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Title: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: lenny_ on October 08, 2013, 10:35:43 AM Wikipedia AGAIN, as every year, is asking for donations.
https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:FundraiserLandingPage&utm_source=donate Quote From Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales Wikipedia is the #5 site on the web and serves 500 million different people every month – with billions of page views. Commerce is fine. Advertising is not evil. But it doesn't belong here. Not in Wikipedia. Wikipedia is something special. It is like a library or a public park. It is like a temple for the mind. It is a place we can all go to think, to learn, to share our knowledge with others. When I founded Wikipedia, I could have made it into a for-profit company with advertising banners, but I decided to do something different. We’ve worked hard over the years to keep it lean and tight. We fulfill our mission efficiently. If everyone reading this donated £3, our fundraiser would be done within an hour. But not everyone can or will donate. And that's fine. Each year just enough people decide to give. This year, please consider making a donation of £5, £20, £50 or whatever you can to protect and sustain Wikipedia. Thanks, Jimmy Wales Wikipedia Founder Let Wikipedia know, that We, Bitcoin users, are here! We would like to donate to Wikipedia using our worldwide, digital currency - Bitcoin. Please, everyone, send an e-mail to donate@wikimedia.org, and ask them if they accepting Bitcoin donations. Who knows, one day, maybe they will reconsider it and start accepting it. Whole world will notice! Everyone who will send them an e-mail, please write in this thread. Good luck! :) Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: hivewallet on October 08, 2013, 10:44:02 AM Good point. Mail sent.
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: kik1977 on October 08, 2013, 10:47:32 AM Done! ;)
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: doof on October 08, 2013, 10:52:34 AM id donate with btc, cbf donating with a cc or paypal
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: doof on October 08, 2013, 10:55:02 AM Emailed them my thoughts
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: george51 on October 08, 2013, 11:03:11 AM I have also emailed them. I would donate with BTC
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: poochone on October 08, 2013, 01:43:57 PM emailed them yesterday lets see
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Gabi on October 08, 2013, 01:46:33 PM If they want donations, then they should accept bitcoins. If they don't, then well i suppose they don't really needs donations from us :)
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Maciek on October 08, 2013, 02:51:51 PM +1
Very good idea! Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Fiyasko on October 08, 2013, 02:54:46 PM Great idea!!!
If we got Wikipedia running soley on Bitcoin funds, We could probobly consider it to be "The bitcoin powered encyclopedia, Wikipedia!" Funded by the people, For the people! Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Akka on October 08, 2013, 03:01:15 PM Please only write to companies if you really plan to donate to them and not just if want more exposure for Bitcoin.
If they accept Bitcoin due to 1000th of mails from Bitcoiners and then receive like 10 Donations that would do more bad than good. Also write only if you would only send BTC more than once. reviving some BTC and than never again would be almost equally bad. BTW, there are cool Projects and causes that deserve to be supported that already accept BTC. Yet it looks rather poorly what they actually receive. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: maxmint on October 08, 2013, 03:08:39 PM We could get proactive and create a bitcoin donation address for them. John K. or some other reputable forum member could held the donated bitcoins in escrow until Wikimedia officially accepts bitcoins. If there is a decent amount of bitcoins in the donation address it might convince them in the end.
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: greyhawk on October 08, 2013, 03:09:21 PM We could get proactive and create a bitcoin donation address for them. John K. or some other reputable forum member could held the donated bitcoins in escrow until Wikimedia officially accepts bitcoins. If there is a decent amount of bitcoins in the donation address it might convince them in the end. That already happened. Several times. The results were..... lackluster. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Raoul Duke on October 08, 2013, 03:16:27 PM When are you guys going to stop stalking wikipedia about accepting Bitcoins?
This is getting ridiculous. 3 years of ridiculous stalking... Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on October 08, 2013, 03:37:32 PM I thought they only did fund drives once a year. Now, it seems like it's every quarter, if not more.
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: hivewallet on October 08, 2013, 03:45:13 PM Why should we stop? For god's sake we're offering to give them money.
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Raoul Duke on October 08, 2013, 03:48:25 PM Why should we stop? For god's sake we're offering to give them money. For god's sake, they already said they know about Bitcoin and that they don't want Bitcoins. Stop stalking. If you really want to give them money you should use whatever payment system they accept 'cause if you don't, then it's not money you want to give them, you just want to promote Bitcoin and increase you own wealth. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: lenny_ on October 08, 2013, 04:22:11 PM Great idea!!! If we got Wikipedia running soley on Bitcoin funds, We could probobly consider it to be "The bitcoin powered encyclopedia, Wikipedia!" Funded by the people, For the people! I have nothing else to add. Competely agree. Let's free Wikipedia from being dependant on these credit cards and greedy PayPal donations! Bitcoin is great option for such open project - which is free knowledge, gathered these by all generations and nations all over the world, all at one place - Wikipedia! Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: LiteCoinGuy on October 08, 2013, 04:44:52 PM done.
stupid that they dont have it already ::) Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: knight22 on October 08, 2013, 04:47:09 PM Why should we stop? For god's sake we're offering to give them money. For god's sake, they already said they know about Bitcoin and that they don't want Bitcoins. Stop stalking. If you really want to give them money you should use whatever payment system they accept 'cause if you don't, then it's not money you want to give them, you just want to promote Bitcoin and increase you own wealth. What is the problem if I only use bitcoin for online payments and I want to give them a donation? Of course I will ask them. Again and again. Period. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: knight22 on October 08, 2013, 04:49:43 PM then it's not money you want to give them, you just want to promote Bitcoin and increase you own wealth. And as far as I'm concerned, I'm more interested in seeing the fractional banking system fall rather than increasing my own wealth. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Ecurb123 on October 08, 2013, 06:16:46 PM done, email message below:
Subject: bitcoin donation Hello, I've donated in the past and I would like to again, do you accept bitcoin? Thanks, Alfred Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Ecurb123 on October 08, 2013, 07:26:08 PM got a reply already:
--------------------------------- Hi Alfred, Thanks for your email and for your interest in supporting free knowledge. Unfortunately we do not accept bitcoins, however, we are aware of bitcoin and we will continue to monitor it with interest. For a full list of other donation options, please visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Ways_to_Give/en. Thank you again for your interest! Sincerely, Michael Beattie Donor Services Associate Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://wikimediafoundation.org Support us: https://donate.wikimedia.org Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Welsh on October 08, 2013, 07:57:10 PM got a reply already: --------------------------------- Hi Alfred, Thanks for your email and for your interest in supporting free knowledge. Unfortunately we do not accept bitcoins, however, we are aware of bitcoin and we will continue to monitor it with interest. For a full list of other donation options, please visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Ways_to_Give/en. Thank you again for your interest! Sincerely, Michael Beattie Donor Services Associate Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://wikimediafoundation.org Support us: https://donate.wikimedia.org It's nice to see they are monitoring it. But, I don't think they will accept it any time soon. It would be a great step for Bitcoin if Wiki did support it as it would show that Bitcoin is supporting a good cause. But, I don't think they will. I believe that they don't want to get involved with Bitcoin because it doesn't have enough people. They are accepting credit cards and paypal because nearly every person you find on the internet has got one of those two. If not there is only a few. Accepting Bitcoin could be more hassle than it's worth to them. First they would want to learn about it and find out why it would benefit them. We can't tell them it would benefit them, only they know what will benefit them. I personally think it would be a great step, but I don't think they are interested judging on that email. They are aware because they just got spammed emailed by a lot of people. They may even mark a lot of this down to spam. If people who have sent that email don't actually donate with other gateways. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Meni Rosenfeld on October 08, 2013, 08:05:23 PM We could get proactive and create a bitcoin donation address for them. John K. or some other reputable forum member could held the donated bitcoins in escrow until Wikimedia officially accepts bitcoins. If there is a decent amount of bitcoins in the donation address it might convince them in the end. That already happened. Several times. The results were..... lackluster.I am still of the opinion that spamming them with millions of mails isn't going to help. If anything would help it's a more in-depth dialogue; engaging in such dialogue with them is on my todo list. However, a "pledge" is not as important as I initially thought, and the willingness of the community to donate to such a pledge is underwhelming. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: knight22 on October 08, 2013, 08:18:35 PM Here's an example of one such attempt - Getting Wikipedia to accept Bitcoin donations - Community pledge (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=270255.0). I am still of the opinion that spamming them with millions of mails isn't going to help. If anything would help it's a more in-depth dialogue; engaging in such dialogue with them is on my todo list. However, a "pledge" is not as important as I initially thought, and the willingness of the community to donate to such a pledge is underwhelming. But who is responsible to take such a decision? Jimmy Wales? Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Akka on October 08, 2013, 08:20:41 PM However, a "pledge" is not as important as I initially thought, and the willingness of the community to donate to such a pledge is underwhelming. And exactly this is the point. I think many (most) people don't want to donate, they just want Wikipedia to accept Bitcoin. And in that case it's actually better for the reputation of it when Wikipedia doesn't accept them. Otherwise we would just see a Headline like Quote "The Generous Bitcoin Community" After Receiving 10,000nds Mails to accept Bitcoin as donation Option, Wikimedia finally adds Bitcoin and receives a stunning $1052 in the first month an $0 in the second. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Meni Rosenfeld on October 08, 2013, 08:29:34 PM Here's an example of one such attempt - Getting Wikipedia to accept Bitcoin donations - Community pledge (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=270255.0). I am still of the opinion that spamming them with millions of mails isn't going to help. If anything would help it's a more in-depth dialogue; engaging in such dialogue with them is on my todo list. However, a "pledge" is not as important as I initially thought, and the willingness of the community to donate to such a pledge is underwhelming. But who is responsible to take such a decision? Jimmy Wales? Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: desired_username on October 08, 2013, 09:42:42 PM Accepting bitcoin donations doesn't involve much effort. If they create a wallet, it doesn't even need to be online. They would only need a bitcoin address on their donation page.
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: repentance on October 08, 2013, 10:28:16 PM However, a "pledge" is not as important as I initially thought, and the willingness of the community to donate to such a pledge is underwhelming. Has there ever been a time when a significant amount of Bitcoins have been donated/pledged to any cause? Even when addresses are set up with the intention of being able to say "hey, people have donated X amount, all you have to do is accept Bitcoin to claim it), my recollection is that the amounts donated have been trivial - which tends to bolster psy's argument that people don't really want to put their Bitcoin where their mouths are. A few hundred or even a few thousand dollars worth of Bitcoins aren't going to be persuasive when dealing with large organisations. You need to convince them that donations will increase by tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars (after administration costs) by accepting Bitcoin - that it will bring them new donors, not just the same donors giving them the same amount by a different method. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: IncreaseMyT on October 08, 2013, 11:38:48 PM Ok done
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: tkbx on October 09, 2013, 04:23:19 AM Wikipedia AGAIN, as every year, is asking for donations. https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:FundraiserLandingPage&utm_source=donate Quote From Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales Wikipedia is the #5 site on the web and serves 500 million different people every month – with billions of page views. Commerce is fine. Advertising is not evil. But it doesn't belong here. Not in Wikipedia. Wikipedia is something special. It is like a library or a public park. It is like a temple for the mind. It is a place we can all go to think, to learn, to share our knowledge with others. When I founded Wikipedia, I could have made it into a for-profit company with advertising banners, but I decided to do something different. We’ve worked hard over the years to keep it lean and tight. We fulfill our mission efficiently. If everyone reading this donated £3, our fundraiser would be done within an hour. But not everyone can or will donate. And that's fine. Each year just enough people decide to give. This year, please consider making a donation of £5, £20, £50 or whatever you can to protect and sustain Wikipedia. Thanks, Jimmy Wales Wikipedia Founder Let Wikipedia know, that We, Bitcoin users, are here! We would like to donate to Wikipedia using our worldwide, digital currency - Bitcoin. Please, everyone, send an e-mail to donate@wikimedia.org, and ask them if they accepting Bitcoin donations. Who knows, one day, maybe they will reconsider it and start accepting it. Whole world will notice! Everyone who will send them an e-mail, please write in this thread. Good luck! :) Sent. I suspect with the number of Bitcoin users (some wealthy) who support freedom of speech, Wikipedia would be greatly rewarded by accepting Bitcoin. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: LightRider on October 09, 2013, 06:18:04 AM Dear Wikipedia,
If you do not start accepting bitcoin, we, the bitcoin community, will conflate every media story and mention of Wikipedia with Wikileaks and Julian Assange, and vice versa. Regards, Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Liquid on October 09, 2013, 06:18:06 AM Sent :)
Title: Calm down and search Google before embarrassing Bitcoin Post by: wtogami on October 09, 2013, 06:26:49 AM http://blog.bitpay.com/2012/11/donate-to-wikipedia-with-bitcoin.html
Please stop bothering Wikipedia to do something they do not want to do yet. If it really is about giving to Wikipedia with Bitcoin, there is a method here. Do you really care about promoting Bitcoin or giving to Wikipedia? If the latter then it doesn't matter how it gets there. https://my.fsf.org/donate/ https://my.fsf.org/donate/bitcoin-litecoin.asc Note that there are other highly respected non-profit orgs who treat Bitcoin very seriously. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Pumpkin on October 09, 2013, 08:57:24 AM Totally disagree with wtogami. Wikipedia doesn't want bitcoin - an open fair money. It is not something small. They are AGAINST alternatives currencies. Why would you want to donate to them?
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: hivewallet on October 09, 2013, 10:04:27 AM We're quite surprised at how many voices are against this.
Has the tide turned in the Bitcoin world? Do most of you see the adoption as inevitable at this point, hence no need to push it? Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: greyhawk on October 09, 2013, 10:25:51 AM We're quite surprised at how many voices are against this. Who is this "we"? Anyways annoying people is not exactly the best way to turn people to your cause. In fact it's detrimental. See the dropbox votebox debacle for how that ends. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: ElectricMucus on October 09, 2013, 12:38:21 PM Who is this "we"? The king of Bitcoin. Dear highness! Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: IncreaseMyT on October 09, 2013, 03:43:24 PM This is what I got for a response, and honestly, due to the situation at hand, it seems like a positive message overall. So Bitpay saying to stop bugging them to do something they don't want to do seems a little off. Obviously request's should be professional of course.
Quote Hi Todd, Thanks for your email and for your suggestion. We are aware of bitcoin, and we will continue to monitor it with interest. Thanks again for taking the time to email us. Sincerely, Michael Beattie Donor Services Associate Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://wikimediafoundation.org Support us: https://donate.wikimedia.org Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Raoul Duke on October 09, 2013, 03:47:28 PM Dear Wikipedia, If you do not start accepting bitcoin, we, the bitcoin community, will conflate every media story and mention of Wikipedia with Wikileaks and Julian Assange, and vice versa. Regards, Speak for yourself. Don't include me on that "community" of "we" you talk about. Quote Wikipedia needs donations, time to FTFY. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: jeffhuys on October 09, 2013, 06:00:12 PM They should really support BTC, in my opinion.
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Tomatocage on October 09, 2013, 11:13:03 PM CAMPAIGN TO GET WIKIPEDIA TO ACCEPT BITCOINS
WIKIPEDIA COLLECTS 2.62 BTC IN DONATIONS Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Tomatocage on October 09, 2013, 11:14:11 PM But yeah, what Psy said. Anybody who's been around for long enough knows that Wikipedia can bend over and walk backwards into a wall of dicks.
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: jadair10 on October 10, 2013, 04:34:32 AM The solution to getting Wikipedia to accept bitcoin is as follows:
I would not be surprised if the FAQ page suddenly got revised and the bitcoin question removed entirely. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: seljo on October 10, 2013, 07:46:33 AM It would be much easier for me to donate if they accepted BTC. I just don't feel sharing my name, e-mail and credit/debit card information with them or with anyone. I don't say that spamming Wikipedia is the way but I think they should reconsider accepting BTC.
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: LightRider on October 10, 2013, 09:10:06 AM Dear Wikipedia, If you do not start accepting bitcoin, we, the bitcoin community, will conflate every media story and mention of Wikipedia with Wikileaks and Julian Assange, and vice versa. Regards, Speak for yourself. Don't include me on that "community" of "we" you talk about. Quote Wikipedia needs donations, time to FTFY. I should change it to "we, at the Bitcoin Foundation". Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Raoul Duke on October 10, 2013, 09:23:32 AM Dear Wikipedia, If you do not start accepting bitcoin, we, the bitcoin community, will conflate every media story and mention of Wikipedia with Wikileaks and Julian Assange, and vice versa. Regards, Speak for yourself. Don't include me on that "community" of "we" you talk about. Quote Wikipedia needs donations, time to FTFY. I should change it to "we, at the Bitcoin Foundation". Sounds a lot better. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: shuttleclock on October 11, 2013, 12:06:59 AM And when Wikipedia finally accepts Bitcoin, I wish people will actually donate..
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Littleshop on October 11, 2013, 12:17:14 AM And when Wikipedia finally accepts Bitcoin, I wish people will actually donate.. Why? They seem to not want our money. PLEASE don't try to force it on them. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: shuttleclock on October 11, 2013, 05:20:16 AM And when Wikipedia finally accepts Bitcoin, I wish people will actually donate.. Why? They seem to not want our money. PLEASE don't try to force it on them. But if Wikipedia finally accepts Bitcoin, and no Bitcoin donation actually being made afterwards, it's just super lulz :P Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: greyhawk on October 11, 2013, 09:23:47 AM But if Wikipedia finally accepts Bitcoin, and no Bitcoin donation actually being made afterwards, it's just super lulz :P All of this has happened before, all of this will happen again. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: jadair10 on October 11, 2013, 09:31:38 AM If you don't want to contribute bitcoin or money, then contribute some time making their pages reflect the truth, an arduous task I know given the amount of Wikiganda that occurs.
Gentlemen, please see also this thread. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=270255.msg3313546#msg3313546 Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: FanEagle on October 12, 2013, 02:22:10 PM Many companies are starting to accept BTC like Wordpress, why not Wikipedia? It would be like a miracle.
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: nicolazza on October 12, 2013, 02:43:43 PM Sent a reflection on marriage between the free encyclopedia and the free currency ::)
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: blub on October 12, 2013, 03:48:32 PM put up an escrowed addres, and raise some serios money.
Then send them a mail like "We have raised funds equivalent to $25.000 please give us your BTC address" Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: nicolazza on October 12, 2013, 05:10:35 PM Quote Kristan Johnson, Oct 12 09:55 am (PDT): Hi Nicolò, Thanks for your email and for your suggestion. We are aware of bitcoin, and we will continue to monitor it with interest. Thanks again for taking the time to email us. Sincerely, Kristan Johnson Donor Services Associate Wikimedia Foundation Inc. wikimediafoundation.org Support us! https://donate.wikimedia.org ;) ;) ;) Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Mondy on October 13, 2013, 07:44:15 AM mail sent
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: lenny_ on October 13, 2013, 04:07:19 PM mail sent Thanks! Let's keep in going until Wikipedia will accept it! :) Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Gabi on October 13, 2013, 04:13:58 PM Quote This has been interpreted to mean that we do not accept "artificial" currencies – that is, those not backed by the full faith and credit of an issuing government This is always so funnyTitle: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: crumbs on October 13, 2013, 04:43:04 PM Spamming wikip to accept bitcoin?
Wikipedos! U sucks coz U no want mah freedomz bitcoin monyz. I now spam U! Mah friends, other bitcoiners, now spam you 2! >:( Mah SR got pwnt, UR mah only hop. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: greyhawk on October 13, 2013, 06:51:17 PM put up an escrowed addres, and raise some serios money. Then send them a mail like "We have raised funds equivalent to $25.000 please give us your BTC address" Already happened, funds raised were 25 bucks. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: limit2718 on October 14, 2013, 02:48:05 AM Very good idea!
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: sebdude420 on October 14, 2013, 03:49:15 AM email sent!
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: lenny_ on November 02, 2013, 06:34:39 AM Any more people willing to help? :)
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: EccLipSe on November 02, 2013, 06:02:46 PM supported. very good idea.
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: LiteCoinGuy on November 02, 2013, 08:10:30 PM i always thought that wikipedia is very mondern and open to new ideas....maybe that times are over. :-[
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: lepirate on November 02, 2013, 08:50:06 PM I sent an email about 6 months ago. But I guess I could do it from my secondary email to!
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: rhuian on November 02, 2013, 09:02:34 PM good idea. Mail sent
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: crumbs on November 02, 2013, 09:05:51 PM Why are you guys spamming wikip? They said they don't want your money.
This is like some grubby panhandler chasing you down & begging you to take his pennies. Shit getting weirder & weirder... Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Kazimir on November 02, 2013, 10:11:14 PM I emailed them in the past, and I will email them again from an alternative address.
It's totally ridiculous that an open, community driven organisation like Wikipedia would not prefer (or even just accept) open, free (as in free speech) independent money. Quote from: Wikipedia This has been interpreted to mean that we do not accept "artificial" currencies – that is, those not backed by the full faith and credit of an issuing government Right, because currencies that are backed by governments, are of course not 'artificial' in anyway ::)And their full faith and credit (what credit exactly?) is obviously more trustworthy than the mathematical backing of Bitcoin. Seriously... this situation is f*cked up. Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Shallow on November 02, 2013, 11:42:17 PM I hope they do start accepting it some day
Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: just_me on November 03, 2013, 04:15:22 AM I emailed wikipedia and asked them if they are accepting Bitcoin Donations. :) Title: Re: Let Wikipedia know, that we are here! Post by: Rupture on November 03, 2013, 05:23:39 AM Wow, they still don't accept btc??
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