Wikipedia is great & the webapp that it runs on is fantastic. I would like to donate money to the developers (see my URL). I know that I can support Wikimedia Foundation [wikimediafoundation.org], but was wondering if anyone knew how much of my donation would actually go to development.
Open Sources [amazon.com] was a fantastic book, which is available for free from O'Reilly [oreilly.com]. I enjoyed it & bought a copy even after I read it on my PDA. I eagerly anticipate the second. Does anyone know when it will come out and if it will also be av
Within the Wikimedia Foundation there is a movement of allowing the person to give money to selected targets. This could be hardware, it could be development and it could be something even more specific. For more details see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Donations:Putting_y our_money_where_your_mouth_is
a proposal to make the donator decide what he want his money to be spend on. Obviously, we welcome any money:)
the issue for charities that do that is that whilst it may attract slightly more donations it can also mean that the money isn't availible for what its needed for.
At this moment in time we have no real problem getting money. It is not a ruse to have people pay more into our account. It is as much about emancipating the people that give a small amount of money. People that give much can an do indicate what money is to be spend on.
In this policy, the board decides what the money can be earmarked for so it will go to things where the money is wanted.
Thanks,
GerardM
Donations for MediaWiki; Open Sources (Score:2)
Open Sources [amazon.com] was a fantastic book, which is available for free from O'Reilly [oreilly.com]. I enjoyed it & bought a copy even after I read it on my PDA. I eagerly anticipate the second. Does anyone know when it will come out and if it will also be av
Re:Donations for MediaWiki; Open Sources (Score:2)
a proposal to make the donator decide what he want his money to be spend on. Obviously, we welcome any money
Thanks,
GerardM
Re:Donations for MediaWiki; Open Sources (Score:1)
Re:Donations for MediaWiki; Open Sources (Score:2)
In this policy, the board decides what the money can be earmarked for so it will go to things where the money is wanted.
Thanks,
GerardM