[Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion

[Victor Grigas]

If users are confused, feel free to share this video with them: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knv6D6Thi0&sns=em 

I designed it to explain a lot of how Wikipedia works (donations and all) in a short amount if time, and assuage anxieties about getting involved as an editor.

Victor

Ps Andy, you are in it :)

On Nov 28, 2012, at 7:46 AM, Katie Chan <ktc at ktchan.info> wrote:

> On 28/11/2012 15:38, cyrano wrote:
>> 
>> Which is completely normal. An image of volunteers building a great
>> project for a great cause was constantly set up in every single
>> communication, during years. So that's what uninformed people would
>> believe.
>> But, from the moment someone asks for money, it contradicts the image of
>> a project run by the sheer efforts of volunteers. " This money will end
>> in the pocket of persons, ", they think, " who are thus not doing it
>> because it's a great cause but because they're paid".
> 
> Being run by volunteers != no money is needed. It's pretty normal for a charity/non-profit to ask for donation to carry out its activities. I'll be very surprised if the majority of Wikipedia users don't already have experience of that.
> 
> KTC
> 
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>    - Heinrich Heine
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