[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] The end of donations

stevertigo stvrtg at gmail.com
Fri Aug 14 03:36:22 UTC 2009


We can discuss the matter of obscene materials on wikipedia in another
thread if you like. But note that your comment alledging my
prudishness is both out of place and innaccurate.
-Steven

On 8/10/09, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:
> Cmon, keep your whining prudishness for another thread. Sheesh.
>
> On 7/31/09, stevertigo <stvrtg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Walter Vermeir<walter at wikipedia.be>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> An other way would be that Wikimedia is funded by some international
>>> body, like UNESCO. The WMF budget for 2009-2010 is 9,4 million US
>>> dollar. That is not a lot on a global scale.
>>> I find it very normal that institutions are government funded. Probably
>>> because from where I am from, Belgium, that is the way it is. But I know
>>> that is not so everywhere. In some places the musea, schools, Churches,
>>> hospitals and so need to receive donations to function. So that approach
>>> would also not be acceptable for some because the have some problem with
>>> using public funds for public services.
>>
>> Interesting points. And yes, accepting government or institutional
>> money would probably come with conditions like improving overall
>> article quality, and maybe even getting rid of our "fetish" and other
>> destructive-sexuality / pro-depravity articles and images - something
>> our great many pro-"freedom" dogmatists just don't want to do.
>>
>> -Stevertigo
>>
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