Foundation wiki feedback/Archive/2013

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Ľļtitiofiovjfjkfofnk This is a suggestion for (adding) a hyper-link to the web page Terms of Use -- that is, I mean http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use .

I noticed that, in section "7", there ("Licensing_of_Content") [1], in sub-section "g", "Re-use:", the first sentence mentions "content contributed under "fair use" or similar exemptions under copyright law.". That part contains the quoted phrase "fair use".

My suggestion is that the quoted phrase "fair use" there, should be (or 'have') a w:hyper-link to the English Wikipedia article Fair use -- that is, to the web page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use .

I almost started to "edit" the page myself (by force of habit!) before I realized that it does not work like a typical Wikipedia article page -- (hence this [feedback] "comment").

-- w:User:Mike_Schwartz (talk)

...also known as

Mike Schwartz (talk) 00:30, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

I would do this, but the lawyers are particular. I've alerted the lawyers and they will change it if they see fit.  ℳono  17:14, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Jobvite typo

The jobs page has a typo (VIsual Designer instead of Visual Designer). It is at this URL: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings

70.187.35.43 00:13, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Fixed. Thank you! Rjd0060 (talk) 02:27, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

DMCA Planet.eco

wmf:Category:DMCA 2013 should be created with the following content. For copyright attribution purposes, the text (updated) originates at wmf:Category:DMCA 2012. – Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 12:55, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

This category is the home of takedown demands under the [[w:Digital Millennium Copyright Act|Digital Millennium Copyright Act]] that were received by the Wikimedia Foundation in calendar year 2013. If your contribution was the subject of a takedown demand under the DMCA and you believe that your contribution did not violate copyright law, you may wish to file a counter-notification. More information on filing a counter-notification can be found [[m:Office_actions#DMCA_compliance|here]]. [[Category:DMCA]]

Done by Mdennis. Rjd0060 (talk) 13:21, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Our projects

Consider adding Wikivoyage to wmf:Our projects. Helder 16:37, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Done[2][3][4]. Thank you for your suggestion! AGK [•] 00:37, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

What about Wikidata? πr² (t • c) 05:06, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Done by Vogone. Thanks for the reminder! AGK [•] 09:47, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Terms of use/cs updated and ready

Could somebody please publish the updated (a missing word added) Terms of use/cs to foundation:Terms of use/cs? (And, possibly, check the wikisyntax, as the current version has broken formatting of the list in section 7. Licencování obsahu.) (I am not sure if there is an automated process working somewhere, or I need to make a request somewhere.) Thanks. --Mormegil (cs) 22:30, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

It's updated. Thank you. I would love it if we had some system that would notify somebody (even me!) when translations are updated, but unfortunately I don't think we have that function yet. :/ Making a request here is probably your best call at this point. :) --Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk) 15:15, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Watchlist and enable email on watchlist in prefs? Hello71 (talk) 21:52, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

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I wonder if disallowing Commercial use for images; eg: CC-BY-NC-SA would encourage more professional photographers to put up their work, especially hi-res images. I'm a contributor and I'll continue to be here, but I'd feel a lot better if Wikimedia encouraged those making commercial use, to share their earnings with the original artists. It makes free art sustainable for folks like me and generally creates an environment of goodwill amongst artists and commercial publishers.

Sumeetmoghe (talk) 06:53, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi Sumeetmoghe, I used to think the same thing -- in fact, I wrote a blog post about it a while back that sparked some really interesting discussion. (The comments from Greg Maxwell and Peter Tillman are particularly illuminating.)

The biggest problem with the "NC" provision, in my view, is that it defeats the main value of a general license: establishing clear intent. There are so many ways the word "commercial" can be interpreted that, in practice, a would-be reuser of an "NC"-tagged photo often has to check with the photographer to determine whether or not the use is considered commercial…in which case, why even bother with a general license to begin with? One of the main purposes of using these licenses is to reduce the kind of friction that can bog down a collaborative project.

That part is just my opinion, I suppose. You can see the WMF's board-approved policy here: foundation:Resolution:Licensing policy You also might be interested in this reflection on the "NC" provision: freedomdefined.org/NC Hope this helps! -Pete F (talk) 20:41, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Terms of Use/es

Hello. In Wikimedia Foundation: Términos y condiciones de uso & View source for Terms of Use/es here and here the Creative Commons licenses says: «Licencia Creative Commons Attribution-Compartir Igual 3.0 Sin Portar». It should be: «Licencia Creative Commons Atribución-CompartirIgual 3.0 Unported». Check it in: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/?lang=es. Thanks. --Gusama Romero (talk) 09:04, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. It's been corrected. :) --Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk) 15:32, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much, but don't forget translates: Attribution to Atribución. --Gusama Romero (talk) 21:53, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Hecho. Muchas gracias. Un saludo, -- MarcoAurelio (talk) 22:37, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Our projects

Consider adding Wikidata to wmf:Our projects. πr² (t • c) 19:19, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

I tried posting in the identically titled section above, but my comment was ignored. πr² (t • c) 19:19, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Done [5] [6] Thanks for your suggestion. Vogone (talk) 20:03, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Danke! πr² (t • c) 20:20, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org

Consider adding WikiData and WikiVoyage to your homepage in a new row in the section "Projects of the Wikimedia Foundation." Macadamia1472 (talk) 08:56, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

I have added both projects to a new template. The translation request is open. Regards, Vogone (talk) 11:37, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi Vogone, I've been managing translations this year for a number of different pages on Meta and we've opted to no longer use that old system and instead use the Translate extension. I've not been able to get around to re-doing translations for Foundation wiki, but would you like to help out in organising these translations using that interface instead of the older one? Thehelpfulone 19:37, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

+1 on THO's suggestion. --Nemo 21:28, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Correct link: Translate extension. AGK [•] 09:40, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Home

I just got Email from Wikipedia <donate@wikimedia.org> to my PayPal Email! I don't like that at all. I B<DO NOT> want wiki poking around my personal Email addresses, etc. Just because I used PayPal to donate B<DOES NOT> mean that I have given permission for wiki to I<scrape> or I<save> the B<PayPal Login ID> that I used. If this ever happens again, that's the end to my donations.

76.220.215.56 19:10, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi there, I apologize if this upset you in any way. When making a donation, we generally ask for name, address, and email, depending on your chosen payment method. We use this information to send a tax receipt/donation confirmation as well as update you on any fundraising-related activities. Generally we send 2-3 emails per calendar year. As stated in our donor privacy policy, we don't rent, sell, trade, or share this information. We also offer an opt-out option at the bottom of all email messages, and I'd invite you to take advantage of this. If you have any other fundraising questions, the team can be reached at donate@wikimedia.org. Thank you again for your continuing support! Best, Jvandavier (talk) 23:58, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

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Accept Bitcoin donations. It is easy.

Many will donate, including me.

72.235.248.53 01:49, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi. Have you read wmf:Answers archive/November 2011#Finance: Why does the Wikimedia Foundation not currently accept Bitcoin?? Perhaps this question/answer is worth an entry in the FAQ page. --MZMcBride (talk) 01:25, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Talk:FAQ/en

I can't add changes to the FAQ on donations, how come ?

Anyway, if someone reads, I don't see any info regarding detailed expenses and where the offices of wikipedia are held. 40+ million dollars on the whole of wikipedia with 20% spent on 140 employees sounds like a lot of money being spent on them. Seriously now, what's up with that ? I also have not seen anything related to remote work. Most wikipedia "jobs" could be remote jobs like UI Designer, software engineers, community advocate. Or does wikipedia not know how to hire the best people for the lowest costs ?

188.25.63.127 23:59, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

But if you think of that, 20% of $40 million = $8 million. That divided by 140 employees averages to about $57k - I would consider that reasonable. I know nothing about remote work's extent but I know that at least some system administrators do so.--Jasper Deng (talk) 02:49, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments. The Wikimedia Foundation website at wikimediafoundation.org is locked to public editing because of security concerns. You can suggest specific changes on this page. The Wikimedia Foundation offices are located in San Francisco, California, United States (more location info is here). The Foundation does hire contractors and remote employees, although for the purpose of collaboration, it is simplest to maintain a workforce in one central location. In the United States, San Francisco is a popular location for technology-related industry and the Wikimedia Foundation pays its employees competitive wages. You may be interested in reading this rather extensive community discussion on that subject.  ℳono  02:51, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

WMF BoT pages

User:Mhalprin is out of date. It should indicate that he is no longer a board member per wmf:Former Board of Trustees members.

Could we add a link at the beginning of wmf:Board of Trustees#Bishakha Datta to en:Bishakha Datta or User:Bishdatta or wmf:User:Bishdatta, as all other entries start with a link to either a user or wikipedia page.

Also could we add the username of Arne Klempert to wmf:Former_Board_of_Trustees_members#Arne_Klempert for the sake of consistency and transparency (and perhaps not link to his personal portal website as the first link). --John Vandenberg (talk) 01:16, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Unblocked/restored your account. :-) Please create a user page when you get a chance. --MZMcBride (talk) 01:19, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

That's one way to do it. All done, and more. Thank you. John Vandenberg (talk) 02:03, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

wmf:Ways to Give/en "Legacy gift" link

There is an error over at foundation:Ways_to_Give/en. The "Legacy gift" link at the top of the page does not work, due to a capitalisation error. I don't have an account here, or else I would've fixed it myself. This is my usual WMF account, so would it be worth requesting an account there? Thanks.

JamesA (talk) 08:18, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes, please request an account at WMFACCOUNT. --MZMcBride (talk) 08:21, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Well, now fixed. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:35, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Rory

Hey there; the link to en:List of Tiger mascots no longer exists, and should probably be fixed. 144.124.122.179

Quite right. Thanks for pointing this out. Fixed.

If you'd like an account over there, please request one at WMFACCOUNT. --MZMcBride (talk) 03:57, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Template:Contribute

Hi my name is Dwan BearCub from Fort Belknap Montana The article that was submitted about The Assiniboine Chief Crazy Bear Is my Seventh Generation Grand Father. I have the Family Tree His Grand Children As Fallows Blackbull, Ironcradle, Small Earth And Turtle Door. I Was the Enrollment Director The our Tribe. My Email Address is mariebearcub@yahoo.com

76.75.5.64 23:55, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I think you're posting in the wrong place. --MZMcBride (talk) 06:05, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Tax Deductibility/es

Hi, the spanish translation of the donation tax deductibility wiki page has several errors. I'd like to contribute (I'm from Argentina) but that page is not editable. How could I contribute?

Hi. If you have an specific corrections that should be made to the page you mention, feel free to leave them here and somebody should take a look. Rjd0060 (talk) 15:39, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org

I would like to get a 'Wikipedia Donation Badge' to put on my webpages, so other poeple will donate by contagiousness, thanks! 87.67.31.224 17:35, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

That's an excellent idea. However, I don't think we have any web-badge code at this time. Could you link to one of Wikipedia's social network profiles instead? AGK [•] 22:47, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org

I just want to comment that after responding to the call for a donation (thanks for not using advertizing!) I was directed away from my search result. I'd rather ended up back where I had left..

212.64.50.86 16:06, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry to hear that our website seems to have malfunctioned. However, I don't think anybody else has reported this same error, so could you explain what you did before you were msidirected? Thanks! AGK [•] 22:44, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Template:Contribute

I would be more than happy to contribute financially - it's only that wikipedia has adopted an ideological stand about the use of useful neologisms such as "consumocracy" - and destroyed a whole page on this fascinating issue!

24.53.45.81 16:11, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your interest in Wikipedia, and for being willing to donate. However, Wikipedia is a "wiki", which means that everyone can edit pages—including you. You don't need to apply or get special permission to join us. At the top of each page is an "edit" label. Try it for example at <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sandbox>, a practice area where you can make changes. You don't even need to log in to edit, although creating an account gives you more options and helps you keep track of your contributions. You can create an account at <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UserLogin/signup>. There is no central editorial board that decides the content of articles (including the article concerning "consumocracy"); all edits are made by individual members of the Wikipedia community. Wikipedia is a work in progress, and some of our pages will occasionally fall below the standard our readers have come to expect; for this, we can only apologise and invite you to fix the article yourself! Best wishes, AGK [•] 22:41, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Special:UserLogin/signup

Jack Would (talk) 09:51, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi there. I'm afraid I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to do. If you are trying to log into the Wikimedia Foundation website at [7], you will be unable to do so because that website is not open to public editing. If you are trying to log in to your account on Wikipedia or one of the other Wikimedia Foundation projects, please select the project you wish to create an account on from this list, open the project website, and click the "log in / sign up" link on that website. Hope this helps! AGK [•] 22:36, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Trademark policy

The trademark policy describes the font as "Hoefler Text". This is no longer correct. The font is now Linux Libertine.

Pokajanje (talk) 22:18, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi there, and thanks for your comment. However, we are unable to update that page because it contains a Board policy that can only be changed if the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees votes to do so. The correction should be made when (or if) the Board updates or replaces their policy. If it's any consolation, the error is a very small one that should not affect our users too much; and if I may say so, you did very well to spot the error at all! Thanks again, AGK [•] 22:34, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

I've passed this on to one of the lawyers at the WMF to figure out whether/how to update that resolution. Philippe (WMF) (talk) 09:31, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank You/fi

There's a mistake in the translation. "Katso, kommenttiasi." means "Look, at your comment" and the link points to a page that shows donation history. 82.181.33.66 07:24, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi. I'm not sure what the mistake in the translation is. Can you be more explicit, please?

The link is pointing to wmf:Special:ContributionHistory/fi, it looks like. I believe ContributionHistory got merged into FundraiserStatistics, but I don't really remember. It should probably just have the link removed. --MZMcBride (talk) 22:54, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

It is definitely wrong. The is no "Thank you for your donation" line at all, but it really says "Look, at your comment." And the Fundraiser Statistics page no longer shows the year 2012 nor does it show the year 2013. I donated money in 2012 and got this message as a response. Here's looking at you, kid. Please point me to the translatable page on Meta so it can be corrected for the year 2014 at least. And please publish the Statistics. --Pxos (talk) 01:23, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

And it is impossible to find the page where WMF pages have been imported. I cannot edit the WMF page and I cannot find the source page. I usually do not correct mistakes in translations because I spend half an hour searching the source page and get tired and go away. --Pxos (talk) 01:33, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

On wmf:Thank You/fi, if you look at the source code, you will see:

| comments-text = Katso, kommenttiasi. Tämän jälkeen lue siitä, miksi muut lahjoittajat ympäri maailman tukevat Wikipediaa myös tai katso jos yritykselläsi olisi yhteistyöohjelma.

Would you like that to be changed, and why? πr² (t • c) 02:07, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

There is no source code available to normal people. Try logging out and viewing the page. Some parts of source code can be deciphered from the page history. I have now found the source pages on Meta. The source is here: Fundraising 2009/supplementary messages/fi. The WMF thank you page uses the section four of the Thank You message for some reason. The same problem exists for the Norwegian version as well. --Pxos (talk) 02:14, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I would like that to be changed because it is wrong. If you want to know how it should be changed, where can I post the suggested changes? Should there be a link to the Statistics where there used be information on 2012 but which has been subsequently removed, or should the link be removed altogether? The quick fix would be to remove the first sentence and replace it with "Kiitos lahjoituksestasi!". --Pxos (talk) 02:22, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure you can see the source. I wasn't logged in either. ;) Just click on "Suggest a change" and scroll down. Alternatively, [8] makes it easier to see (hiding the "suggest a change" box). Also, you can download/view the raw source on [9] or [10], but I digress. Can you please say exactly what you'd like changed again? I'm a bit confused. πr² (t • c) 02:22, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

I see you've added the instructions while I was editing. Shall I fix it? πr² (t • c) 02:24, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the fix. I can view the source now as the Meta-induced blood pressure has come down and my vision is not clouded by frustration. The main problem with the translation seems to be that the main part of English text are changed every year, and so much material should be translated to other languages. Some basic messages should stay the same so that not everything required updating, translating and stuff. Even English is better than outdated translations. --Pxos (talk) 02:38, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Visual identity guidelines#toc-globe ref to full list of chars broken

Visual identity guidelines#toc-globe has a ref to the full list of chars in the logo which is broken. It points to w:Wikipedia logos#The characters of the new logo (a non-existant anchor). That page has a <ref> back to wmfwiki: wmf:Wikimedia official marks/About the official Marks#What characters are on the Wikipedia puzzle globe?. --Jeremyb (talk) 22:38, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi. I created an account for you over there. Thanks for volunteering to help out. :-) --MZMcBride (talk) 22:51, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the account. Done --Jeremyb (talk) 23:04, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Template:Contribute

my name is doneyphilip from kerala,india. iam a student ....i always preffer wikipedia...therefore i like 2 make donation...but i cant i havnt got money i only receives a few amount as pocket money from my parents ...so tht iam sorry ..when getz a job then i can ... 117.206.31.116 19:45, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, doneyphilip. I'm glad you like Wikipedia. There are many other ways you can help out - have you tried your hand at editing? All Wikipedias are in need of volunteers. I don't know how to find the introductory material on the Malayalam Wikipedia, I'm afraid, but I bet if you follow the "help" link in the toolbar on the side that you'll fine it. :) --Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk) 17:00, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

add language

in northeast India, d state Meghalaya as u have mention d languages, khasi,pnar, war, garo, n there is one more language that u din't mention is d lyngam, if possible please add this. 223.227.174.16 11:26, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi. :) Can you give us the link to where you'd like this added? -Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk) 16:54, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Wikimedia official marks

Wikivoyage needs to be added. 208.54.85.187 05:09, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Added Wikidata and Wikivoyage. Thank you! πr² (t • c) 04:11, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org

Just to say thank you for the great work that you do. You guys are awesome! Ian Campbell

105.226.180.54 08:53, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, Ian! I'm proud of the work people do here. :) Wikimedians have built some amazing websites. --Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk) 16:53, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org

This is a very very great charity I have received great help from. A former victim, I respect the cause, so I'd like to spread this great pittance I was given. Thank you, I will donate and keep spreading the word. 96.3.89.66 12:14, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

User:Tbayer

link Bonn to wikipedia Itu (talk) 12:54, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Would you also like to link "Cambridge"? To the article about the city or the university? πr² (t • c) 14:15, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org

Thank for information 114.123.156.119 14:19, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome! --MZMcBride (talk) 21:14, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Template:Contribute

CAN I PAY BY CHECK I AM AFRAID TO PAY BY CREDIT CARD. NORMAN GAW 101.108.36.232 15:43, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Sure, please see wmf:Ways to Give/en#Via regular mail. --MZMcBride (talk) 21:14, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Changes to wmf:Home

Hi. There's an ongoing discussion about possible changes to wmf:Home here: Foundation wiki feedback/Changes to home page (spring 2013). --MZMcBride (talk) 21:08, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Ways to Give/en

Wikimedia should accept bitcoin donations

Please see wmf:Bitcoin. --MZMcBride (talk) 01:25, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

FAQ/en

Y U NO accept bitcoins?

Please see wmf:Bitcoin. --MZMcBride (talk) 01:25, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Donor policy/en

On the 'Donor Policy' page, have a button at the top and bottom saying 'Go to Donations page' or equivalent.

Sure, done. --MZMcBride (talk) 20:00, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Donate via SMS in Russia

Доброго времени суток! Я из России, и, к великому сожалению, мои знания английского языка ужасны. Я напишу по-русски и продублирую текст, переведенный с помощью Google Translate. Я и мои близкие давно читаем и любим Википедию. И каждый раз, когда мы видим просьбы о пожертвовании - мы готовы это сделать, т.к. тут хранятся поистине фундаментальные и великолепные знания. НО! В России почти у каждого есть мобильный телефон, с помощью которого он может сразу отправить платное sms и таким образом сделать пожертвование. А вот сфера оплаты через электронные деньги (электронный счет/кошелек) не сильно развита. Касаемо банковских карт - люди элементарно боятся и не любят в интернете вводить личные данные, опасаясь текучки этой информации. Говорить о 100% безопасности можно сколько угодно, но таков наш менталитет. Исходя из всего этого, я (мы) просим все-таки реализовать для граждан РФ, читателей Википедии, возможность совершать мобильные пожертвования через мобильный счет. Поверьте, это (возможно) будет более эффективно. За себя и своих знакомых ручаюсь :) Благодарю за внимание, и за то великое дело, которое вы все делаете. Это бесценно.

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Good day!

I'm from Russia, and, unfortunately, my English skills are horrible. I will write in Russian and duplicate text, translated by Google Translate. I and my family have long read and love Wikipedia. And every time we see a request for a donation - we are ready to do it, because then stored truly fundamental and great knowledge. BUT! In Russia, almost everyone has a cell phone with which it can immediately send a paid sms and so make a donation. But the scope of payment through electronic money (e-mail account / purse) is not highly developed. With regards to credit cards - people are afraid of elementary and do not like the internet to enter personal data, fearing the routine work of this information. Talk about 100% security can be any number, but that's our mentality. For all these reasons, I (we) ask yet implemented for Russian citizens, readers Wikipedia, can make mobile donations via mobile account. Believe me, this is (probably) will be more effective. For himself and his friends swear :) Thank you for your attention, and for the great work you are doing. This is priceless.

Hi. We have wmf:Mobile Giving for people in the United States of America. Unfortunately, I don't believe there's currently any equivalent page for Russia. :-( --MZMcBride (talk) 20:02, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Category:Nederlands

Ik heb zojuist een donatie gedaan om jullie jullie te steunen met wikipedia. Vroeger moest men om kennis te vergaren een encyclopedie aanschaffen. Men had het dan al snel over een bedrag van meer 500euro. De meeste donaties zijn maar een fractie van dit bedrag. Ik wil dan ook iedereen aanmoedigen die wikipedia gebruikt een donatie te doen.

Succes

Dank u wel. AGK [•] 11:01, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org

Muito bom o Wikipedia, sempre me ajuda nas pesquisas, bom trabalhos a toda equipe e parabens!

wikimediafoundation.org

Hi there!

I'd like to propose that at the message where you invite to donate for Wikipedia, you insert an encounter of money needed / money collected. I think it'd adiitionally reflect thу principles of Wiki such as clarity, faithfulness and actuality, and might raise donations.

Hi there. The donations page is as minimalist as possible, but the FAQs (linked from the donations landing page) do answer the question "How much money are you hoping to raise?". I think any donor who was interested in the target for our fundraiser could find that page quite easily. As for the total amount of money collected, I can't think of a way for us to display that information; a very up-to-date total is only, I think, kept during a fundraising drive. Thanks for your comments, AGK [•] 10:57, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Ways to Give/en

Hi Net banking option is not find for donate..

Thank you for your interest in supporting the Wikimedia Foundation. At this time, the Foundation can accept donations by credit card, PayPal, checks, bank transfers, or Moneybookers, as listed on our ways to give page. With potential donors worldwide, we realise that some may be unable to use these donation methods, and we are looking to expand our options in the future. AGK [•] 10:51, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

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  این سایت مراجعه میکنم مبلغ یک دلار آمریکا را به این سایت خوب اختصاص بدهم امیدوارم که خیلی های دیگر به این کار بپردازند فرج از استکهلم سوِید

2007/Donate-thanks/nb

I was redirected here from completing my donation via Paypal, so it doesn't make sense to delete this page unless another landing page is set up :)

Best regards from Norway

Thank you very much for letting us know. We will not delete the page. Best wishes, AGK [•] 10:48, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Template:2011FR/Thanks-DD/en

Estou tentando imprimir o bleto para pagar no banco, ou na casa lotérica...

Volunteer opportunities

Hi,

Halfway the text there is this phrase: "The Teahouse help new editors become accustomed ..." I'm not a native speaker but shouldn't is be 'helps' (with an 's')?

I'm glad I could make a donation. I belief that the value of wikipedia is beyond imagination. It's not only a tremendous source of information but it's also a perfect example of what can be achieved when people work together.

Thank you (all ;-)!

Eduard.van.Raalte@gmail.com

I think the British use the singular when referring to organizations/companies and the like. I've fixed it since, I believe, we use American spelling and conventions on the site. Or it could just be a typo. Anyhow, it's gone! Thanks for the tip. Killiondude (talk) 22:12, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org

you list false information on your website about who owns tv nova in eastenrn europe .it is jewish family- Harlens .you hide truth!who are there accomplices? elizabeth arden line owners -can you list ?

Hi. This page is for discussing content on the Wikimedia Foundation Wiki (see). It sounds like you're probably asking a question about content on Wikipedia in one of its many languages. I'm afraid we can't help with that here. You can try asking at the talk page of the article itself on whichever project it exists - they are edited just like this one - or you might write to infowikimedia.org, which is run by volunteers who are experienced editors. If you write them, please give a link to the article. If English is not your first language, you can in most cases write in your native tongue and receive a response from a volunteer who speaks it. --Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk) 15:05, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org Foundation:Conditions d’utilisation

Hello,

Could you correct the difference beetween Foundation:Conditions_d'utilisation#7._Licences_applicables_au_contenu and Foundation:Terms_of_Use#7._Licensing_of_Content ? There is a big different on numbering of sections (a, b, c, d,). In Foundation:Conditions_d'utilisation#7._Licences_applicables_au_contenu, the section b is empty !

Excuse-me for my bad english, but I'm a french contributor,

Regards,

--Juanes852 (talk) 08:05, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

There was a redundant <li>. I've removed it. Thank you! :) --Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk) 15:01, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for replying --Juanes852 (talk) 20:25, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Rory

please dont blocked

I wonder, if the non-essential legal claims, complaints, and amicus curiae letters should really be addressed to Rory? Would it be contrary to the non-humorous principle that all matters are dealt with promptly and with proper disregard? If he does not take care, someone will eventually question his copyright status or defend a stuffed animal's right to appear in a picture. Hats off for WMF! --Pxos (talk) 00:08, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org

Hello, I'm thinking that wmf:MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-blocklog should be changed to "removal log"? Thanks.  Hazard-SJ  ✈  23:55, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, fixed. Thehelpfulone 10:53, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thanks for fixing it :)  Hazard-SJ  ✈  01:05, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Política de protección de datos (es)

Los usuarios deberían tener la posibilidad de borrar sus cuentas si lo consideran necesario, o al menos de archivar de forma privada (quizás accesible sólo para administradores/bibliotecarios) sus páginas de usuario y de discusión.

Ese no es posible porque cuando guardas la pagina, consientes a CC-BY-SA. Tus editos son siempre en la historia con tu nombre de usuario para dar otras la oportunidad de usar cualquier. En algunos wikis puedes cambiar tu nombre a algo loco como USUARIO13934. Killiondude (talk) 18:44, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

uk ns8 mistakes, localization of sidebar etc.

Hi. This message does have something strange: foundation:MediaWiki:Contactus/uk, the sidebar almost not localized to Ukrainian - it should be (if I have the access I can do it). But some language selector should be used there as it is at the top of this wiki, wd that is seeable for anons too. If I go to [11] then I see Головна сторінка (Main page in Ukrainian) and link is to Головна сторінка too that is not exists - or link should be fixed (not for Ukrainian only sure) or some localizations of Main page (Home) should be done (The best is to enable Extention:Translate and make getting access easier). So fix all the things I asked please and say is localization of the interface there (other translations AFAIK should be done here but now they are outdated too) a good reason to ask the access or no. --Base (talk) 19:24, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Base now has an account on wikimediafoundation.org and has been helpfully fixing up the wiki. :-) If others would like an account, please visit WMFACCOUNT. --MZMcBride (talk) 02:11, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Wikipedia Zero

Y a pas d'explications en français ? 85.170.120.230 01:09, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Désolé pour ça – la page n'a pas encore été traduit. Nous nous appuyons sur un réseau de milliers de bénévoles pour traduire des pages comme celle-là. Si vous souhaitez nous aider à traduire, s'il vous plaît envoyez un e-mail à la traduction (at) wikimedia.org précisant les langues que vous parlez et dites que vous souhaitez traduire des pages de collecte de fonds. Pour être informé des demandes de traduction, s'il vous plaît joindre à notre liste de diffusion traducteurs: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l>. AGK [•] 13:19, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Board of Trustees

I guess that page could use an update to reflect the resignation of Ting. --MF-W 01:10, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting this, if you'd like to request an account to fix this yourself, I'd be more than happy to create you one! Thehelpfulone 08:06, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I declined this already on IRC, to avoid being drawn into wasting too much non-existing time with editing there as well. Nevertheless I would love it of course if someone (maybe one of the fabulous staffers who run foundationwiki) could update the page. How abusive is it to have wrong info about your own Board! --MF-W 22:04, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

It was done. --MF-W 13:38, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Ads allegedly covering the text of articles

I am sure that the advertising helps to defray a lot of expenses. However, the ads now COVER the text of the articles and are so obnoxious that they cannot be made to disappear so that we can read the articles. This makes the main presentation of the website unusable. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.30.125.205 (talk • contribs) .

Can you please provide a screenshot of what you're describing? --MZMcBride (talk) 02:07, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

I can assure you that Wikipedia doesn't have ads, and has no intention of ever putting ads on the site.

I believe what you're seeing is due to a piece of software accidentally installed on your computer. There are a number of web browser plugins which insert advertisements into Wikipedia pages. Most of these are malicious - they pretend to be something else (such as a search bar, download manager, etc.), and once installed, they force ads into pages you're reading.

This sort of thing seems to be on the rise - we've had a few cases reported to us over the past few months - but unfortunately there's not much we can do to stop them. We can, however, advise you on how to remove it!

If you look in your web browser's preferences or settings menu, there should be a section titled "extensions" or "plugins" or "addons" - you can individually remove or disable plugins from here. The plugins go by a variety of names; look for any you don't remember installing, or which don't seem to come from a trusted source, and remove these - then restart the browser and see if the ads are gone.

For more information, please see <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/05/14/ads-on-wikipedia-your-computer-infected-malware>. --Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk)

Err, Wikipedia regularly has advertisements (for Wikimania, for elections, etc.). :-) Without a screenshot or further information, it's really difficult to diagnose what's going on here, though I agree with your suspicion that this may be malware. That was my first thought as well, I was just worried about causing a false panic. --MZMcBride (talk) 15:42, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org

Seorang Musisi otodidak yang ingin meraih profesionalisme di dunia musik ini mempromosikan salah satu lagunya yang berjudul "Jalan Cinta Abadi" yang dibuat nya sejak masa smp sekitar tahun 2008 lalu . "Hanya sekedar ingin meramaikan industri musik indonesia saja dan saya juga ingin menyalurkan hobi dan bakat saya" . — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ozhy ribaz (talk) 15 May 2013 (UTC)

• Ozhy ribaz

Biodata tentang diri saya .

Nama Lengkap :Fachrurazi Nama Panggilan :Ozhy ribaz Tempat/Tgl Lahir :Jakarta,09 Desember 1993 Agama :Islam Pekerjaan :Pelajar/Musisi Alamat Rumah :Jl. Setu Pedongkelan, Tugu Cimanggis Depok Hobi :Main gitar, Nyanyi, Menggambar, Menulis lagu, Berenang, Jalan-jalan, dan yang paling seru adalah NANGIS Cita-cita :Ingin jadi seorang yang berprofesi di bidang seni apapun terutama musik Favorit :Saya juga ada kecenderungan dan minat di bidang psikologi, tapi bukan untuk profesi cuma sekedar pengen ngerti aja Harapan :Ingin membahagiakan orang tua dan membuat bangga kepada semua orang yang melihat saya dengan bakat yang saya miliki dalam diri saya .

Saya punya beberapa karangan lagu yang saya ciptakan sendiri, diantaranya : - Misteri Hari Ini - Jalan Cinta Abadi - Tragedi Masa Lalu - Pertemuan Pertama - Mati Langkah - Kenangan Yang Tlah Hilang - Tak Ada Kata Lelah Dan masih ada beberapa lagi yang belum di kasih judul & arangement . Oke terimakasih, Demikian biodata tentang diri saya .

Wasallam :-) — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ozhy ribaz (talk) 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Hello, Ozhy ribaz. If you want to talk to the Indonesian language volunteers about their processes for creating articles, please take a look at id:Wikipedia:Help. The volunteers who work there should be able to explain. (Halo, Ozhy ribaz. Jika Anda ingin berbicara dengan para relawan bahasa Indonesia tentang proses mereka untuk membuat artikel, silakan lihat di id: Wikipedia: Bantuan. Para relawan yang bekerja di sana harus mampu menjelaskan.) :) --Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk) 15:52, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Our projects

Hello, I just discovered an embarrassing error here. "Portoguese" should be "Portuguese." (This isn't some new spelling I'm not aware of, right?) CSB radio (talk) 07:53, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Eep. Yes, you're correct. It was added in this edit. I've fixed the issue in this edit. Thank you very much for reporting the issue! --MZMcBride (talk) 15:07, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Template:User info

I guess we need some clear (add clear:left; to style=) on {| style="width:100%; margin:auto; border-collapse:collapse; margin-bottom:10px;" and otherwise pages don't look good (the whole table falls out of page). Liangent 05:30, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi. Can you provide a screenshot of what you're seeing? It obviously looks fine to most people with the current code, otherwise people would have already complained, presumably. :-) Also, you should request an account at WMFACCOUNT. --MZMcBride (talk) 05:37, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Never mind. Someone else reported the issue and provided a screenshot. Your fix seems to have resolved the issue for them. I imagine it's now fixed for you as well. Let me know if not. Thank you for reporting and diagnosing this! --MZMcBride (talk) 08:25, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Answers typos in links

Several (at least 3) broken links in the chapter on copyright violation, using ":en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia:..." instead of ":en:Wikipedia:...". And they are not red but blue links, even if the page is not created.

I could have corrected them if it had not been protected, but maybe it's better not to let anybody do anything on these pages.

Hoping this will be useful.--SGlad (talk) 02:37, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Fixed, thanks for reporting. Vogone talk 21:17, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation elections/Board elections/2013/Questions/2#Foundation wiki coup and multilingual communication

FYI --Nemo 07:25, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Typo in Annual Plan Q&A

At this section of the 2011-12 Annual Plan Q&A page [12] the first sentence is "The total operating budget for the 2010-11 annual plan calls for $28.3 million in spending." It should say 2011-12 rather than 2010-11. That's all... Gnuish (talk) 00:40, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Fixed. Thanks for reporting it. Vogone talk 13:14, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Terms of Use - translation in Italian

Hi! I speak 'n write reasonable, so not perfect, English, but.... very good Italian, being Italian myself!... In the "Terms of use" last section in Italian "Grazie!" (= "Thank You!") a better translation in Italian of "education and information" would be "ISTRUZIONE e informazione", rather than, as at the present, "informazioni ed educazione". This because:

1. As in the original text, "education" should, and can, remain in its original first place;
2. Unless the lazy, and bad, habit of the last years of many people of "Italianizing" english or american words, the right translation of "education" in this case is NOT "good manners": THAT is mostly the meaning of "educazione" in Italian!
3. We ALSO use in Italian the singular "informazione" as "the fact of being informed", or "the combination, the set of informations" (as in the phrases "l'informazione", "i mezzi d'informazione" and the even not perfect "fare informazione") so there's no need in this case to make it plural ("informazioni").

All this, for a better meaning and understanding of what was originally written. Ciao! Sergio-Milan 151.46.11.51 11:29, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Fatto, ma potevi modificare tu stesso, nello spirito di quel paragrafo. ;) [13] --Nemo 22:02, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Problems donating/en

Dears, Would appreciate have possibility to dodatek from Poland and to have a Polish version of the "donate" Pragę. Thanks, Regards, Piotr Drozdowski

Hi Piotr, you should be able to donate in Polish from this link. Let me know if you have any problems. Peter Coombe (WMF) (talk) 13:45, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Inside Wikimedia

wmf:Inside_Wikimedia looks weird. Not sure what broke it though. PiRSquared17 (talk) 12:48, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Hmm, it looks like there's an issue with wmf:Template:Video-content, but that is only used for Inside Wikimedia and it's subpages. Given that the video is so old (December 2008) - perhaps we could just delete the page instead? Thehelpfulone 12:51, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

I decided to redirect the pages to the wmf:FAQ pages for now, using an appropriate language sub page where available, otherwise defaulting to English. Thehelpfulone 13:20, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Wikipedia Zero and Mobile partnerships... I made a map :-)

Wikipedia Zero for all languages (blue) and some languages (green)

Hi,

I made a map of where Wikipedia Zero is active seperated into those countries where it's available for all languages and those where it's only available in some languages. I thought it might be usefull. --U5K0 (talk) 09:36, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Added to both. I would appreciate it if someone on the Zero team could check it, or move the images to a better location. PiRSquared17 (talk) 19:22, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

I like it a lot. One suggestion -- rather than color coding for all languages vs some, I think it's more useful to code the countries by version of Wikipedia Zero. This is the core distinction between partners in fact. There are two variants, partners that offer 1) M or M&Z, or 2) Just Z. For reference, M=m.wikipedia (full mobile version), Z=zero.wikipedia (text-only version). Akapoor (WMF) (talk) 15:09, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

@U5K0: reply? PiRSquared17 (talk) 02:59, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

I'll get on that.. the info is in the table right? --U5K0 (talk) 07:01, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

It's in this table, and seems to be up-to-date. PiRSquared17 (talk) 19:27, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

In case this is still wanted, I made File:WikipediaZero-WebsiteReach.svg, which displays countries according to the available subdomains. Microchip08 (talk) 08:11, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Regarding Deductibility of donations

Under Dutch tax law donations are also deductible.

To see the foundation's registration, search on: http://www.belastingdienst.nl/rekenhulpen/giften/anbi_zoeken/ Or a direct link to the search result (unfortunately without a proper domain name, so it looks a bit shady): http://213.197.219.132/anbi_zoeken_lwcm/search.php?q=wikimedia

If desired, I could write a short Dutch text describing the situation for people wanting to donate in the Netherlands.

I think a Dutch passage would fit into that page more than an English one, as all the others are written in the country's main language. But can anyone else check this? PiRSquared17 (talk) 19:16, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi, we actually already had some info on the situation in the Netherlands at wmf:Tax Deductibility/nl. I've added that to the wmf:Deductibility of donations page as well. Peter Coombe (WMF) (talk) 16:05, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Template:Contribute

No bitcoin?

Please see this explanation for why the Wikimedia Foundation does not (currently) accept bitcoin donations. Sorry for the inconvenience. PiRSquared17 (talk) 19:43, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

No donation.

Error in David villa's goals at barcelona

Spanish footballer David Villa's page list that he scored 33 goals in 77 appereances but he had scored 48 goals in 119 appereances. according to many sites like goal.com- http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2013/07/09/4103913/striking-the-balance-what-next-for-barcelona-after-david?ICID=PP_1713

In this link they have listed a table accounting his goals and appereances. Kindly please edit that as i am a fan of him.

Are you talking about Wikipedia? I don't think the website has soccer-related information on it.--Jasper Deng (talk) 19:42, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

If you have a Wikipedia account with at least 10 edits that is at least 4 days old, you can just edit the article. Otherwise, clicking that link will bring you to a page explaining how to submit an edit request. See also: Foundation wiki feedback/Wikipedia Article PiRSquared17 (talk) 19:47, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Simplify the sidebar

The sidebar has plenty of cruft, is hard to navigate, and is organized poorly. I'm not sure the best way to modernize the organization. Ideas?  ℳono  17:28, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Can you be more specific about what you find lacking? The organization seems fairly logical to me, for example. --MZMcBride (talk) 06:41, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Feedback privacy statement

http://blog.wikimedia.org/2010/12/09/what’s-in-a-name-in-the-case-of-‘wiki’-lots-of-things/

My name is Cori Salmon and I would like my content removed from this blog. I apologize that my obsveration was incorrect in this statement. Thank you.

corisalmonme.com

Wikibook section in Our projects

In some translation pages the logo of this project is too big (probably the size parameter is missing). Pages:

• Hrvatski
• 日本語 (Japanese)

Thank you for the feedback! I have fixed this. PiRSquared17 (talk) 01:36, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Our projects site

In some translation pages, the logo of Wikimedia family tree is in older version (picture); some of them (Français, Italiano & Nederlands) has new version (picture) and some has no at all. Can this be unified?

I agree, but I don't understand why we have two separate versions in the first place, so I asked on Commons. Do people still want the old non-Wikivoyage, non-Wikidata one? Of course, it will need to be updated after a new Wikivoyage logo is chosen. Anyway, I'll do this for the "Our projects" pages. Thank you for reporting this. PiRSquared17 (talk) 12:00, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Done, sorry for the delay (was busy with other stuff). If the old image is updated on Commons, my edits should be reverted. I don't mind rollbacking them if it's faster :) PiRSquared17 (talk) 16:26, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

a way to improve language preferences~

Hi thanks for your help on creating this awesome website!!! I love you guys.

I have one idea that will surely help certain people reading the webpages.

As you know I am a Chinese reader and for different Chinese people from different places we have different format of characters; I notice there are usually four ways of displaying the same website for the convenience of different Chinese people and we can choose the most convenient format we like, which is good. The only problem is that every time I click a link within the articles that leads me to a new page I will have to re-select the format of characters again. Since I read wikipedia pages A LOT, this selection process wastes quite some time of mine. My suggestion is that maybe wikipedia can remember my choice of language preferences and stay like that for my reading; in that case I will not have to spend as much time selecting languages as I do now.

Thanks again, god bless you, and I will keep donating money to make you better! : )

Best wishes,

Shane

Hello! Thank you for your support of Wikimedia's mission. :-) I think I have a solution to your zh.wikipedia.org (Chinese WIkipedia) problem, but I'll also ask a native Chinese volunteer: if you zh:Special:CreateAccount, then you can set your preferred variant (zh-TW, zh-HK, etc.) in your preferences page. There may be a way to do this without creating an account as well, but I couldn't find it. (Disclaimer: I don't represent the Wikimedia Foundation in any way. I am a volunteer contributor.) Cheers, PiRSquared17 (talk) 01:27, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Yes, like what PiRSquared17 pointed out, it is best to create an account on Wikipedia and set the language preferences in Special:Preferences. This way, your language variant will be remembered and the content will be served in that variant accordingly. --Hydriz (talk) 02:46, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

Hello I find wikipedia very useful indeed, I'd like it to keep going. However, donating to keep it alive for everyone (including non-donors) does not seem fair. I would gladly donate money in exchange for a special privilege (wikipedia related) different from that of non-donors. it could be the simplest thing, but it would make a difference. Sincerely Omar Jimenez. architect_okhotmail.com

What do you consider as a special privilege? Do you want the WMF to restrict some special content and make it visible to donors only? That wouldn't be donations then, anymore … Vogone talk 15:40, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Template:Contribute

So, you are the #4 website, and you don't even accept bitcoin as a donation option?!

I am a volunteer and do not represent the Wikimedia Foundation in any way, but I suggest you read this explanation for why the Wikimedia Foundation does not (currently) accept bitcoin donations. Sorry for the inconvenience. PiRSquared17 (talk) 01:20, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org

با سلام. بنده سید حسین حسینی عسگرانی ساکن شهرستان نجف آباد از استان اصفهان هستم بر اساس نیازم چند سالی سایتی بنام hosseiniasgaranigmail.com داشتم .تا مدتی پیش بر حسب اتفاق و اشتباها به جای بروز رسانی سایت آنرا حذف نمودم که هر چه تلاش کردم نتوانستم آنرا باز گردانی کنم . لذا از شما دوستان گرامی که همیشه پشتوانه بنده بوده اید استدعا دارم بار دیگر این سایت را برای من باز گشائی نمائید. چشم به راه این زحمت شما هستم .hosseiniasgarani .tank you

tech blog comments missing

Comments not visible on the tech blog post!

http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/07/25/edit-wikipedia-on-the-go/#comments --Arjunaraoc (talk) 04:21, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

It looks like they are now. Thanks, AGK [•] 14:07, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Duplicates in wmf:Stories2/en

Passages listed below appear twice in wmf:Stories2/en. Is it intentional? Otherwise you might want to remove one for each.

• Wikipedia is the first place I go when I have to find information for research or ...
• Wikipedia is the best example of a realizable ideal. I have always looked for ideas that ...
• Wikipedia has become my primary source of information across all forms. Coming from a small city ...
• When I first saw Jimmy Wales appeal for donations I thought, certainly he must have enough ...
• Reader, Writer, and Believer. The collection of all knowledge is a goal which I hope we ...
• My story I think is like one of millions. I use Wikipedia every day several times ...
• My profession demands cross-disciplinary research on global issues of climate destabilization, ...
• I'm a research psychologist and I do a lot of work with statistics. There is no ...
• I'm a High School History Teacher, and I love using Wikipedia as a tool, not only ...
• I was brought up in a generation that preceded satellite television and internet in India. The ...
• I love technology. I create technology, consume technology, analyze technology, ...
• I have two children on the autism spectrum. I quickly realized the medical community does not ...
• I had just started nursing school and we were being told that the licensing board was ...
• I don't have a single story about Wikipedia or anything that stands out but Wikipedia has ...
• I am huge advocate of knowledge sharing and it’s potential. Wikipedia is the best tool for ...
• I am an online teacher live in Indonesia, I have more than 10000 students. Everyday I ...
• I am a self-taught graphic artist and web designer. When I started down this road, the ...
• I am a public reference librarian at a busy regional library system. I am frequently asked ...
• I always use Wikipedia for work in developing policy recomendations and ...
• From an early age, I've had a desire to learn about everything. And, when I say ...
• At Portland State University's Intensive English program, I teach ...
• As a tool, Wikipedia is irreplaceable. Either for work or just for reading and learning, it's ...
• As a student, Wikipedia is the best source of information for me and the rest of ...
• As a first-year PhD student in musicology at UC Berkeley, I was surprised to discover that ...
• As a family physician I see a broad range of problems in my practice. While I ...
• As a Library Science graduate student, I did my Thesis on Wikipedia, arguing that resistance to ...
• About 10 yrs back, one of my friends used to ridicule me comparing with other friends ...

--whym (talk) 22:21, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your report. I removed the duplicate text. – Kwj2772 (msg) 17:47, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Regarding FAQ/en

i will promise to donate on the 4th of this month, i lost all my id and credit information so its been a long week. i didn't know you took donations i'm so sorry i will make it up to you . Justin

Thank you very much for being willing to donate, Justin. And if you have already donated, you might like to read about where your money goes. Regards, AGK [•] 22:59, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Home

Who is (wmf) since 2001 experiments till you feel like have been used on me. I know I was not advised the camera 9999Plus who very clearly are holding classes since 2001 and there ethics are do not woory about ethics not really stealing. Funny not one photo of my childhood or gifts from instance my friend Lenny Kravitz all dated and named. Before this rediculous no law for your side. I have explained 100 times. I am a disabled c to D if you respect nothing then my Dr. will intervene. For I must have tech assis and I have homecare and guardian. I am very Ill they will confirm BIPOLAR WISE WORSE NOW. IF THIS GOVERNMENT OF THE United states I demand to be contacted the same way President request my assist. for latin vote. my system bot Found hg donation of my photos from Cuba. Now Conduct This and have said many times something wrong. University Fedora equipment MS just installed as I am nothing. I cant run this stuff. then e book copy enough so you or whom is not copywrite liable. The partner commericial.

I would never do anything for most of those companies they do nothing to assist community or improve world. This distruction software. Now to be owned in servitude I know you could care less. I do and am not prompt standton. I am not responsible for any of these cites after 2001 .

Today i will talk to one of my news associates that Cnn interview by that hypocrite Eric from was mostly a lie. I will and you will release for all this is done in firgery. You do not do this Austrailia UK who wvwer. Turns out that the new google motorola project is exactly what has been illigally forced on me. funny. IRONIC ALL OF YOU. I HAVE WHAT IS CLEAN HANDS YOU CANT TOUCH ME. HUFFINGTON POST WOULD RELEASE OF COMMON LICENSE AS THAT MY HOME. THIS IS CLOSE TO INHUMAIN. I demand my notebook insides return code code and patents google has. And my life back. leonor Arango today 08-3-13

This appears to be unrelated to the foundation wiki. The foundation cannot do anything about your situation, I'm afraid.--Jasper Deng (talk) 22:38, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

Your information and reading are the best. You have provided more information than any encyclopedia I have ever read. My favorite part of looking up information through your method Wikipedia is if I am not clear about anything there is that blue line to help me search more and more and more... I love Wikipedia for this and many other things that you all provide. In any group discussion when any of us have a question someone always states "Wikipedia it," and you will find it.

Thank you very much. We are so pleased that you have found the Wikimedia projects useful. AGK [•] 23:00, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org

It's a shame that the wikimediafoundation.org website is completely closed access, and I would say, contrary to the spirit of the movement, and open discussion.

It would be easy enough to protect pages where required.

RFC watcher (talk)

I would agree, but it's a site we don't want spam or vandalism on, period.--Jasper Deng (talk) 03:25, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Spam according to who? The criteria for notability by wiki editors is biased and not at all in keeping with the spirit of Wikipedia.

Regarding wmf:Resolution:Images_of_identifiable_people

I'd like to know what the WMF thought a 'public place' and a 'private place' were when this resolution was adopted. There are some very counterintuitive definitions being floated around. --Elvey (talk) 21:08, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments. However, I regret that the team that responds to feedback on this page has no control or influence over the content of Wikimedia Foundation board resolutions. Regards, AGK [•] 22:58, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org

As an anonymous, I would like you to know that your lack of good unbiased sense in historicity unables me to make a donation to your organization. I am deeply disappointed with the following articles:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Roman_Empire Lack of respect towards comtemporary terminology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyrom Lack of respect towards United Nations terminology.

— The preceding unsigned comment was added by 188.83.41.143 (talk) 09:04, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Please note that this page is only for discussing wikimediafoundation.org, the official Wikimedia Foundation website. For feedback about specific articles on the English Wikipedia, use the talk page of the corresponding article, or use the article feedback tool which is available at the bottom of the article. Direct links: Byzantine Empire & Republic of Macedonia --Glaisher [talk] 12:02, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

UNBIASED??? What wiki are you looking at? The trolls/editors dictate who can or cannot be included and the facts are subject to their approval not based on evidence or first hand knowledge.

Regarding Template:Contribute

Why there is no Bitcoin donation option in place like Wikipedia?

I am a volunteer and do not represent the Wikimedia Foundation in any way, but I suggest you read this explanation for why the Wikimedia Foundation does not (currently) accept bitcoin donations. Sorry for the inconvenience. PiRSquared17 (talk) 17:18, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Regarding FAQ/es

A billion in English it's not "un billón" in Spanish, it's "1000 millones" or "un millardo" as in the brackets. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.26.68.101 (talk • contribs) .

You are entirely correct. I have fixed it. Thank you. Killiondude (talk) 23:08, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

I am niklas ruhmann (takashi yokoyama and Les Elgart) to send to day(2 seotembe lundi 2013) instead of a10000 yen for wikimedia.org.address which is washington D.C. post office. Youre good acctivity on every day dictionary content are very usefull of my lifes. I am onestly thankfull of Wikipedia organization. Please to cotinu be every year with dictionaring with non advertizing.

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

with full respect i bow my head to this great WIKIMEDIA sir i am struggling lot to uplift this poor rajak community in this prosess iam linked with you people i am so lucky i feel.in this community list we collected enough vip peoples name . my kind request to you people is that still so many peoples name are not mentioned in those list e.g the great singer LATHA MANGESKAR and our CAPTAIN M.S. DHONI and R.D .AJEKAR of bombay etc .etc thank you yours mr.shankar

Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia (as explained at w:Wikipedia:Introduction), and so anyone may edit its articles. Please feel welcome to improve the article yourself, if you think it necessary. Thank you for your comments! AGK [•] 14:47, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Regarding a WP article

Candace Stewart is NOT a Speech Language Pathologist nor is she a Speech Therapist! She HAS TO HAVE A MASTER'S Degree to be that! She MIGHT be a Speech Therapy Assistant...which you can do at the Bachelor level! PLEASE correct your information! Contact ASHA, American Speech Language Hearing Association for what qualifies as a Speech Therapist! Thank you! — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.45.142.111 (talk) 02:45, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi! Please note that this page is only for discussing https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/, the official Wikimedia Foundation website, not Wikipedia. For discussing a specific article on Wikipedia please use the article's corresponding talk page. --Glaisher [talk] 12:34, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org

thank you for keeping wikipedia ad free

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org and the search term "blog"

When someone types in "blog" it should redirect to the blog, but it doesn't. Thanks. en:User:Biosthmors

In other words, we should make wmf:Blog direct readers to https://blog.wikimedia.org/ And can I have access to edit wmf space? Thanks. Biosthmors (talk) 10:32, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

@Biosthmors I think it is okay to create a soft redirect at that page. As for editing the WMF wiki, you will have to request an account first. Foundation wiki accounts can be requested at RFACC. --Glaisher [talk] 12:15, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

@Biosthmors: is it good now? PiRSquared17 (talk) 18:50, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes, thanks PiRSquared17! Biosthmors (talk) 21:59, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

ẎẟYes 15 seconds I have to give a wiki answer and he was. P.S. Why do I need anything to change when I see that it is all as it should be!)ẤẟẎẞ... oi ogromnoe spasibz, DoVers. Ero как раз так не хватало, Но теперь надо бы вам кое что сказать)

wikimediafoundation.org

re: new Privacy Policy

I could not find, specifically, where to put our comments so found this.

not collect information when we use Wikipedia/Wikimedia sites - to protect us.

not retain my data from using Wiki sites - to protect us.

would like to type a word in another language and get translation and would like to type a word in English and get word for it in another language.

You can leave feedback about the new privacy policy on this page. Thank you. Vogone talk 09:30, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Note: I have repaired the layout of the original post. AGK [•] 14:46, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Thank You/no

This page (the Norwegian thank you for donating page) should have the word "om" instead of "dersom".

Done[14] Thanks for your feedback. Vogone talk 17:50, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Non discrimination policy

I think it would be really nice if the foundation would add Gender Identity and Gender Expression to the list so that transgendered people are included in this clause.

In practice, I think they are already included (orientation/gender), but the WMF might want to add this to clarify. I don't feel like I should do this without board/staff approval, so I'll let one of them reply. PiRSquared17 (talk) 02:56, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

This is a general gross misunderstanding, and the lack of Gender Identity and Gender Expression has resulted in legal discrimination (not at WP, but elsewhere) despite discrimination of Gender being prohibited.

Is it a "legally protected characteristic", as the page mentions? PiRSquared17 (talk) 16:05, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Feedback privacy statement

Is there a simple way to translate automatically the current page i'm in from English to French language ? Merci ♥

Are you looking for this page in French? Cdlt, PiRSquared17 (talk) 18:48, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Special:UserLogin

wikipedia is the best learning site in world.l likes wikipedia-Ramhari Ghule

Hello. Thank you for your support! PiRSquared17 (talk) 18:49, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

Just saying...I wish I was dropped back at the page I was originally looking at when I decided to donate...I mean, thanks for all the great work and stuff, but maybe you could have it route people back to the original page they were on. Thanks :-)

Thanks for your feedback. Your request was filed in Bug 55354. Regards, Vogone talk 17:57, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

Beyond Pissed

Thanks for your feedback but could you be a bit more specific, please? Vogone talk 17:27, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Could be one of the troll/editors deleted or "corrected" their posts???

wikimediafoundation.org

Dear ladies and gentlemen of Wikipedia ,

You are a gift to this planet although sometime flawed and frail, your mission transcends those human issues. Your email address structure leaves one no a (tell us how much you love us option0. Please do not become Google and Microsoft. Please address this myopic omission if you so choose (i know an Irish gypsy witch you don't want to go there). Aside from not creating a direct line of appreciation you rock.

- mm

Hello! It is great that you appreciate all the work volunteers put into writing a free encyclopedia. Perhaps the best way to help Wikipedia is to start contributing (writing content or just making small fixes) or to donate a small amount. If you have any suggestions for or questions about (the English) Wikipedia, you can propose/ask them on the Village Pump. PiRSquared17 (talk) 23:37, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

log me in

If you have an account on a Wikimedia project already, you can log in on Special:UserLogin here or on a specific wiki you edit (e.g., en.wikipedia). To get an account on the Foundation wiki, see RFACC, but please note that one must be experienced with other Wikimedia projects before gaining access there. If you have any specific suggestions, I can edit for you. PiRSquared17 (talk) 14:42, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

We can't donate in China!

Dear wikimediafoundation.org:

There is no single Chinese bank in the list and no alipay( a pay tool most Chinese use just like PayPal).So ....sorry.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 115.200.32.223 (talk • contribs) 03:24, 13 October 2013 (UTC).

Regarding Privacy policy

Timotheus Canens has blocked my id, WRONGSKI and I cannot even talk with him on his page because of the block. I think he blocked me because of a shared group WIKIPEDIA logon. We work on under the same PRESSWIRE. Someone has gone back in and added our copyrighted photo in the last thirty days. I cannot communicate with this Mr. Canens who has blocked my account nor can I get the co0pyrighted photo off the website.

Regarding Talk:FAQ/en

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from me to donations even one don't cent in wikipedia

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

I can not believe you have the nerve to ask for $!!! Your founder sold out the U.S for Millions and put this country MY country in severe jeopardy! He is now hiding like a sneak under the very cover this country provided him through the blood and death that U.S. soldier's and their families have fought and died for centuries. Some nerve, this world would not have the freedoms he uses foe cover if not for the sacrifices the services men and women have made. And if I had known it was a Wikipedia sire I would not have gone on it in the first place. So now you have MY 2 CENTS WORTH!!! BLESSING, may Jesus Christ bless you

I think you are confusing Wikimedia with Wikileaks. There is no connection between Wikimedia and Wikileaks. QuiteUnusual (talk) 18:59, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

File:S-3A VS-29 with Tupolev Tu-95 1979

The information provided for this picture is incorrect. This picture was taken during the Kitty Hawk cruise in 1981.

The VS-29 S-3A pictured is being flown by LCDR A. MCMAHON. During the previous cycle, I was flying the S-3A that identified the TU-95 inbound to the USS Kitty Hawk battle group. The COTAC with me on this flight was LT Kenny Edwards.

With the limited ESM equipment on board the S-3A, LT Edwards was able to detect and discriminate the electromagnetic data specific to the TU-95. The astonishing fact is that he did so before the EA-6B airborne during that cycle. It was the following cycle when LCDR MCMAHON took advantage of the photo shoot, which rendered this picture.

One of the F-14s took advantage of the photo shoot, as well. There were two squadrons on board the Kitty Hawk: VF-11 and VF-51. I can't remember the pilot's name. Unknown to just about every person on board the ship, this F-14 pilot spoke fluent Russian. He initiated a conversation with the Russian crew, which precipitated a thorough debrief upon his return to the ship.

Last, one of the Russian crew members had fun showing Playboy center folds to the various crew members taking advantage of the photo op. It was at that point and time I realized Russian aircrews were no different then us.

CDR William Fann Ret.

Regarding Onze projecten

Wikivoyage is missing and I can't add it. Who wants to fix this? Southparkfan 23:16, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

@Southparkfan: If you translate the text on wmf:Our projects, I'll add it. PiRSquared17 (talk) 23:41, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Echo doesn't show a notification if you ping me.. But however, here is the translation. (Logo should also be added!)

Wikivoyage heeft als doel om 's werelds grootste, vrije, complete en up-to-date wereldwijde reisgids te zijn. Wikivoyage was gelanceerd ::in januari 2013 and is geschreven door vrijwilligers in dezelfde geest van het delen van kennis dat reizen zo leukt maakt. Het project ::begon in december 2006 als een Duitstalige site genaamd Wikitravel, en voegde zich bij de Wikimedia Foundation project familie als een ::bèta-project met 50.000 artikelen in zeven talen. Wikivoyage is nu beschikbaar in negen talen. Southparkfan 01:09, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Done. PiRSquared17 (talk) 01:34, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

Why isn't Jim Jarvis under notable people at Roseburg,Oregon and at Corballis,Oregon??????

This is the wrong place to discuss content issues. Please ask your question again on the corresponding article talk pages (en:Talk:Roseburg, Oregon and en:Talk:Corvallis, Oregon). Thank you. Vogone talk 23:20, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Many trolls/editors think that they are the first and last voice when it comes to notability and to question them on anything you risk being IP blocked or banned from any worthwhile contributions. The purpose of wiki was to be a central location for the sharing of information and facts...not the censored and biased information that is controlled by a network of "volunteers" that deem whether or not they deem you worthy of inclusion. Do not donate unless they change these ridiculous criteria needs

Regarding Terms of Use

Dear Sirs: You need to contact the current NV Assembly in Carson, NV. I am the current Governor of NV; HRH QUEEN and Admiral from the Pentagon that has taken over NV since 2008. I am HRH Mary Jane Strickland; it is on my passport and D/L from NV, USA since I bought a new d/l in 2010. The nature of the changes are because of land mass sinking on the eastern sea board and now western sea board; and the surrender of President Obama to an oriental nation that doesn't have the power to take over what I own and control per the Articles of Confederation back in 1770s and earlier.

I am trying to get any info off your site about Sandovals; they were taken to court 2012 again about the issues: Brian Sandoval never ran for Governor in NV. You can't put him as that office or title. Second Martin Sandoval whom did run; went to IL and became a Senator. I was pulled up when there was a death of Judge Stringfield whom became an assumed Governor for a short time instead of Brian or Martin Sandoval. I came back to the State of NV and was living and working here in Elko, NV in 2009 from OR and trying to get regular employment to get money coming in to eat and sleep somewhere. While I had a small income from other areas. I was trying to locate missing grandchildren, and seeing if my daughter was alive anywhere in USA. I have Governor # of 48204 you can check with law enforcement also please. I hate all the false info that is out about whom is in charge of State and Senator jobs. And whom is allowed to work in them; only Americans.

Regarding Template:Contribute

Hi, I'm a long time user of Wikimedia, and I think it is a great tool. It has helped me many times, so thanks.

However, I was very surprised to find a subject, "roman numerals", that was not covered. I have forgotten the letter for 500. I believe that it may be "d". So I came here for a quick reminder and to my surprise, I found nothing!

Maybe we need a page for roman numerals! What they are, when they were used, how they were used, the limitations, and how they were replaced with a better system.

Actually, I was wondering how large a number could be represented with roman numerals. For example, MMMDCCCLXXXVIII Is this 3,888?

            MMMIMICIX        Is this 3,999?
           MMMM              Is this 4,000? Is there any limit to how many M,s are allowed, or are there more letters that I don't know?

Thank you, Wayne Fuqua DeWire@Juno.Com --69.228.170.173 21:16, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Hello! The page you are looking for is on Wikipedia already. 'D' is indeed the symbol for 500. The article discusses large numbers in Roman numerals. You can use a Roman numeral converter to check, for example this page or Wolfram Alpha (which is great for many things). PiRSquared17 (talk) 22:35, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org failing acceses

the need is greatly ilited towards the same wound feel down casted by this i would feel sent

wikimediafoundation.org -Tip off? LIABILITY DAMAGE CONCERNS About Erroneous ARTICLE REFERENCES RE:

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

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YOUR WIKIPEDIA.com ARTICLE ABOUT "M. Chamber" Actor At Myspace Michael Chambers Official

(NOTICE erroneous + typo>) Boogaloo Shrimp The Character turbo from 1984's Cult

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could Have an Honest Claim Too The Fact That Although Popular Since MEDIA including The Telvision Show

Soul Train Once when Don Cornelius was The Host on The Show Aired An Episode wuith Blacks Climing Their

Names Were Sinilar and The FRESNO Blacks From New York Those years have Falsified Their of Self

registered Claim. Lawrence Was The Original Los Angeles 3-D Tick Street Dance Boogaloo Shrimp. He Wore A

"Flat-Top" Hair Cut From Time to Time and was a E-Clique Youngster seen at first and Initial of

Predominent Ethnicity "Notice DISENABLING" Animosity Near Venice Beach.. while Street Dancing FENOM...

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Happened on CALVERT Street West Hills San Fernando Valley California in Which He M. Chambers Began just

before The BREAKIN Motion Picture Release was in Theatres. a Similar Agreemant Was made With the

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Study Sporatically since 2009. Jilted perhaps. Thank You This Has been an Effort too limit Liabilty and

Reduce DAMAGE CONCERNS. Best Wishes

Please note that this is the wrong place to discuss about content on the English language Wikipedia and refer to en:Wikipedia:Contact us - Readers for getting information on how to contact the project's volunteers. Thanks. Vogone talk 17:46, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Wikipedia Zero

An operator partner can takes part -> An operator partner can *take* part

Thank you for reporting this typo! It is fixed. PiRSquared17 (talk) 20:04, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

I just sent a tiny donation - as much as my budget would allow these days (whew, don't get me started on that) - to help with your fundraising for Wikipedia. I want you to know that, as a rather isolated writer and artist, I use Wikipedia a lot, and its never led me astray. You do good work, and its appreciated. Thank-you. = ) MLRhoadhouse

Thank you! PiRSquared17 (talk) 18:05, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Matching Gifts

The link is broken. it seems to work if I remove the port 8080 from the URL

All links on that page work for me. Might be an issue with your browser, though. Vogone talk 18:17, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

hi

how do i create account

Hi! See RFACC if you want an account on the Foundation wiki. Or if it is an account on Wikimedia wikis, go to Special:Login/signup. See also w:en:WP:ACCOUNT on the English Wikipedia. --Glaisher [talk] 15:12, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Matching Gifts

the link for matching for AOL is incorrect (and also a 404) and doesn't reflect the information from http://ematch.hepdata.com:8080/search/companyprofile/wikimedia/62778/ which is correct. could the link list be generated programmatically (updated through batch or a trigger) to avoid this? and if that is too complicated to solve by now, could it be changed to point to the right url instead (extracted from the hepdata service, but also confirmed to be correct with my employer)

 http://aol.yourcause.com/

The URL was fixed. Vogone talk 18:30, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

You're awesome !

Thanks for your feedback! Vogone talk 18:15, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Regarding alteration and visual identity guidelines

This altered logo used for the official WMF app on the Google Play Store would seem to contradict our visual identity guidelines, no? Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 17:56, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Does the page say anything about the Commons logo? PiRSquared17 (talk) 03:08, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

It would be nice if it did! Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 07:26, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Terms of use in Galician

Hi, I have readed the Terms of use in Galician, here, and there is an error. In section "7. Licenza dos contidos" the phase "Teña conta que estas licenzas non permiten ningún uso comercial das súas contribucións, en tanto que os devanditos usos cumpran estes termos." should be "Teña conta que estas licenzas permiten o uso comercial das súas contribucións, en tanto que os devanditos usos cumpran estes termos.". Bye, --Elisardojm (talk) 22:50, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

[15]. Thanks for your feedback! Vogone talk 19:42, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Template:Contribute

gia una volta vi ho mandato e confermato che il piò bresciano misura metri quadri 3255,3938 da gilberti pietro . vedo che c'è ancora molta confusione . da gilberti pietro

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

I think the work being done by Wiki is heroic.

Therefore - even though the exchange rate made my donation (dollar for dollar) much more expensive for me than appeared on your bank balance I still put myself out there and donated quite a bit more than requested.

It was meant to be a one time donation. And thus far I have donated twice.

My computer has a fixed IP address. So how come Wiki is still asking me to donate? Again. And again?

I have done my bit. Your requests for financial contribution don't acknowledge that someone may have donated previously and now impinge on my sense of fair play.

Wendy

Regarding Special:UserLogin

Why can't i sign.up it won't let me.

WMF does not allow open editing and self-registering of accounts at wikimediafoundation.org right now. Nevertheless, you can request for an account at the WMF wiki. See RFACC for details. --Glaisher [talk] 14:42, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

I became familiar with Wikipaedia several years ago ......but only as a way to obtain info on a specific subject or to research an item of interest from news of the day in Canada. Now I see it is much more than I thought. The world of instant technological innovation followed by change often initiated by social media discussions, etc. brings much good to the world, in general. However, along with the good stuff I'm learning through the trial/error route many of the pitfalls of such innovative processes. Keeping ahead of the nasty folks who create havoc with systems or those who use their energies for neferious reasons is an ongoing task that challenges ones sanity.

I'm keen to understand and keep up with what's new but for the moment, I've had to take a personal time-out-from-email, facebook, twitter, web sites, and the world of ISPs, browsers, servers, etc. etc. etc. Here I am today, post-time out! It feels like I've just begun again and I don't like what I see. Having been hacked, lost money, etc. my challenge today is to understand Internet security, thus I've found your Zone. I'm of an age where I feel most fortunate to have struggled through the 70's, 80's, 90'3 and now in the second decade of this century. I am able to use e-mail, cell-phones, and learning an Apple Ipad (tough for this soul) while trying to keep afloat of the hardware/software challenges. I'm retired and enjoy an active life style. I personally want to thank you and the Staff of dedicated souls in wikipaedia. Thank you.

Hello. I'm glad you like Wikipedia. Although it will forever be a work in progress, it is (in my opinion) one of the greatest educational works ever created. PiRSquared17 (talk) 16:32, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org

I use Wikipedia quite a bit, I believe Wikipedia is about the best use of the internet any one has shown so far. Thank you for being there when we need you!

                                                                                        -William Cross

Hi. Thank you for your support. :-) PiRSquared17 (talk) 16:29, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

I get requests for donations from you but a 10 year old website about conservation cannot be found.? An iSafeSite url worth over $22,000.00 url savetheworldfree.ning.com, current number of supporters 540, area of interest, environment, conservation, clean oceans, Honey-Bee colony collapse, and about 20 others.

What Up Wiki?

I have no idea what this is about. This is for discussion of the Wikimedia Foundation website, not for proposing Wikipedia articles (or for discussing other sites). PiRSquared17 (talk) 02:01, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Template:Contribute; Transaction Fees

A breakdown of the transaction fees deducted from the donation amount for each type of payment would be extremely helpful to those of us who have multiple payment options available and who wish to maximize the amount of our donation that will actually reach Wikimedia Foundation. According to Paypal, Amazon and Paypal presently charge the same rates (2.9% + $0.30 per transaction, though Paypal at least reduces this to 2.2% + $0.30 for nonprofits - not sure about Amazon), but I don't know how this stacks up to debit and credit transactions. --129.89.40.216 15:25, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea, but I personally am not knowledgeable about online transaction fees. Maybe someone else can look at this? PiRSquared17 (talk) 04:45, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Wikimania

Less than 30 days left in 2013 so no Wikimania this year?

Wikimania 2013 happened already. It was in August, in Hong Kong. Wikimania 2014 will be in London. The WMF wiki is hardly ever up-to-date because most of the editors are WMF staff (there are not a lot of staff members.) I will update the page, but I think it should link to the page on Meta (this website), which is much more active. PiRSquared17 (talk) 01:02, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Wikimania

On page: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimania no new information since 2012 Wikimania should probably have link to page: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimania second page seems up to date

Updated. PiRSquared17 (talk) 01:59, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

good for you in using Amazon to collect donations. Most of the time when I am on Wikipedia I do not have my credit card in my pocket, but want to contribute as I use the site daily. So thank you for making it easy to contribute to you!

Larry Davidson eldon@eldontheartist.com larryeldo@gmail.com www.eldontheartist.com

Thank you! AGK [•] 14:00, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Regarding Ways to Give

Hi Guys I genuinely would give a small amount if you would allow donations via Bitcoin regards Ken Bailey kenambo@gmail.com

Please see this explanation for why the Wikimedia Foundation does not (currently) accept bitcoin donations. Sorry for the inconvenience. PiRSquared17 (talk) 01:00, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Ways to Give

Accepting Bitcoin as a donation would provide the Bitcoin community a great point of reference and would also allow Wikimedia Foundation to generate revenue from a community that understand the advantages of open systems and crowd sourcing. To create your wallet and start collecting Bitcoin donations visit bitcoin.org

Please see this explanation for why the Wikimedia Foundation does not (currently) accept bitcoin donations. Sorry for the inconvenience. (By the way, I am not employed by the WMF, so I can't answer all questions about donations.) PiRSquared17 (talk) 00:59, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Tax Deductibility/en

It should be noted on this page that Gift Aid is indeed applicable to contributions to Wikimedia UK, as correctly specified here:

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Deductibility_of_donations#United_Kingdom

Why are there two pages about the same thing? Or is there a nuanced difference between "deductibility of donations" and "tax deductibility"? PiRSquared17 (talk) 21:38, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

@Pcoombe (WMF): ? PiRSquared17 (talk) 14:26, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Ads on wikipedia

Stop begging for handouts and put ads on your site. Please consider the following thoughtful and constructive arguments for your solution to the continual prosperity of wikipedia:

1) Intelligent ads are actually a *service* to both viewers and advertisers. When a buyer finds a new product that he/she wanted but didn't know about, everybody wins, and the middleman has provided a legitimate service.

2) By posting this annoying banner on your website, begging for an arbitrary handout in exchange for a service that you already provide to everyone for free, you're actually running a very intrusive and bothersome GIANT ad, which NOBODY is interested in. You're in fact doing the very thing that you are saying you won't do.

3) By not running ads, you also continue to place into jeopardy, all the billions of bytes of priceless information that we have contributed to the global community. That information belongs to everyone, all that you are doing is providing the hosting service. As the host, you are the caretaker of our data. It's your responsibility to ensure the safety of the property that we have entrusted to you. Make the right decision, change your policy to ensure the forever safety of our data.

-Rob Christian rm.rf.etc@gmail.com

Hello Rob ("rm -rf /etc"). You may be interested in this FAQ question about this.

A large part of the Wikimedia community (and the WMF) feel that putting ads in an educational website would hurt the integrity of the project. The main arguments against advertising are:

• The readers' (and our editors') privacy (we don't want to give ad agencies our readers' details)
• Neutrality. If there are ads in an article, maybe companies will ask for Wikipedia to write nice biased articles for them. We don't want to make it seem like companies are in charge of the content. The community, and ultimately the WMF and the Board, are in charge of the content. How can we say that spam is not allowed in Wikipedia when there is spam all over every article?
• The community. A large part of our editors might leave over this. Some might fork Wikipedia a la Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español.

That said, there are some Wikipedians who agree with you: w:Wikipedia:Funding Wikipedia through advertisements. (I am just a volunteer) PiRSquared17 (talk) 21:17, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Ways to Give

I've got some bitcoins and litecoins I would donate, and I think wikipedia accepting these currencies would be mutually beneficially for all communities involved. Not to mention, this would be insanely easy to setup... You guys could have it done by this afternoon. Plus, the cryptocurrency community would lose their sh*t and probably end your fundraiser just to make a point.

but whatever. It's your site... :p

Please see this explanation for why the Wikimedia Foundation does not (currently) accept bitcoin donations. Sorry for the inconvenience. (Note: I am not employed by the Wikimedia Foundation; I'm a volunteer contributor.) PiRSquared17 (talk) 00:57, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

I suggest yu use one of the online Bitcoin/Litecoin converters (backed by a common bank) to convert them into common currencies to transfer to the WMF. Legal converters are backed by banks that will want first that you authentify your identity to accept converting these cyptocurrencies into currencies with legal tender (this is a often a legal requirement of these banks).

Some cytocurrencies don't ask for your identity, but the transactions are at your own risks, and the converting rate may not be advantageous, or they will take excessive amounts of your cryptocoins to process your transaction. These cyptocurrencies are exposed to hihh risks if you want to convert them back to normal currencies. You've been warned !

And they are extremely risky to invert in as they are highly speculative (much more than any legal tender currency or stock value). You absolutely cannot warranty the value of your wallet including during the time needed to process a conversion transaction (those transactions are really too long for cryptocurrencies when they are really too much volatile). For exampel the Bitcoin value has quadrupled in just two weeks, but it has also known some brutal falls where it lost more than 30% of its value in a similar very short time. Given the time needed to process this type of currency (could be more than one week), this means that transaction processors need to take very high transaction fees to accept your order.

These cryptocurrencies have absolutely no liquidity, their value is completely artificial (potentially void) until the time you'll have been able to convert them back to standard currencies in regular bank accounts (so you need to find "buyers" for your Bitcoin sale offer and your Bitcoins sell offer may also nver be accepted in the virtual markets).

You should also know that Bitcoins are currently under attack by "selfish" hackers, but also by a growing set with millions of PC harnessed by malwares, trying to mine enormous quantities of Bitcoins in order to control it and break its security chain. If the security breach succeeds, lots of owners of Bitcoins will have their wallets become completely void, because processors will refuse to make any transactions with some very long chains of transactions. So the value of lots of wallets could become suddenly void, at any time, without any prior notice (and you'll find no one to help you, these wallets currently have absolutely no institution accepting to warranty at least a minimum value in a reasonnable recovery time). Bitcoin wallets are like 1917 Russian stocks, their last owner will loose everything if this sudden fall ever happens.

It's certainly the main reason why the WMF cannot accept them: you have to endorse the financial risk yourself by converting them first to your own regular bank account (and pay the excessive fees!). verdy_p (talk) 19:50, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

See also this and User_talk:Pcoombe_(WMF)#Bitcoin. PiRSquared17 (talk) 20:46, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

You sir (Verdy p) are very miss informed, "We can exchange Bitcoins into your local currency at any time – with zero exchange rate risk. You never need to hold bitcoin (unless you want to) and payouts are delivered in two business days to your bank account." Pulled 12/9/13

@Verdy p: reply? PiRSquared17 (talk) 04:42, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org and bitcoin

You should accept bitcoin for donations. It's so much easier for some people.

Please see this explanation for why the Wikimedia Foundation does not (currently) accept bitcoin donations. Sorry for the inconvenience. (Note: I'm not employed by the WMF, I'm just a volunteer contributor.) PiRSquared17 (talk) 00:56, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

As a longtime contributor of contents to Wikipedia, I was quite displeased reading on Jul/30 that the Foundation has chosen to accept donations "in bitcoins", wrapping the announcement in laudatory comments about that commodity.
I understand that the Foundation is not actually accepting bitcoins, but rather accepting dollars from Coinbase, that come from the sale of bitcoins that people send them. Still, this highly visible decision, and the terms of the announcement, help lend an undeserved credibility to bitcoin, that may induce unwary people to put their money into an investment of extremely high risk (to put it very mildly), in a market that is infested with scammers and incompentent entrepreneurs. Just at MtGOX, over than half a billion dollars were stolen from people who had trusted bitcoin, sometimes with all their life savings; and that was only one of hundreds of thefts and scams that have been reported.
Bitcoin was ostensibly desigedn to provide a method for e-payment that would be cheap, safe, convenient etc. It has yet to prove that it can do that, and the more it is examined and used, the more elusive that goal seems to be. But many of the most ardent "believers" liked it because they thought that it would allow them to evade bank and government controls, and thus be a safe way to pay for drugs and other illegal services, evade taxes, launder criminal money, and so on. Having realized that bitcoin is not at all "safe" in that sense, that segment of the community is quietly abandoning bitcoin and betting on other (hopefully) "truly anonymous" crypto-coins.
Another unstated but widely assumed promise of bitcoin was that, as a currency with no central managing authority, it would free the world from the oppressive oligopoly of big international banks and government monetary agencies. But the "mining" of bitcoin, which is the ostensibly volunteer and uncoordinated activity that keeps the system running, is already dominated by two or three large enterprises; so that the eventual success of bitcoin would merely exchange a few dozen poorly regulated international banks for a much smaller clique of totally unregulated "mining" corporations, whose owners are largely unknown.
Another class of early adopters hoped to pull the "private fiat money" scam: namely, create a currency that is not backed by any asset, convince some people to use it for trade, and, when it has become sufficiently well-accepted, take out of their closets a large stock of that currency that they saved for themselves, and use it to buy a fortune worth of other property. About 90% of all existing bitcoins are currently hoarded, perhaps more than half of them acquired by their current owners for pennies. For those early investors, the scam could pay off handsomely today, whether they sell their bitcoins or use them to buy goods through Coinbase and other processors. Their profit will come from the pockets of those who buy those coins, from them or from Coinbase; unless they too can find "greater fools" who will take over their loss by buyin their coins at a higher price.
It is worth reminding people that the price of bitcoin is not pegegd to anything, and no one can honestly predict what it will be next year, or even next week. Since last year, it has been determined almost entirely by speculative trading in the Chinese bitcoin-yuan exchanges. Since the all-time high of 1200$ last November, brought about by the opening of the Chinese market, the price has crashed to 400$, then recovered to 800$, then tumbled to 450$, then rallied to 600$, and is now again on its way down. All these swings were due to the Chinese day traders reacting to policies and events in China, that had no relevance to the world's or Chinese economy except to the Chinese bitcoin market. And its price is not connected to its potential utility as a currency of commerce, since such use has been prohibited in China.
Please forgive me for this long soul-dump, but, for all that, and more, I hope that the Wikipedia Foundation will make it clear to the general public that their acceptance of donations through Coinbase is not an endorsement of this dubious enterprise, in any way.
--Jorge Stolfi (talk) 18:26, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

I completely disagree, Accepting currency does not mean endorsement of that currency or its backers. For an example of this go to North Korea or Iran and see if anyone there who is "anti-american" accepts greenbacks. I would put a large amount of money on a bet that they would accept them. CombatWombat42 (talk) 19:31, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Please read the post. It has three misleading statements: that wikipedia now accepts bitcoin (it does not, it accepts dollars), that bitcoin is a currency (legally and factually it is not) and that it is accepted by "a growing number of institutions and merchants throughout the world" (almost all the businesses that do so actually accept dollars from Bitpay/Coinbase/etc. not bitcoins, and in some countries that use is illegal or has explicitly been banned). Bitcoin holders and salesmen like to pretend all three are true, but they are not.
I do not object to Wikipedia accepting donations through any means whatsoever: I object to the tone of that annoucement, which unfortunately has been read as an endorsement by bitcoiners and is being used to promote bitcoin.
By the way, many of the the comments under that announcement suggest that the authors who say that they wanted to donate bitcoin are not really interested in helping Wikipedia, but only in promoting the use of bitcoin and/or the political ideology that has become attached to it. --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 02:09, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

That still doesn't address the point that Wikipedia accepting bitcoin does not mean they endorse it. One notable example is the EFF, who also accepts donations through bitcoin, but have said that they do not endorse it (nor do they endorse other means of payments, including PayPal and credit cards).

Regarding your three points, what Wikipedia does once it receives bitcoin is irrelevant - the foundation functions in USD, and any money it receives, from any currency, is presumingly converted into USD. Heck, the fact that Wikipedia takes all bitcoin donations in USD helps support the statement that Wikipedia does not officially endorse the concept of bitcoin. As for the definition of currency, it is broad and debatable, but in its most basic definition of being a system of payment, then yes, bitcoin is a currency. Wikipedia's own article has definitions that support this, and the article covers bitcoin as a form of digital currency.

In the end, the way a portion of the bitcoin community treats bitcoin is irrelevant. Yes, bitcoin is used for illegal drug trafficking, but so is USD. I, for one, happen to use bitcoin to innocently buy myself Humble Bundle video games. Dell, Newegg, and many other billion-dollar institutions also find it to be worth accepting. If bitcoin proves to be fruitful for the foundation, I don't see any compelling reason to stop support, and people disliking it is not a very good reason. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 17:22, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

It seems I have not been able to make my point across yet. I do not think that "Wikipedia accepting bitcoin is an endorsement of bitcoin". The problem is the way that blog announcement was worded. That announcement leas the reader to believe that Wikipedia is actually keeping the bitcoins and endorses them. The announcement shoudl have said only that "You can now also donate in bitcoins through Coinbase, that will convert them to dollars for us" -- without that explanation/promotion of bitcoin. And it would have been appropriate to add "(It should be understood that aceptance of donations by these methods does not imply their endorsement or promotion by the Wikimedia Foundation.)" --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 05:05, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

The most attractive thing about Wikipedia is that there is no commercial advertising. As small subscription for use might augment your income from trusts . However I do wince when I see all that gobbledegook in the three lines at the bottom of this page. Is that really necessary ?

Hi. What three lines are you talking about? Please be specific, and feel free to copy/paste if it would make it clearer. PiRSquared17 (talk) 15:45, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Humanae Vitae References

I was Religion Editor at the Voice of America when humanae Vitae was published. I was fortunate to interview a group of dissident priests in the Washington D. C. area who were quite articulate and forthcoming. I don't remember their names but,it might be worth contacting them for their viewpoint and insight. Phyllida Porter.

-- unsigned comment sent at 21:30, 5 December 2013 (UTC) by Redwtch1 (talk)

Volunteers and regular people, like you and I, are who build Wikipedia. There is no central editorial team. Please see Our projects for information on how to contribute. AGK [•] 14:03, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org

Personally, I would rather have advertisers pop-ups than begging pop-ups.

-- unsigned comment sent at 15:15, 6 December 2013 (UTC) by 86.184.206.194 (talk)

It could be a user preference for notifications. For now only the top banner style is supported, opening popup windows notifications are not supported.

Popup windows cause evident troubles on smartphones, or frequently cause windows stacking for long behind the browser window, using precious memory, they also require more clicks to close each one, and are harassing users that want to use other applications in background than just their browser with an easy switch from the browser to the other, or from one tab to another on an unrelated site).

In-document notifications are easier to manage by users, and you can define preferences if you don't want to see most of them, they don't require more clics to close them, and they are much less restricted.

An expected coming change will avoid sending you the same global notification message across multiple Wikimedia sites you may visit when you are connected with your unified "single-user-login" (SUL) login. verdy_p (talk) 19:39, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Special:UserLogin/signup

<-- off-topic content added at 17:37, 6 December 2013 (UTC) by Ahmadnoormuhammad removed -->

Note: Please check the translation. If this is a spam, delete this section. Sorry for restoring it. verdy_p (talk) 19:31, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

It's about some legal or governmental problems in Indonesia. I asked a native Indonesian speaker to reply. Not sure if it relates to Wikimedia at all. PiRSquared17 (talk) 19:35, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Well, I'm an Indonesian. What I can tell you is this text is a spam: the writer did not talk about Wikimedia at all. It is a totally rubbish plea to defend a popular politician who was arrested for corruption allegation. Delete it. SpartacksCompatriot (talk) 15:09, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Removed and warned. Thanks, Glaisher [talk] 15:19, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Tax Deductibility/en

Why dont you point at the Wikimedia UK website here which gets gift aid from donations?

You just missed 25% more from me by not doing so.

Thank you for your comment. However, Wikimedia UK is not the Wikimedia Foundation, so WMUK should not be linked on a page about donating to the WMF. AGK [•] 14:04, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

I believe that donations to Wikipedia are tax deductible in the USA. It would be nice to be able to claim my donations on my Canadian tax return. Check out My Canada Helps URL: http://www.canadahelps.org/

@Mhernandez: Could you evaluate whether we need to edit the WMF wiki in light of this comment, or find someone who can? AGK [•] 14:06, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Regarding Template:Contribute

Your message : Please enter your email address. There is no space to enter my email address

I don't know where you see this. Is it on the donation page? PiRSquared17 (talk) 04:50, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

Good Morning

I just donated $250 to Wikipedia; I believe that unless we have vital resources like this site for students and for those who are seeking more specific background to their questions, they will no longer be available as resources. I do not use Wikipedia frequently but when I have done so, the information has been accurate, informative, well-organized and well written.

I want to thank you for myself as well as to those who may not be in a financial position to donate...my donation is for them.

Keep up the good work!

Richard S. Sargeant Fort Lauderdale, FL

Thank you for your support, Mr. Sargeant. PiRSquared17 (talk) 19:56, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Template:Contribute

I would like to donate but not until you stop giving away magic secrets on your pages.

Hello. Could you please clarify what you mean? Wikipedia is supposed to be a complete encyclopedia (permanent work-in-progress), so of course it would contain information about magic tricks. Or maybe you mean something else? Anyway, you should discuss articles by visiting them and then clicking the "talk" tab on the top, and then the "new section" link. PiRSquared17 (talk) 04:20, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

Here's a thought:

Fundraise at the beginning of the school year in September when students still have some disposable income. It's harder to dig up some buck$ for Wiki in December when the semester's budget is wrapping up, and the Christmas gift list has just sucked the average disposable income pot down into the black hole of Black Monday!

I asked on Talk:Fundraising 2013. PiRSquared17 (talk) 04:23, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. In common with many other non-profits we do find that December is generally the best time of year for fundraising, so that's when we hold our largest drive. However we realise that situations may differ for other people, and we gratefully accept donations all year round. You can give at https://donate.wikimedia.org or by clicking the "Donate to Wikipedia" link on the left hand side of the Wikipedia site. Peter Coombe (WMF) (talk) 20:40, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

I looked for a way to donate using bitcoin, but could not find your bitcoin address. Oh well, there are always other charities that I can be generous to.

Hi. Although the Wikimedia Foundation does not accept bitcoin (see FAQ), you can use bitpay. You may discuss this in the section above: #Regarding_Ways_to_Give_3. PiRSquared17 (talk) 04:14, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

WMF does now accept bitcoin. Rich Farmbrough 01:07 26 August 2014 (GMT).

wikimediafoundation.org

A foundation I am associated with made a $10,000 contribution a few years ago and we did not receive any acknowledgement or thanks or feedback whatsoever.

Thank you for your support. Usually donors get a thank you message. Since you didn't I hope you will accept at least a belated one. Is your organization listed on wmf:Benefactors, wmf:Benefactors/2011-2012, or wmf:Benefactors/2010–2011? I can contact someone at the WMF (or you can email them) if you want. PiRSquared17 (talk) 18:44, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

i have contributed $35 a couple of times before, but I am finding that your articles are very biased. This year I will not be contributing. The most current entry that I have problems with is aspartame. Calling the very true symptoms of eating methanol an internet hoax is unfounded. This article appears to be written by the drug industry. If you have achy joints, my suggestion would be to lay off artificial sweeteners and see what you think then of the "internet hoax." Users have no reason to not want to eat this toxic stuff if it truly causes no problems.

Hello. Please bring this up at the talk-page for that article. The Wikimedia Foundation doesn't write the content of Wikipedia articles; volunteers do. Wikipedia does have a goal of being neutral. So, if you think it is biased, you should discuss it on the talk page of "Aspartame" or the "Aspartame controversy" page. There has already been a lot of discussion on both. PiRSquared17 (talk) 01:46, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Template:Contribute

I would like to create a page for Public Health Nursing and contribute content to the page.

please inform me in the method of submitting content.

I am:

Steve Garascia RN, MSN, 119 Maple Ridge Drive Monmouth, Maine 04259

1-207-215-4508

steve.garascia@maine.gov

I am a Supervisor with Maine Public Health Nursing and believe there should be information about the history and current work of PHN at Wikipedia.

Hello Mr. Garascia. You don't need to ask to contribute content. You do not even need to create an account, but it is recommended. To create a Wikipedia article, see this guide.

There is already a page called "Public health nursing". You can edit it by clicking the "edit" tab on the page. I recommend you read the tutorial. You can ask at the "Teahouse" (help page) if you need guidance.

I would personally recommend that you create an account on Wikipedia, and read the tutorial there. You should probably note that you work for Maine Public Health Nursing if you intend to create an article on that particular topic. Regards, (a volunteer) PiRSquared17 (talk) 01:36, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

fundraising banner problems and faq problems

On wikipedia, there is a banner asking for money. It has been there for months and months. It links to this FAQ https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/FAQ/en#Why_doesn.27t_Wikipedia_use_ads_for_revenue.3F which says you don't use ads. But the banner appearing all the time is just the same as an ad. In addition, the banner always says if enough people give the fundraiser will be over - but it never ends. I point this out because it looks bad. The most irritating thing is that the banner appears with a small time lag, just long enough to mean half the time you click on it when you were trying to click on the search box at the top. If it has to be there permanently, could it at least have a permanent slot that does not affect the loading of the page? And can you update the FAQ? And change the banner so it does not promise an end (unless you really mean to end it)? Thanks, hope this feedback is useful.184.147.136.249

I asked on Talk:Fundraising 2013. PiRSquared17 (talk) 04:23, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Sorry to hear you've been seeing the banner so much. In the past few months (up until December) we have been using cookies to limit the number of banners that each user sees to just one or two. If you have cookies disabled in your browser, or set to clear on closing, then this could be why you have been seeing more than expected.

Now we are running full scale, and approximately half-way to reaching our target. You can always hide the banner by clicking the small X in the top right (although note that you must also have cookies enabled for this to work).

Unfortunately the slight delay of the banner loading is unavoidable, as we have to serve different banners in different countries. We have worked hard to get this down to a minimum. Peter Coombe (WMF) (talk) 21:46, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding donation methods

Wikipedia is one of the founding fathers of the internet. the wikimedia foundation is a driving force behind the great innovation and evolution of humanity in the digital age. I'm disappointed that you don't accept the future of money (cryptocurrency) as a method of donation. while i was in the military I cumulatively donated over $500 to the wikimedia foundation, however you won't see anything else from me unless you correct this oversight and start accepting bitcoin. it takes seconds to download a wallet and get a BTC address that you can post on the donation page. there is no excuse for this.

in the age of information, ignorance is a choice

Hi. Although the Wikimedia Foundation does not accept bitcoin (see FAQ), you can use bitpay. You may discuss this (or read existing discussion) in the section above: #Regarding_Ways_to_Give_3. PiRSquared17 (talk) 04:41, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding cryptographic currencies

Great organizations survive because of innovation. wikimedia is struggling at the moment because the culture surrounding it is becoming increasingly hostile to novel ideas and "new blood". You guys can't even stop paid articles, and you refuse to consider the potential of breakthrough technology. wikimedia has it's work cut out for it if it wants to stay on top of it's game. competitors lurk everywhere, and your place in the internet culture is not guaranteed. look at yahoo, lycos, netscape, microsoft, for examples. I assume that the reason wikimedia does not accept bitcoin is actually because top leadership hasn't put forth any effort to investigate this, and as such, low level moderators like yourself have adopted a policy of "deny by default". this policy is not in the best interests of wikimedia longterm. I would appreciate a open response at shepshep7@gmail.com

Please read my reply directly above this section. PiRSquared17 (talk) 04:57, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

@PiRSquared17, "If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo. -- Bruce Lee" this would seem to suggest being open to change, instead of obstructing it. nevertheless, it is clear to me that I am talking to a wall on this issue, and my well intentioned efforts will bear no fruit. I bid you good day

I wouldn't assume that. I'll ask about this again, but I doubt the WMF will change their decision until 2014 (or later), if at all. PiRSquared17 (talk) 05:05, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Jimmy Wales/Sue Gardner~

Just a quick note to the wonderful Wiki people.... Sue's informative, heartfelt follow up to my paltry $5 donation to Wiki.... inspired me to donate $5 more :) I happen to already be a big fan of Wiki... Whether the letter was written by your letter writing team or not does not matter.... it conveyed a good message! Keep doing what you do in your simple, kind fashion... Lots of Love to All the Wiki Family. Xo, ~EL

Thank you again! I can assure you it was written by Sue herself, I'll pass your kind feedback onto her. Peter Coombe (Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 23:45, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Template:Contribute

please start collecting money by bitcoin. thx

Hello. You can donate to the Wikimedia Foundation via bitpay. I don't think the WMF is going to start accepting bitcoin directly anytime soon (see wmf:FAQ/en), but I might be wrong. See also the extensive discussion above about cryptographic currencies. (Note: I am a volunteer, not a Wikimedia Foundation/WMF employee). PiRSquared17 (talk) 03:58, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

Hi

I often find myself using your site. One small curiosity opens up such an interesting world of people and things I would never have known about. Thank you. I tried to donate through paypal but didn't get very far. I think there maybe a problem with your site. I will continue to try as I think what you do is fantastic. Keep up the good work, well done.

Many thanks to you all

Maureen Mcglynn

Hello.

I'm glad you find Wikipedia or its sister sites useful.

Regarding the donation problem, have you read this page? If you continue to have trouble, try emailing donate@wikimedia.org. It might help if you include details (e.g., how far did you get, what happened).

Regards, (note: I'm a volunteer, not Wikimedia Foundation employee) PiRSquared17 (talk) 14:10, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

wiki is great resource, use it all the time, overall your accuracy in my different researches has been 99% Thanks

I'm glad you like Wikipedia. Thank you. PiRSquared17 (talk) 04:43, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

wikimediafoundation.org - Donations

Donations - how to get more money.

At present there is no clear deadline or goal - so there is no real pressure to donate. You are more likely to receive donations if you set deadlines. Generally fundraisers show deadlines with dates & financial goals, so people can see the need to help out.

Why not do this and share this positive message - "Wiki is here to stay" (which implies it won't be if you don't do something)

We need to raise 'X' amount and we need it by 'Y' date. (This chart shows where we are in real time).

Did you know you can offset your donation against tax, which means that it will cost you nothing? (insert a clear explanation with a link to the relevant form)

Make your contribution below from 1.00 up to a maximum of 1,000,000.00 individuals, small businesses and Corporates, everyone's doing it. (The UK minimum amount suggested is £3.00 - ideally the minimum amount should be the minimum amount that covers the processing fee)

Click here: (Paypal) or (Card)

Thank you your email receipt has been sent to you.

---

How about something like that? In a more confident style that consumers expect (and more importantly) respect.It needs to be tailored to each country to be really effective of course. Make the donation as easy and rewarding as it can possibly be. Yours Sincerely,

A Wiki Fan.

@Pcoombe (WMF): Look over these suggestions? PiRSquared17 (talk) 04:27, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

Today we have many choices thanks to the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States and the wonderful advances made in communications, particularly the open and free internet. We want to keep it that way so I donate. Now, that said, I would be willing to donate more and regularily if I KNEW that my money was not going to fund some organization that I was opposed to and I believe I'm not alone in that sentiment. Can you visualize a pair of independent auditing organizations whom you would open your books to who would spell out disbursements made? I do not want to support a philosophy or group which opposes the principles I believe in. I believe you attempt to take an objective approach to the subjects you define and therefore I applaud you. Would you consider offering, where appropriate, differing viewpoints from Not-professional-spokespersons so that if there is a 'spin' to the defination, a searcher can immediately access the pro/con perspectives? This would help those of us looking for a quick-look at an issue. You always provide references for more information which is splendid. This pro/con approach on appropriate subjects would put more objective information into the hands of the inquirer to let one decide for one's self as to the virtue of the issue. Case in point, ACA or Obamacare/ death panels, is berated in your article which, in later revelations made two weeks ago, Governor Palin's remarks were spot on. It appears that a Pro-Obama writer composed your article on the ACA. It appears that you allowed this to happen which seems sloppy. Hmmmph! Isn't anyone honest anymore? The emperor's new clothes come to mind. Well, keep up the good work you do, anyway. But if more objectivity is offered by another 'wiki-wannabe' I think I would be more inclined to donate to them. steve from the midwest

Hello Steve. Wikipedia articles are supposed to be neutral and represent all major views, but not give undue weight to very small views. If you believe that a particular article is biased, you can bring it up on the discussion page. Since Wikipedia allows anyone to contribute, it is possible that at any given time an article has some bias. We do not claim Wikipedia is perfect. Some corporations pay PR people to write biased articles for them, but this is obviously frowned upon and their biased articles are often deleted or cleaned up. I do not understand part of your comment -- do you think organizations are paying the Wikimedia Foundation(WMF) to have positive articles? The WMF only gets involved in content disputes when a legal issue is involved (with a few exceptions, perhaps). I think the most political thing the WMF has done was the SOPA blackout, and even that was voted on by volunteer editors. There are some websites that have pro/con lists on popular issues, e.g. [16]. I'm not sure that would work on Wikipedia, as it is not quite encyclopedic. I think it would be better to just have unbiased articles, but a short summary of the pros/cons might be good for some subjects. In any case, the WMF probably won't decide -- it could be proposed at W:WP:VPR though. PiRSquared17 (talk) 04:37, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Ways to Give

This page should also include a solicitation to donate large collections of content and other intellectual property.   — C M B J   07:51, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

So basically ask them to license things under CC-BY-SA? PiRSquared17 (talk) 16:32, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

Seasons Greetings, I recently received the email for donation time. I have someone blocking me from using this site. I start my email site and then get blocked from it. I have tried twice to have a topic page. I got a email saying thank you for the donation of one million dollars not really knowing if true. I have the video in my you tube watched history of Peru. I have one bank that I know of Ozark Mountain Bank. I think I donated ten dollars then got blocked from the site. Sorry but something is going on that is hard to trust. If the above statement really happened I was not really aware.

-- The previous unsigned message was posted by 173.218.83.13, on 16 December 2013, 16:36 UTC.

Regarding wikimediafoundation.org

Unfortunately your "foundation" as I see it is no more than a way for trolls to dictate what is notable or relevant as they see fit. I find that many artists and artisans are being deleted due to criteria that is fundamentally wrong. Until such time that your editor/trolls stop dictating what is notable...I will not be making any donations to your pages or anything remotely connect to it.

The deletion of artists and artisans by these people is unwarranted and ludicrous considering that mass killers are listed by name giving them advertising and the publicity they sought out in the first place. While myself and other artists like myself are deleted when our works have enlightened and touched families in a social moral and uplifting manner.

Shame on you...shame shame shame.

Show me one serial killer that has won an award such as a Gemini for outstanding Family Programming or has people THANKING them for their work and the moral messages we instilled in them or their children and I will gladly concede that we as artists are not notable.

-- The previous unsigned message was posted by JaimeB64 on 17 December 2013, 01:18 UTC.