Dear All, Besides asking for direct donations, there is another way that can potentially help Wikipedia's fundraising:
Instead of asking for money but offering nothing in return, Wikipedia can ask supporters to buy a monthly or annual issue of "Offline Wikipedia DVD". The DVD contains software and data that let the user browse Wikipedia offline, which can be good for times when Internet access is limited or unavailable (e.g. on travel). Of course the price will be higher than the actual DVD creation and shipping costs, so as to support Wikipedia's operation. This idea has some foundations in consumer psychology theories. For example, street artists don't just ask for money; they perform to give supporters something in return. Regards, Ziyuan Yao _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
