Re: [Wikimedia-l] more reasons to extend the Fundraiser

2017-01-02 Thread Rogol Domedonfors
Considering that the income of the Foundation is attributable to the voluntary work of the Community, perhaps some of the potential $2.5M projects could return some of the benefit more tangibly. Let me suggest 1. Fully-paid bursaies to Wikimania 2017 for one person from each of the 250 largest

Re: [Wikimedia-l] more reasons to extend the Fundraiser

2016-12-22 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, How about a study on the adverse effects on the systemic bias given to English Wikipedia? It gets less than 50% of our traffic more than 50% of the funds are raised from English Wikipedia and it gets way more attention than what could be expected because of said traffic. For projects like

[Wikimedia-l] more reasons to extend the Fundraiser

2016-12-22 Thread James Salsman
I was very glad that the Foundation decided to extend the fundraiser. I think adding projects outside of the lengthy, formulaic, overly-committee laden, but necessary in part FDC funding process and getting a head start on the endowment is essential for retaining the soul of the Foundation's