2011/1/1 Stephen Bain <[email protected]>: > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> But to suggest that the choice of such >> shorthand is tantamount to "lying to and misleading our donors" is, >> indeed, irresponsible hyperbole. It's clear that the choice was, in >> fact, made to _reduce_ potential confusion of donors about who/what >> they're being asked to support. > > Hang on: > > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Philippe Beaudette > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> When we get letters saying things like "I'd donate, but only to Wikipedia, >> not to Wikimedia", it spells out for us that it's possible we could attract >> more people with the institution of Wikipedia than the institution of >> Wikimedia.
See the immediately previous sentence in Philippe's email: "Yes, it'll come as a shock to all of you <tongue-in-cheek> but there are people who don't know that Wikimedia is anything more than a mis-spelling of Wikipedia. </tongue-in-cheek>." He's talking about the exact same issue. -- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
