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 A Personal appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, More damned lies from a desperate man? |
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| SB_Johnny |
 Thu 2nd December 2010, 11:28pm
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QUOTE(thekohser @ Thu 2nd December 2010, 5:14pm)  QUOTE(thekohser @ Thu 2nd December 2010, 9:58am) QUOTE(Tarc @ Thu 2nd December 2010, 9:29am) Speaking of personal appeals, who the hell is this "Kartika" that is on the latest banner? There is a User:Kartika (T-H-L-K-D) that was just deleted, presumably an imposter took the unused username. If so, why is there no connection made to the girl and the actual account she loves to edit with? Certainly such a fan should love the ensuing adulation. That would be stalking and harassment, according to the Wikipediot Law. I rest my case -- 230 stalkers are snooping on her now. Does that only happen to the female personal appealers? I can't imagine the foundation people didn't realize the inevitability of that. I wonder if the young ladies were warned. |
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There is now a Google Chrome extension that: "Adds a nice Wikipedia donation banner to every single web page." https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail...kiimioljbloddplComments: rubyruy17 hours ago The most innovative addition to web technologies since HTML4 anonymous18 hours ago brilliant Winter18 hours ago I got my Jimmy Wales web page ad extension. Woot! MrBillyWhite1 day ago This is brilliant. On websites where it looks a little out of place, though, it'd be nice to have a little button to close the "ad". anonymous1 day ago This is the best thing since sliced toast AIand01 day ago DàI! Epic @white_eagle: As Web 3.0 as it gets! anonymous1 day ago cancer. anonymous1 day ago lol. rated 5 cuz i'm p sure this is a joke. love wiki but i'm sick of seeing jimmy wales' face everywhere. |
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| thekohser |
Tue 7th December 2010, 6:41pm
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QUOTE(thekohser @ Mon 6th December 2010, 4:30pm) I don't want to speak too soon, but this year's fundraiser (recall in past years, the "Jimmy Wales appeal" is reserved for the home stretch) could be the textbook case of " blowing one's load" too early. Yesterday (Day 26 of the campaign) was the lowest revenue yet, less than half of the previous day's intake. With about 40% of the campaign calendar gone, and only about 41% of the target level met ($16 million in "small" contributions), and the big punch of Jimbo's appeal already shot, it looks very likely (unless the WMF and Beaudette have a secret weapon up their sleeve -- Silvia Saint?) that the fundraising campaign is going to come up very, very short. Perhaps $6 million short. |
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Tue 7th December 2010, 7:59pm
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QUOTE(thekohser @ Tue 7th December 2010, 1:41pm) QUOTE(thekohser @ Mon 6th December 2010, 4:30pm) I don't want to speak too soon, but this year's fundraiser (recall in past years, the "Jimmy Wales appeal" is reserved for the home stretch) could be the textbook case of " blowing one's load" too early. Yesterday (Day 26 of the campaign) was the lowest revenue yet, less than half of the previous day's intake. With about 40% of the campaign calendar gone, and only about 41% of the target level met ($16 million in "small" contributions), and the big punch of Jimbo's appeal already shot, it looks very likely (unless the WMF and Beaudette have a secret weapon up their sleeve -- Silvia Saint?) that the fundraising campaign is going to come up very, very short. Perhaps $6 million short. The question is: will that be interpreted to mean that Jimmy is their only hope (Jimbo-juice glass half full), or that Jimmy's appeal only goes so far and might actually repel others (Jimbo-juice glass half empty)? QUOTE(thekohser @ Sat 4th December 2010, 2:41am)
Dad and baby is none other than Sage Ross, Wikimedia Foundation staff member.
Does he look awfully young, or am I just getting awfully old? |
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It's like the beginning of the apalling Independence Day - fondent-box multinational harmony. Or one of the seriously ill-judged Microsoft "I'm a PC" ads we get in the UK. Funny how the baby was looking at a book - if it was a laptop screen (and hense WIkipedia) kiddy porn would instantly come to mind.
