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I see that the newest WMF appeal is an attempt to appeal to wankers by illustrating the thoughts of a jagoff.

No mention of the fact that 53 cents of every donated dollar will go to things other than the Foundation's mission-fulfilling program services.
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Just thought I'd point out that (as of this morning), more than once every 3 minutes (on average) someone new is visiting the "Top 10 Reasons Not to Donate to Wikipedia" page.

They're coming from Germany, the Czech Republic, India, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Australia, the United States, and Pakistan -- and that's just a sample of the most recent 20 visitors.

They're searching Google for things like:
  • is it correct to donate money for wikipedia? (Google India, #5 result)
  • wikipedia donation statistics (Google, #2 result)
  • donating to wikipedia (Google UK, #7 result)
  • how much money did wikipedia received from donations (Google, #4 result)
  • how many people donate to wikipedia (Google Sweden, #1 result)
  • donations to wikipedia (Google Singapore, #2 result)

With this much traffic and search engine exposure, do we think it would be worth improving on the landing page? How so?

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thekohser   2011 appeals for money  
dogbiscuit   I see that the newest WMF appeal is an attempt to...  
thekohser   Fraudulent misrepresentation? In the UK, to make...  
EricBarbour   "Other" top 10 websites also generate t...  
melloden   Fraudulent misrepresentation? In the UK, to mak...  
mbz1   I see that the [url=https://wikimediafoundation.o...  
Looch   could you please tell me, where this data comes fr...  
powercorrupts   I'm not happy with them asking for £2/3/5/1...  
Peter Damian   Just thought I'd point out that (as of this m...  
thekohser   The "10 Reasons Not" page is now up to 5...  
thekohser   Just thought I'd point out that (as of this m...  
mbz1   [quote name='thekohser' post='288630' date='Wed 1...  
EricBarbour   I would tend to agree with Peter, that page is val...  
thekohser   I wonder if the Wikimedia Foundation ever consider...  
mbz1   Here's is an interesting thread from Meta  
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mbz1   [quote name='mbz1' post='288732' date='Thu 17th N...  
Alison   Then there's this, from The Oatmeal :blink: :...  
EricBarbour   Then there's this, from The Oatmeal :blink: :...  
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thekohser   Wow, what an excellent comment: Somebody's ...  
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mbz1   Does the WMF publish full accountings of its tr...  
Cla68   Does the WMF publish full accountings of its t...  
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Cla68   Does the WMF publish full accountings of its tra...  
mbz1   Today's banner states: Yesterday Jimbo begged...  
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