Hi Liam, sharp eyes, but you vastly misoverestimated my mischievousness ;)
This entry refers to a real donation, indeed valued between $5k and $25k. You can see the name in last year's Annual Report as well (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Annual_Report/2010-2011/Contributors ). Donors get to choose how their donation should be attributed, and if it's not, say, a case of impersonation or something that would meet the oversight criteria on WP, there is no reason to second-guess them or enforce a [[WP:BADNAME]]-like policy ;) On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Liam Wyatt <liamwy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Congrats :-) Interesting format choice too. > > I see that "Tripling Elephants" has donated somewhere between $5,000 and > $25,00 dollars! Is this for real, or has Tillman been adding Easter Eggs to > the report? :-) > See: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiality_and_Other_Tripling_Elephants > > (I also see that "Wikimedia Foundation Staff" get mentioned in the $1,000 > to $5,000 category - that's dedication to the cause!) > > -Liam > > wittylama.com > Peace, love & metadata > > > On 19 December 2012 21:05, Jay Walsh <jwa...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Today we’re excited to launch the Wikimedia Foundation’s latest Annual >> Report >> (see today's blog post as well: >> >> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/12/19/wikimedia-foundations-2011-12-annual-report/ >> ) >> (on wiki here: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Annual_Report/2011-12 >> ) >> >> This year marks the fifth edition of our Annual Report, which focuses >> on the achievements and core work of the preceding fiscal year >> (2011-12), and gives us a chance to recognize the amazing >> contributions of our volunteers and the generous support of our >> donors. You can read both the PDF and wiki versions. We welcome your >> comments on the discussion page >> ( >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Annual_Report/2011-12 >> ). >> >> The Foundation uses the report primarily to support our conversation >> with donors, to help build relationships with prospective partners, to >> recruit new staff, and of course general outreach. >> >> This year’s report is quite different from our previous efforts. >> Instead of a multi-page book format, this year we created a folding, >> vertical brochure (when it’s printed). It’s considerably shorter in >> terms of text and we hope it will help make for a quicker and more >> impactful read. >> >> We’re currently in the midst of a translation effort that will result >> in another 12 language editions to be released in the coming weeks. If >> you have an account on Meta-Wiki and you’re interested in helping with >> the review of these translations and other community translation >> efforts, please sign up. We will be posting this new project for >> translation shortly. >> >> Many thanks to the photographers whose work we used in the report. I'd >> also like to thank David Peters from Exbrook, the design studio that >> has been working with us over the last 4 annual reports. David really >> helped us tackle the shift from the classic book format annual report >> to our new style. >> >> And big thanks to Tilman Bayer in the WMF Communications team for >> driving a complex process around developing translated versions of the >> report - we're pushing the envelope on approaches to automated >> translation, but it's a really important envelope for us :) And thanks >> also to Matthew from Communications for supporting us with a lot of >> the writing and editing. >> >> We’re looking forward to another amazing year in the Wikimedia movement! >> >> -- >> Jay Walsh >> Senior Director, Communications >> WikimediaFoundation.org >> blog.wikimedia.org >> +1 (415) 839 6885 x 6609, @jansonw >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Tilman Bayer Senior Operations Analyst (Movement Communications) Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
