Topic: Wikipedia needs donations, time to ask them to accept bitcoin again. (Read 2711 times)

Wikipedia is evil.

I doubt it'll be a coding issue they seem to have a capable team - and especially as you made integration so simple. It'll be an internal policy from one of the seniors there for sure.

Looks like you got it more polite than me RodeoX. This is going to take some persistence, it'll be a good idea if people keep emailing them about it. At least that way bitcoin awareness will remain high amongst the 'Donor Services Managers'. We'll slowly change their views 

Hey seal, look at our respective responses. One day apart and it looks like they have softened their stance. Or is it my wishful thinking?

Here's the anti-climatic response I received:

Got a somewhat neutral reply from wikimedia.

Reply##################################

Josh VanDavier, Dec 05 23:16 (PST): Hi Rich,
Thanks for your email and for your suggestion. We are aware of bitcoin, and we will continue to monitor it with interest. Thanks again for taking the time to email us.
Sincerely,
Joshua VanDavier
Donor Services Manager
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
https://wikimediafoundation.org
Support us: https://donate.wikimedia.org

My email################################


Rodeox, Nov 29 06:49 (PST): As a fan of wikipedia's knobble contribution to the Internet and
humanity, I would like to thank you and offer some support. I know that
the need to raise money is a constant struggle and that every bit helps.
However I have not found a way to safely and privately donate to
Wikipedia, I would urge you to consider accepting donations denominated
in Bitcoin.
Bitcoin offers you the opportunity to receive help without sharing part
of the donation with PayPal or credit card companies. Many of us will
simply never use such options for donation. Your money is ready to be
transmitted and would be in your wallet in seconds, if only you had a
bitcoin wallet.
Fellow knowledge seeker,
Rich Wagner

@BitPay
Do they know that these money are coming from you?
Can they see the "bitcoin" word somewhere when they receive them?

it would literally take them about 1 minute to copy this HTML code form from our blog to their site.  in the meantime you can donate here.  we have already paid them $1100 worth of bitcoins.

http://blog.bitpay.com

if their answer is no - why do you folks feel the urge to keep badgering them about it?



do you behave this way when anyone else tells you no?

I would be happy if they did, because then they would also probably put a bitpay link on the site lol

Wondering when wikipedia will start answering these e-mails with a link to this...

I'll post their response if I receive one.

Got an email back:


Sounds better than what they said to me before lol

email has been sent

I'm sending the following-

Hello,

I love wikipedia.  It's an incredible resource, both for useful needed information and for simple browsing and reading for fun.  Many times I have consulted wikipedia for something and seen the notice at the top, pleading for donations.  Unfortunately, it seems you won't accept my donations in the form of bitcoins.

Part of the reason I love wikipedia is that it is open an free, not free in the monetary aspect but free in that it is free from mega-corporation control.  Being forced to support a for-profit corporation such as paypal, Mastercard, or Amazon in order to donate to wikipedia is unacceptable to me.  I want to donate to you, but I refuse to give any part of that donation over to a corporate entity simply because they control the payment methods.

I understand some organizations are afraid to try this new currency, for whatever reasons.  However, I urge wikimedia.org to look into the details, as there really is nothing to fear.  WordPress recently began accepting bitcoins, as time goes on the currency will become more mainstream, however I'd really like to donate right now and I simply can't until you choose to support the currency.

Bitcoins are free and open.  I would happily donate 5 bitcoins right now, today, (current value ~$60 USD) if wikimedia.org would simply accept them.

Thank you,


[my name]

Came to say it. Clearly not a pressing need.

I don't think they really need donations, otherwise they would accept bitcoin 

Next time they ask me for dollars I'm going ask "What are those again? My grandpa talks about dollars also." 

FTFY.

I sent an email the day after wordpress news...  I got the normal reply about "at this time bla bla bla"