[Wikipedia-l] Please change the embarrassing donations message

Wed Oct 8 05:33:35 UTC 2003

Fuzheado wrote:
>My view as well.  Shouldn't this mean we should rip 
>down the current text immediately or risk legal problems?  
>Why is it still up there if it's so blatantly improper?

IANAL, but the current text is in the gray area since it does not explicitly 
ask for a donation. So it is not "blatantly improper" in that sense. It /is/ 
a bit long and sounds a tad like a plea for help, however. 

  Find out how you can help support Wikipedia's phenomenal growth [here].

or even SV's version (which, IMO, is not as clear but does sound nicer):

   Find out how you can help [support] Wikipedia's phenomenal growth. 

are both much better. 

Either way, the message should not be on the printable version of pages. 

-- mav