we're worth donating
> to, so worth pointing out:
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Letter/en
>
> Worriers about the perennial suggestions to put advertising somewhere on
> the site(s) might also like what appears to be the closest to a no-ads
> pledge I've seen so far: "Like a national park or a school, we don't
> believe advertising should have a place in Wikipedia".
>
> -Mark
>
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