[Foundation-l] Wiki[p/m]edia

[Mono mium]

See, we need to increase the visibility and role of the foundation.

Instead of calling it a "Wikipedia account", call it a Wikimedia ID

Promotion is key
mono

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Birgitte SB <birgitte_sb at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: "WJhonson at aol.com" <WJhonson at aol.com>
> > To: foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> > Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 10:35:07 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki[p/m]edia
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> > In a message dated 12/10/2010 6:52:05 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> > zvandijk at googlemail.com writes:
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> > > It is difficult to say how many people refuse to donate  to Wikimedia
> > > because they want to donate to Wikipedia. People should  know that you
> > > can't donate to a website itself but only to the  institution behind
> > > it. You also can't sue "Ebay the website", only "Ebay  the company". >>
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> > However like all fund-accounting, you can  donate to a fund set-aside
> > exclusively for items related to WikiPedia, and  not for any other
> WikiMedia
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> > I would be very surprised if a  non-profit were not using fund accounting
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> > their accounting  system.
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