[Foundation-l] fundraiser suggestion

[Mono mium]

Perhaps you should work on establishing the Wikimedia brand...

On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> 2011/1/1 Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com>:
> > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> But to suggest that the choice of such
> >> shorthand is tantamount to "lying to and misleading our donors" is,
> >> indeed, irresponsible hyperbole. It's clear that the choice was, in
> >> fact, made to _reduce_ potential confusion of donors about who/what
> >> they're being asked to support.
> >
> > Hang on:
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Philippe Beaudette
> > <pbeaudette at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> When we get letters saying things like "I'd donate, but only to
> Wikipedia, not to Wikimedia", it spells out for us that it's possible we
> could attract more people with the institution of Wikipedia than the
> institution of Wikimedia.
>
> See the immediately previous sentence in Philippe's email: "Yes, it'll
> come as a shock to all of you <tongue-in-cheek> but there are people
> who don't know that Wikimedia is anything more than a mis-spelling of
> Wikipedia. </tongue-in-cheek>." He's talking about the exact same
> issue.
>
> --
> Erik Möller
> Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation
>
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