Just yesterday a donor (who is also a colleague) was very happy to learn that her donation was used to cover expenses for people she knew (in that case: me). I believe the people behind the project is something we should put forward more.
On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 2:34 AM Damon Sicore <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Nov 27, 2019, at 4:08 PM, Joseph Seddon <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > --- What’s your favorite thing about Wikipedia that you wish our readers > > and donors knew? --- > > That Jimmy Wales and WMF sold the rights to the Wikipedia trademark to > Apple for $40k back in the early 2000s, and that Apple has the right to use > it forever and the agreement cannot be cancelled without legal cause. > > This is why Wikipedia is embedded in every iOS search result. > > That Apple and Google make billions and billions of dollars off of > Wikipedia content annually and that WMF refuses to charge them for their > exclusive use and access. > > Which means that the $70mil or so in donations from Wikipedia users is > really a scam because WMF lacks the courage to stand up to those > corporations and charge them $1billion each per year to guarantee > Wikipedia’s success. > > > > > We'll use the responses to generate new test ideas > > > > Post your answers on list or directly to me :) Thanks in advance > > > > -- > > Seddon > > > > *Community and Audience Engagement Associate* > > *Advancement (Fundraising), Wikimedia Foundation* > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?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: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?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: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
