[Wikimedia-l] xkcd collecting donations for WMF?

[Michael Snow]

On 4/1/2013 12:22 PM, Manuel Schneider wrote:
> Did you see this April's Fool Day comic on xkcd, with an interactivly
> growing dog: "The dog gains a pound for every $10 donated to the
> Wikimedia Foundation via this link."
>
> http://xkcd.org/
>
> Is this real? How can it tell how much has been donated to WMF through
> this comic? I see that there is a special campaign reference in the
> donation link but how can it fetch the amount?
>
> Has there been any cooperation / negotiation between Randall Munroe and
> the WMF beforehand?
>
> /Manuel
It's real, and there was some technical cooperation to facilitate xkcd 
being able to pull the amount donated.In April Fool's terms, this is a 
joke, not a prank (consistent with how we generally handle those 
activities on Wikipedia as well, I believe).

--Michael Snow