[Wikimedia-l] First Wikimedia-related contributor Kickstarter?

[K. Peachey]

On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anyone know if this is the first Wikimedia-related Kickstarter campaign, or
> has it happened before? What do people think about someone raising ~$13k to
> contribute photos to Commons? How does that fit in the debate about paid
> editing? To me it has a very different feel than, say, Wiki-PR. But...
>

Depending on how that $13K is spent (eg: on better photography equipment)
WMAU does something similar for grants, have a look at
http://www.wikimedia.org.au//wiki/Proposal:Camera_equipment_program