[WikiEN-l] Begging notices, external commercial distributors (was Ads on Wikipedia?)

Tue Jan 10 18:37:13 UTC 2006

I was under the impression that the fundraising objectives for the 
quarter were achieved.  What becomes tacky is continuing to post these 
notices (including Jimbo's appeal letter) after the objectives have been 
reached and the pre-determined fundraising period has ended.  If someone 
miscalculated the needs, they should be adjusted next time around.

Ec

MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:

>Only putting it on watchlists and recent changes would exclude anons and
>certain newbies, which is good for arbcom elections but not for fundraisers.
>A lot of funds comes from people who find Wikipedia useful, but don't edit
>themselves.
>
>I don't consider it begging. I'm sure they'd be more upset with constant
>adverts instead of occasional fundraiser notices.
>
>Mgm
>
>
>On 1/10/06, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>Steve Bennett wrote:
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>>>mav wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Well, current appeal could be called "begging". As Mav explained
>>>>already, we are far from having enough right now to fulfill our first
>>>>trimester needs. And we finished the year on our reserves.
>>>>So, "begging"
>>>>makes sense.
>>>>