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

Ziko van Dijk zvandijk at googlemail.com
Fri Dec 10 21:31:22 UTC 2010


Absolutely worth re-reading this message from 2007 on brand unification:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-May/029991.html
(thanks Nemo)
Ziko


2010/12/10  <WJhonson at aol.com>:
> In a message dated 12/10/2010 6:52:05 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> zvandijk at googlemail.com writes:
>
>
>> 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". >>
>>
>
> 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
> activity.
>
> I would be very surprised if a non-profit were not using fund accounting as
> their accounting system.
>
> W
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