Quite agree about the lack of benefits for most of the population. The Cape
Town stadium is now a large burden on the ratepayers as they built it in one
of the most inappropriate places for functionality. It is now a virtually
unused and unusable monument to corruption, greed and stupidity, but
Guys, I think you're reading more into it than it is. When you're adopting
an animal you don't get to decide what and how much it gets to eat.
Similarly adopting a wiki page wouldn't mean you pay for having a say on
the content. At the bottom end of the reward scale you could get a badge
you
It comes down to asking what the purpose of the Foundation and a project
like Wikipedia is. Is it to produce a free source of knowledge, or is to
promote volunteerism? If it's possible to build a better encyclopædia by
encouraging paid editing or allowing for-profit entities to sponsor a
As a fundraising tactic, I think this is a good idea, but it is hard
to define and put a price on it. I would guess you would charge more
to sponsor high-profile articles, the way a parks commission can
advertise donor names on park benches, where the more prominently
placed ones get a higher
On Mar 30, 2013 9:46 AM, Jane Darnell jane...@gmail.com wrote:
As a fundraising tactic, I think this is a good idea,
It is worth remembering that we don't actually have a problem with
fundraising. We can raise enormous amounts of money incredibly easily by
putting banners on the fifth most
Sue and I will be having office hours in a few hours to answer questions on her
decision and the Transition Team and the next steps.
(Europeans: please note that different implementations of daylight savings time
has made the current difference between PST and CET 8 hours rather than 9!)
Why would anyone want to sponsor a page?
What would they get out of it?
Cheers,
Peter
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What do they get when they donate? What do they get when they adopt
wildlife?
Still, some people are donating and/or are adopting wildlife.
Strainu
2013/3/30 Peter Southwood peter.southw...@telkomsa.net
Why would anyone want to sponsor a page?
What would they get out of it?
Cheers,
Peter
In today's Office Hour[1] I had some questions about the Promotional Use
of Website Assets section of the Foundation Policy and Political
Association Guideline[2] which I'm not sure were addressed in accordance
with what that guideline actually says. And it was made clear that
decisions about it
There's a little of that which goes on currently (I mean above-board,
not counting anything that may happen unofficially). The most common
case is that a cultural organization, such as a museum, provides funds
for a Wikipedian in residence who is brought in to do a mixture of
training other
On Mar 30, 2013 10:28 PM, Mark delir...@hackish.org wrote:
There's a little of that which goes on currently (I mean above-board, not
counting anything that may happen unofficially). The most common case is
that a cultural organization, such as a museum, provides funds for a
Wikipedian in
How would sponsorship money for a page be spent to make the sponsorship
meaningful?
Cheers,
Peter
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Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:51 PM
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On 30 March 2013 20:57, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote:
In today's Office Hour[1] I had some questions about the Promotional Use
of Website Assets section of the Foundation Policy and Political
Association Guideline[2] which I'm not sure were addressed in accordance
with what that
I too would say (A) no, (B) no, (C) no and never.
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For Wikipedians in Residence, it varies I believe. I've seen some WiRs edit
articles directly, whereas others, including WMUK's WiRs, don't edit
articles about their institution at all, instead focussing on training,
digitisation,
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