[WikiEN-l] World domination. Recieving online donations

Wed Jul 9 19:09:45 UTC 2003

I would like to make a vote for having a link on every page.  We already have links to Bug reports on every page.  A text link need not be intrusive.  There are multiple cases where we could loose out on a donation, by not having a link on every page.  For instance, it is my impression that a large number of our visitors visit via a google search.  So, they will probably not be visiting the main page, or a donation specific page.  So, in this case, we would benifit by having "donate now" link on every page..  It sort of confuses me as to why anyone would object to this?  These are not really come-ons.  We need money for operations costs, we have a non-profit org to recieve donations.  If we don't provide a donations link on at least most pages, then we may loose out on donations from people who just don't know they can donate.  Additionally, I think that any rational person could read a page, describing why we need donations, and not get upset and/or label it as an "Excessive come-on."  I mean, I don't think we are talking about a pop-up ad, are we?  If someone were to purpose a pop-up, or a big flashy ad, or anything besides a simple non-intrusive link, I would probably object too.  However, I think a text link would be perfectly acceptable.

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Michael Becker
a.k.a. Mbecke
a.k.a. MB

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: David Friedland <david at nohat.net>
Reply-To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
Date:  Wed, 09 Jul 2003 14:49:49 -0400

>Once this is set up I imagine we will want a "Donate now" or similar 
>link on Wikipedia. I would just like to start the discussion by 
>registering a vote against having such a link (or worse yet, an image) 
>appear on every wiki page. Excessive come-ons are a total turn-off.
>
>- David [[User:Nohat]]
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>webmaster wrote:
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>>The Network for Good is "a nonprofit collaboration to help nonprofit organizations increase capacity, reach new audiences, and build Internet strategies."
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>>They have a service setup that allows Nonprofits with a Web site to collect donations by simply linking to their nonprofit's donation page from Network for Good.  See:  http://www.networkforgood.org/npo/fundraising/donations/index.html
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>>Charities receive 100% of the donations.
>>Nonprofits pay no fees or costs.
>>Donors receive records of contributions for tax purposes.
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>>If no one has any objections, I will setup an account for us (unless Jimmy will do it, since he is head of the foundation [I think?]).  So Jimmy, just tell me if you want me to take care of this.
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>>Michael Becker
>>a.k.a. Mbecker
>>a.k.a. MB
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