I support to list many currencies in general, but not buy this exact phrase. $20 is now equivarent 1600. Why do you recommend US donors $20 and Japanese donors more than the double? That has been criticized "US greed for Asians" in some Japanese net commuity ...
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 2:23 AM, Philippe Beaudette <[email protected]> wrote: > It's actually meant to suggest that we accept many currencies. > However, we strongly encourage translators to replace that with an > appropriate amount for the locales they're dealing with. Just be sure to > let us know that you did it. :) > pb > > _______________________ > Philippe Beaudette > Head of Reader Relations > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > ofc: +1 415 839 6885 x6643 > mobile: +1 918 200 WIKI (9454) > > [email protected] > > Imagine a world in which every human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > http://donate.wikimedia.org > > > On Dec 10, 2010, at 4:14 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > > I'm sorry if this has been already discussed but I don't remember. > The appeals now read "a donation of $20, EURO 30, \4,000, or whatever they > can to keep Wikipedia free" (e.g. > http://meta.wikimedia.org/?diff=2234129&oldid=2234128 ). > Is this a way to encourage translators to localize currencies, or we > really want to stress that we accept donations in many currencies, or is > this meant only for the English text? Do we have stats on the effects of > different currency proposals? > > Nemo > > _______________________________________________ > Translators-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Translators-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l > > -- KIZU Naoko / 木津尚子 member of Wikimedians in Kansai / 関西ウィキメディアユーザ会 http://kansai.wikimedia.jp _______________________________________________ Translators-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l
