[Foundation-l] Jimmy Wales donation appeal

Tue Dec 23 02:42:40 UTC 2008

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Casey Brown <cbrown1023.ml at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:12 PM, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 2008/12/23 Robert Rohde <rarohde at gmail.com>:
> >> > Looks like the new appeal is working well.
> >> >
> >> > We seem to be on pace to have the best single day of this fund drive.
> >> >
> >> > -Robert Rohde
> >> >
> >>
> >> Not sure. Still getting complaints among others that donating doesn't
> >> make the banner go away:
> >>
> >> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1017711&highlight=wikipedia
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> geni
> >>
> >
> > Seems to be more a debating of "Why do they always ask for donations"
> > along with a bit of good old wiki-scandal-accusations thrown in for good
> > measure.
> >
>
> Some pretty nice comments mixed in there. ;-)  They also do a good job
> explaining why we need money.
>
> [Jay: interesting to look at, might be nice to use some like their
> comments in the future]
>
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Wait. Is donating supposed to make the banner go away?

Because it didn't.......
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