[Wikitech-l] Re: Suggestion for future fundraisings

This comment on slashdot isn't ignorant: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=172759&cid=14379365 " I've donated to Wikipedia twice in a year. At this point, I've given probably four times the amount of money that I would for, say, Encarta. I love Wikipedia, but 1) I don't have a permanent copy of it on a DVD, like I would for Encarta, and 2) I feel like I'm being "forced" to buy the latest upgrade of Wikipedia when they set up these pleas for donations, since the performance of my encyclopedia directly depends on these fund drives. " I know there's been a lot of discussion about making a WP 1.0 of reviewed articles, but what do people think of giving out a DVD of current text for donations over, say, $50? This would be whatever's current at a point in time, with no guarantee about the content accuracy. I know there'd be some initial hardware cost for a mass burner and some admin overhead, but I can see the point that donating to a service is something done a little skeptically. Thanks, Jeremy _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l