On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Mike Godwin <[email protected]> wrote: >> Gregory Kohs writes: >> >>> >>> For comparison, witness an organization cited by Charity Navigator as >>> "similar" to the WMF -- the Reason Foundation -- and see how their Expenses >>> are a much larger portion of revenue for them, and thus obtain a 3-star >>> rating: >>> http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=7481 >> >> >> My long-time friends at the Reason Foundation wish very much that they and >> their programs could have the same kind of impact in the world that the >> Wikimedia Foundation and its programs have. Compare, for example, the Alexa >> rankings of wikipedia.org and reason.com. > > Damn straight, Mike. People who contribute to the Wikimedia > Foundation don't care about what portion of their donations goes to > pay the salaries of you and Sue. They just care about number of web > hits per dollar. > > And just look at how great of an impact Wikipedia has on the world > compared to Reason Magazine. Wikipedia viewers arrive in droves to > read about top topics like The Beatles, Michael Jackson, and YouTube, > while Reason Magazine subscribers get stories on such useless topics > as The Defeat of Communism, Rising Prices in Post-Crisis America, and > Why Washington Shouldn't Run Detroit. You should tell your friends at > the Reason Foundation what they can do to make the same kind of impact > as Wikipedia on the world. They need to stop trying to spread their > esoteric beliefs and start catering to the whims of the mass public! > > Reason Magazine - delete, POV, original research.
Without primary and secondary sources, Wikipedia should be blank. We are not them - but we rely on them intimately. You have reached and exceeded the point of reducto ad absurdum. This is part of why you, too, are a less than optimally effective critic of Wikipedia. -- -george william herbert [email protected] _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
