[Wikimedia-l] An idea that may improve Wikipedia's fundraising

[David Gerard]

On 6 August 2013 18:46, Matthew Walker <mwalker at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> In addition what use would giving a donor a DVD set serve? They clearly
> already have access to the site -- with the caveat that some countries have
> restricted use restrictions from the local government. If instead we are
> talking about donating them for the purposes of expanding our reach into
> countries where we presently have limited participation; it seems the
> current strategy is to convince local mobile carriers to support Wikimedia
> Zero.


While it isn't so applicable to funding, I will note that the
Wikipedia Selection for Schools DVD - which is actually edited and
reviewed - is much loved by teachers. So there are people who want
this stuff.


- d.