If he/she sends a few million dollars to the community in a way that is independent of WMF, and we organize ourselves to accept and use the funds wisely, I will be very grateful. :)
Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 6:46 PM, James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote: > Pine, why not ask your namesake? > https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7jj0oa/im_donating_5057_btc_to_ > charitable_causes/ > > On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 7:13 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On the subject of paid translation, I could imagine this being included > in > > the scope of work for a "Wiki Community Foundation" or "Wiki Content > > Foundation" that would do work that WMF doesn't do and/or shouldn't do. I > > have a number of activities in mind for this kind of organization. > > Unfortunately, I do not know how to fund it. I think that this > organization > > should get most of its funding from non-WMF sources, and WMF has such > > strong fundraising capabilities that I think that competing with WMF for > > funding from readers and grant-making organizations would be very > > difficult. If WMF would like to have conversations about how the > community > > could raise funds directly from readers and non-WMF foundations, I for > one > > would be very interested in having that conversation. > > > > Pine > > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
