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The best comments off of the public donors list QUOTE Anonymous - The proof that people is better without been ruled QUOTE Anonymous- "Knowledge Brings Fear" <===Excuse me? Am I missing something here? QUOTE Anonymous -The Standard repository for all knowledge. Screw Douglas Adams QUOTE Michael Purvis - Please stop deleting articles! <===Why did you give them money then??? QUOTE Anonymous- 2012 is coming; free the info! Tue, 10/23/2007 - 02:11 USD 100 <===When Apocalypse theories and Free source software meet.... QUOTE Anonymous - Most people don't realise how entertaining Wikipedia is! Tue, 10/23/2007 - 00:12 AUD 20 17. <==Entertaining??? QUOTE Anonymous - JIMBO'S EYES ARE REALLY SCARY Mon, 10/22/2007 - 23:33 USD 10 QUOTE Anonymous - Heh heh heh, "autofellatio" Tue, 10/23/2007 - 11:19 NZD 10 7. This post has been edited by the fieryangel:
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QUOTE(GlassBeadGame @ Tue 23rd October 2007, 12:26pm) QUOTE(Poetlister @ Tue 23rd October 2007, 6:11am) In London, "2012 is coming" means the 2012 Olympics.
And the end of the world according to the Mayan calendar. Yeah, I think that's what they refering too...but you never can tell! More gems QUOTE Anonymous Information craves freedom. <==File this one under "unfounded platitudes".... QUOTE Anonymous Wikipedia is OUR encyclopedia, keep it free! <==Except if you're banned... QUOTE Anonymous let knowledge of the world bring happiness to every sentient being <==I guess that explains why so many admins are unhappy then?
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QUOTE(thekohser @ Tue 23rd October 2007, 1:23pm) QUOTE(the fieryangel @ Tue 23rd October 2007, 7:24am) The best comments off of the public donors list Make sure you click the "filter contributions" link, and lower the threshold from $5 to $1. The $1 donors are a lot funnier. Example: QUOTE Jimmy Wales is a consummate liar and scam artist. Stop donating to his Wikia project vicariously through the WMF. Oust Wales from the Board of Directors! That's worth a buck, don't you think? Greg Here's one that's worth 20 quid : QUOTE Anonymous Let the misinformation flow like wine into the mouths of people who never check references everywhere! I mean, with plenty of moderation, what are you, an alcoholic? Tue, 10/23/2007 - 13:28 GBP 20 40. Now, who could that be???
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More gems : QUOTE Anonymous To achieve a dream, you must wake up. Wikipedia is the worlds alarm clock to a better society. <===I'd say that WP is more like the World's snooze button, myself.... QUOTE Anonymous I like big butts and I cannot lie, you other brothers can't deny. QUOTE Anonymous Thanks for keeping the dream alive, Jimbo! Remember, admins, zoosexuality is harmful, and is antithetical to NPOV. And we have to get rid of the notability requirement—verifiablity=way more importan
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QUOTE Manny Mamakas To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it <====Indeed! QUOTE Emanuel Mamakas A love affair with knowledge will never end in heartbreak. -Michael Garrett Marino QUOTE Anonymous Wikipedia is reliable because of the standards of neutrality and verifiability; plus the implicit approval of every person who views an article and makes no changes to it. <===Would you like another delicious glass of Koolaid?? QUOTE Clemens van der Lelie heal the world <===Wikipedia + New Age = ??? QUOTE Anonymous BUNNIES GO RAWR QUOTE nicholas johnson John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. <====Yes, but what about Ayn Rand?? * edited by Nathan: typo This post has been edited by Nathan:
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QUOTE Anonymous: To all the mods who delete good articles: f... you! ($4.00) USD 4.00 This came off of the donation IRC channel, #wikimedia-donations. This is where the funds are keep on being tracked. At the time of this message, here are the unofficial stats: Total donations: 5,375 (5.4%) -- Total USD: $139,266 -- Avg/person $25.91 -- Past 5 hours: $3,046 -- Total Anonymous: 3,375 ($88,070) -- Projected total: $2,591,000
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QUOTE(zscout370 @ Sat 27th October 2007, 9:18pm) This came off of the donation IRC channel, #wikimedia-donations. This is where the funds are keep on being tracked. At the time of this message, here are the unofficial stats:
Total donations: 5,375 (5.4%) -- Total USD: $139,266 -- Avg/person $25.91 -- Past 5 hours: $3,046 -- Total Anonymous: 3,375 ($88,070) -- Projected total: $2,591,000
This is lining up with my initial suspicions. This campaign is not going to reach their goal. And, I believe they are fooling themselves that a campaign in 2007 is going to have the same legs as the one started in late 2006 -- before Essjay, before university bans, before Wikiscanner, before Andrew Keen, etc. Annual campaigns get tedious for those who've already donated before in the past. The fact that they've only gotten about 6,000 of the 100,000 donors yet tells me that they're way behind. Most of the eager-beaver donors will make their contribution on first sight of Jimbo's blinky eyes and wringy hands. They've already donated! That leaves everybody else, who isn't so eager, who is more suspicious, more tired of this "Wikipedia craze". Sure, they'll drum up some big-donor support in November, when they see they're going to miss projections by 50%. But it still isn't going to cover the budget. Which means the budget will have to be cut. And maybe some heads will roll. Greg
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QUOTE(thekohser @ Sat 27th October 2007, 9:24pm) QUOTE(zscout370 @ Sat 27th October 2007, 9:18pm) This came off of the donation IRC channel, #wikimedia-donations. This is where the funds are keep on being tracked. At the time of this message, here are the unofficial stats:
Total donations: 5,375 (5.4%) -- Total USD: $139,266 -- Avg/person $25.91 -- Past 5 hours: $3,046 -- Total Anonymous: 3,375 ($88,070) -- Projected total: $2,591,000
This is lining up with my initial suspicions. This campaign is not going to reach their goal. And, I believe they are fooling themselves that a campaign in 2007 is going to have the same legs as the one started in late 2006 -- before Essjay, before university bans, before Wikiscanner, before Andrew Keen, etc. Annual campaigns get tedious for those who've already donated before in the past. The fact that they've only gotten about 6,000 of the 100,000 donors yet tells me that they're way behind. Most of the eager-beaver donors will make their contribution on first sight of Jimbo's blinky eyes and wringy hands. They've already donated! That leaves everybody else, who isn't so eager, who is more suspicious, more tired of this "Wikipedia craze". Sure, they'll drum up some big-donor support in November, when they see they're going to miss projections by 50%. But it still isn't going to cover the budget. Which means the budget will have to be cut. And maybe some heads will roll. Greg Even on the site, there isn't a target goal of donors wanted, and from my chats with some of the Foundation folks, they didn't want a money tracker like last year. I wish I could break things down by currency, but those stats are being kept by few people. Our highest donation, to my knowledge, is about 1,500 USD from an anon. who gave his comment as a security hash.
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Keep in mind that, with this going on for about two months, tons of things can happen. I suspect that donations from my neck of the woods (it's on Brandt's site if you really wish find out), it is going to the fire relief effort. I am also seeing people in the US prepare for holiday shopping, so I don't huge donations to the extent of thousands. This is a constant problem I saw last year, not sure about 2005, since I did not pay attention to much of the Foundation matters then.
Anyways, the latest unofficial stats from the same IRC channel mentioned earlier:
Total donations: 6,379 (6.4%) -- Total USD: $166,247 -- Avg/person $26.06 -- Past 5 hours: $4,962 -- Total Anonymous: 3,959 ($103,268) -- Projected total: $2,606,000
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QUOTE(zscout370 @ Mon 29th October 2007, 10:28pm) Keep in mind that, with this going on for about two months, tons of things can happen. I suspect that donations from my neck of the woods (it's on Brandt's site if you really wish find out), it is going to the fire relief effort. I am also seeing people in the US prepare for holiday shopping, so I don't huge donations to the extent of thousands. This is a constant problem I saw last year, not sure about 2005, since I did not pay attention to much of the Foundation matters then.
Anyways, the latest unofficial stats from the same IRC channel mentioned earlier:
Total donations: 6,379 (6.4%) -- Total USD: $166,247 -- Avg/person $26.06 -- Past 5 hours: $4,962 -- Total Anonymous: 3,959 ($103,268) -- Projected total: $2,606,000
Interesting, I didn't even think about the wildfires impacting potential fund raising but I imagine it will to some degree.
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QUOTE(Derktar @ Mon 29th October 2007, 10:31pm) QUOTE(zscout370 @ Mon 29th October 2007, 10:28pm) Keep in mind that, with this going on for about two months, tons of things can happen. I suspect that donations from my neck of the woods (it's on Brandt's site if you really wish find out), it is going to the fire relief effort. I am also seeing people in the US prepare for holiday shopping, so I don't huge donations to the extent of thousands. This is a constant problem I saw last year, not sure about 2005, since I did not pay attention to much of the Foundation matters then.
Anyways, the latest unofficial stats from the same IRC channel mentioned earlier:
Total donations: 6,379 (6.4%) -- Total USD: $166,247 -- Avg/person $26.06 -- Past 5 hours: $4,962 -- Total Anonymous: 3,959 ($103,268) -- Projected total: $2,606,000
Interesting, I didn't even think about the wildfires impacting potential fund raising but I imagine it will to some degree. Probably the same effect with Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunamis in Asia; donations will be slow, but can still be large from non-affected areas. I also do recall that such events like that have been put in the sitenotice to where people should send money. With both of those cases, the English Wikipedia chose the Red Cross. I know the French Wikipedia did something similar for Darfur, but I am not sure what organization they asked funds to be sent to.
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QUOTE(zscout370 @ Tue 30th October 2007, 6:34am) Probably the same effect with Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunamis in Asia; donations will be slow, but can still be large from non-affected areas. I also do recall that such events like that have been put in the sitenotice to where people should send money. With both of those cases, the English Wikipedia chose the Red Cross. I know the French Wikipedia did something similar for Darfur, but I am not sure what organization they asked funds to be sent to.
Hi Zscout! glad that you're here! I'm really sorry about your problems, but maybe our moral support will make you feel better? Anyway, Jimbo claims that the rate of donations has never been better...He might be stretching things a bit there...but their budget has never been larger and their operating expenses are way up over 2006 level. So, even if everybody who gave in 2006 gives more, they are not going to meet their goal...and their budget will have to be cut. Maybe Floflo will have to pay for her own babysitter? I think that relief for fire victims, Darfur and the like are probably a bit more important than buying baudwidth so that the Cabal can have unlimited flamewars, in the greater scheme of things.... This post has been edited by the fieryangel:
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Yet more : QUOTE William Magowan * I wouldn't pay a corporation, but I will donate to Wiki <===Just ignore that man behind the Wikia curtain... QUOTE Jose M Guzmán Ibarra * The biggest event since Diderot <===Never mind that atomic bomb business.... QUOTE Anonymous * Genuflect before the mother brain! <===Somebody's been watching too much Star Trek... QUOTE things are tricky - help me wiki! QUOTE Thanks from my unborn child. <===He already has a credit card?? QUOTE I am a poor college student. I barely pay my tuition. But I am willing to give up a meal to make the world a better place. <===Oh, you're so kind. Here, have a glass of koolaid on us!... QUOTE Wikipedia is humanity's greatest achievement. QUOTE I am most likely to turn to Wiki for all of life's answers (Are these people serious??? Man, how sad....)
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QUOTE(zscout370 @ Tue 30th October 2007, 1:28am) Keep in mind that, with this going on for about two months, tons of things can happen. I suspect that donations from my neck of the woods (it's on Brandt's site if you really wish find out), it is going to the fire relief effort. I am also seeing people in the US prepare for holiday shopping, so I don't huge donations to the extent of thousands. This is a constant problem I saw last year, not sure about 2005, since I did not pay attention to much of the Foundation matters then.
Anyways, the latest unofficial stats from the same IRC channel mentioned earlier:
Total donations: 6,379 (6.4%) -- Total USD: $166,247 -- Avg/person $26.06 -- Past 5 hours: $4,962 -- Total Anonymous: 3,959 ($103,268) -- Projected total: $2,606,000
I want to thank zscout370 for these invaluable updates on the Foundation's efforts to reach $4.6 million for 2008's budget. It isn't going to happen. Let's do the numbers... They obtained 8,000 donors in the first week of a nine-week campaign. Average donation is $26. So, simply put, 8,000 donors x 9 weeks x $26 = $1.87 million. Nowhere near $4.6 million. It's even well short of the $2.6 million "projected" above. (Note, also, that the campaign has expressed that 100,000 donors is the goal, and the size of their "thermometer" matches that number. If we forecast the first-week tally through nine weeks, they're only going to hit 72,000 donors.) Furthermore, I'd like to add in the concept of attrition. People tire of fundraising campaigns -- both longitudinally from year to year, and fatigue sets in within the campaign over each subsequent week. The "eager beavers" have already made their donations. This leaves behind the apathetic masses, bored of being asked to donate to something they regard as their "own" free creation. Let's imagine that over week-to-week, we'll see a conservative 5% attrition rate. A 5% attrition rate will yield a grand total of $1.54 million. A 10% attrition rate will yield a total of only $1.27 million. How will the Foundation possibly make up the difference without completely slashing the budget? Oh, here's the answer! QUOTE If I send you a huge donation, do I get anything special? Yes. This year, people who donate between USD 10,000 and 24,999 will get a personal phone call from Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. (You will need to include your phone number with your donation.) People who donate USD 25,000 or more will be treated to dinner with Jimmy. Anyone want to venture a guess where that dinner might be held? Another way you can get a personal phone call from Jimmy Wales is to set up a website similar to Wikipedia Review.com, and use the word "Wikipedia" in your sales pitch. That worked for me, anyway. I got a call real quickly. Greg This post has been edited by thekohser:
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QUOTE(thekohser @ Tue 30th October 2007, 6:49pm) QUOTE(zscout370 @ Tue 30th October 2007, 1:28am) Keep in mind that, with this going on for about two months, tons of things can happen. I suspect that donations from my neck of the woods (it's on Brandt's site if you really wish find out), it is going to the fire relief effort. I am also seeing people in the US prepare for holiday shopping, so I don't huge donations to the extent of thousands. This is a constant problem I saw last year, not sure about 2005, since I did not pay attention to much of the Foundation matters then.
Anyways, the latest unofficial stats from the same IRC channel mentioned earlier:
Total donations: 6,379 (6.4%) -- Total USD: $166,247 -- Avg/person $26.06 -- Past 5 hours: $4,962 -- Total Anonymous: 3,959 ($103,268) -- Projected total: $2,606,000
I want to thank zscout370 for these invaluable updates on the Foundation's efforts to reach $4.6 million for 2008's budget. It isn't going to happen. Let's do the numbers... They obtained 8,000 donors in the first week of a nine-week campaign. Average donation is $26. So, simply put, 8,000 donors x 9 weeks x $26 = $1.87 million. Nowhere near $4.6 million. It's even well short of the $2.6 million "projected" above. (Note, also, that the campaign has expressed that 100,000 donors is the goal, and the size of their "thermometer" matches that number. If we forecast the first-week tally through nine weeks, they're only going to hit 72,000 donors. Furthermore, I'd like to add in the concept of attrition. People tire of fundraising campaigns -- both longitudinally from year to year, and fatigue sets in within the campaign over each subsequent week. The "eager beavers" have already made their donations. This leaves behind the apathetic masses, bored of being asked to donate to something they regard as their "own" free creation. Let's imagine that over week-to-week, we'll see a conservative 5% attrition rate. A 5% attrition rate will yield a grand total of $1.54 million. A 10% attrition rate will yield a total of only $1.27 million. How will the Foundation possibly make up the difference without completely slashing the budget? Oh, here's the answer! QUOTE If I send you a huge donation, do I get anything special? Yes. This year, people who donate between USD 10,000 and 24,999 will get a personal phone call from Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. (You will need to include your phone number with your donation.) People who donate USD 25,000 or more will be treated to dinner with Jimmy. Anyone want to venture a guess where that dinner might be held? Another way you can get a personal phone call from Jimmy Wales is to set up a website similar to Wikipedia Review.com, and use the word "Wikipedia" in your sales pitch. That worked for me, anyway. I got a call real quickly. Greg I'll bet that the telephone conversation would have been worth at least a USD 25,000 donataion....at least if you had taped it and sold it to the Enquirer or something.... Anyway, the numbers just don't add up. There ain't no well in Hell that they're going to come up with over four million bucks at this rate, even with "matching grants" which have yet to be announced. So, who gets fired first?
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