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Title: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: firewire2013 on January 23, 2015, 07:58:45 AM Supporting Wikipedia for their virtual encyclopaedia service, whilst spreading the Bitcoin word across the planet.
This is in support of an email I sent this morning, asking if they would accept Bitcoin as donations, once completed I will send Wikipedia the results. Hopefully the results will be positive :) Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: gjgjg on January 23, 2015, 10:02:55 AM You know they accept donations in btc already, right? http://m.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Ways_to_Give
Sorry, mobile link ;p Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: sandy47bt on January 23, 2015, 10:18:07 AM You know they accept donations in btc already, right? http://m.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Ways_to_Give Sorry, mobile link ;p I never know wikipedia already accept BTC Looks like they already accept bitcoin a year ago http://time.com/3059325/wikimedia-wikipedia-bitcoin-donations/ (http://time.com/3059325/wikimedia-wikipedia-bitcoin-donations/) http://www.coindesk.com/wikipedia-now-accepts-bitcoin-donations/ (http://www.coindesk.com/wikipedia-now-accepts-bitcoin-donations/) Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: Madness on January 23, 2015, 10:50:25 AM Supporting Wikipedia for their virtual encyclopaedia service, whilst spreading the Bitcoin word across the planet. yes I do the support the idea fully but ...This is in support of an email I sent this morning, asking if they would accept Bitcoin as donations, once completed I will send Wikipedia the results. Hopefully the results will be positive :) They do accept Bitcoin as donations already , you can see the article here => http://www.coindesk.com/wikipedia-now-accepts-bitcoin-donations/ Besides They make around 210 million dollar each month just by Ads from their website & more millions via Affiliate Links so yeah ... I don't think they need any donations to be honest ... still a good idea to make bitcoin more known and make people show their appreciation Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: doof on January 23, 2015, 11:16:34 AM Yep, old news.
Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: pawel7777 on January 23, 2015, 11:16:50 AM Already donated, twice.
They started to accept BTC around Aug last year. Wikipedia Raises $140k in First Week of Bitcoin Donations: http://www.coindesk.com/wikipedia-raises-140000-first-week-bitcoin-donations/ (http://www.coindesk.com/wikipedia-raises-140000-first-week-bitcoin-donations/) Lock thread? Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: kl8847 on January 23, 2015, 11:20:42 AM Hundreds of thousands in first weeks of donation! That's a money :) nice to see there are plenty kind people
Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: firewire2013 on January 23, 2015, 12:16:19 PM Well maybe they should make it clear, I dont see any option for accepting BTC.
Have a look for yourself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) Then along the left hand side select Donate to Wikipedia Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: Divinespark on January 23, 2015, 12:17:35 PM Have donated to wikipedia already, will continue to support them from time to time
Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: bornil267645 on January 23, 2015, 12:18:23 PM Just because it helped me, doesn't mean I have to give away the smallest of bitcoin I have. If I had many then I would have given some.
Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: pawel7777 on January 23, 2015, 01:24:43 PM Well maybe they should make it clear, I dont see any option for accepting BTC. Have a look for yourself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) Then along the left hand side select Donate to Wikipedia Yup, it's a bit hidden. On the bottom of donate page there's small 'Other ways to give' hyperlink, which will direct to: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Ways_to_Give (https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Ways_to_Give) Bitcoin is listed there. Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: LiteCoinGuy on January 23, 2015, 01:34:30 PM i have already done this, yes :P
Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: pozmu on January 23, 2015, 04:07:25 PM I would never domate to them, btc/ fiat it doesn't mater, I don't think they really need such support, I think they're beggars.
A lot of companies would support this project in exchange for a small button/ banner but they want to keep it 100% ad free, I don't think it's really worth it if you need to beg for support to keep it ad free. Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: randy8777 on January 23, 2015, 04:11:42 PM i don't use it that much but would consider donating a few $ worth of BTC
Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: EFS on January 23, 2015, 04:50:08 PM I wouldn't donate to heavily censored centralised digital encyclopedia. It's full of wrong information, I rather keep my Bitcoins in my wallet.
Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: pawel7777 on January 23, 2015, 05:03:37 PM I wouldn't donate to heavily censored centralised digital encyclopedia. It's full of wrong information, I rather keep my Bitcoins in my wallet. Then don't. Surely there are many sensitive subject/entries you can disagree with. But there's still plenty of useful info there. It would be hard, if not impossible, to find any internet user who has never made use of Wikipedia. Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: jacktheking on January 23, 2015, 05:05:44 PM Wikipedia is already accepting Bitcoin, like what others said. However, not many people donate to them using Bitcoin because.. they require lots of information before we can donate. Donation should be anonymous..
Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: ChuckBuck on January 23, 2015, 05:22:30 PM This is super super super super super old news, BTC has been a donation option by Wikimedia for months now.
What's terrible about the process is putting in your personal info just to donate Bitcoin: https://i.imgur.com/VlKkrUo.png Stupid on Wikimedia for making what's supposed to be an anonymous process, not so anonymous. Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: pawel7777 on January 23, 2015, 05:24:29 PM Wikipedia is already accepting Bitcoin, like what others said. However, not many people donate to them using Bitcoin because.. they require lots of information before we can donate. Donation should be anonymous.. There was a thread somewhere about this. They have to ask for such info to produce the receipt you can use for tax deduction. If you want to remain anonymous, just enter fake info, they won't verify it. Problem solved. Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: PaulPierce on January 24, 2015, 01:50:54 AM Why not ? Wikipedia already helped me almost everyday in my life So, donate a bit of my bitcoin it's no problem ::) I dont think there is anyone with a computer and internet connection who hasnt been helped by Wikipedia.! It would be awesome if they accept BTC.! Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: chipmadness on January 24, 2015, 03:04:02 AM WIKIPEDIA IS THE ANSWER TO ALL QUESTIONS!!!!!!! FUND THEM NOW BEFORE A CORPORATE COMPANY DUPLICATES IT AND DESTROYS THE NAME AND IDEA
Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: sandykho47 on January 24, 2015, 06:18:46 AM I want to donate some, but too bad i can't keep my identity hidden.
I wonder if i can give fake identity to coinbase ??? Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: Q7 on January 24, 2015, 06:28:55 AM Supporting Wikipedia for their virtual encyclopaedia service, whilst spreading the Bitcoin word across the planet. yes I do the support the idea fully but ...This is in support of an email I sent this morning, asking if they would accept Bitcoin as donations, once completed I will send Wikipedia the results. Hopefully the results will be positive :) They do accept Bitcoin as donations already , you can see the article here => http://www.coindesk.com/wikipedia-now-accepts-bitcoin-donations/ Besides They make around 210 million dollar each month just by Ads from their website & more millions via Affiliate Links so yeah ... I don't think they need any donations to be honest ... still a good idea to make bitcoin more known and make people show their appreciation Where do you get the information that they are earning from ads and affiliates. I think it's very clear that they want maintain the website to be ad free and rely on donations. if they would have put even a single ad link can you imagine how much they would have made?? Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: Possum577 on January 24, 2015, 07:27:55 AM Wikipedia should definitely accept bitcoin. Wikipedia was a pioneer in online information, they should embrace and support other pioneers in technology.
Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: firewire2013 on January 24, 2015, 09:53:25 AM Wikipedia should definitely accept bitcoin. Wikipedia was a pioneer in online information, they should embrace and support other pioneers in technology. It appears they have been accepting BTC for about a year, it’s just the link is hidden at the bottom. I think this needs to be up near the PayPal section, that way when people see it, they will be curious what Bitcoin is and start reading up about it. Thus, not only is this thread about Wikipedia accepting BTC, which they already do. It is about spreading awareness of BTC. Title: Re: #### POLL#### Bitcoin Donation to Wikipedia Post by: pawel7777 on January 24, 2015, 10:34:00 AM It appears they have been accepting BTC for about a year, it’s just the link is hidden at the bottom. I think this needs to be up near the PayPal section, that way when people see it, they will be curious what Bitcoin is and start reading up about it. Thus, not only is this thread about Wikipedia accepting BTC, which they already do. It is about spreading awareness of BTC. And that's the reason why they won't make 'donate with BTC' too visible. People who are about to donate get distracted and start checking what the bitcoin is (abandoning the 'donate' site). That's what happen to Mozilla, they've run some test analysis for 17 days when Bitcoin was listed along with other payment options. Eventually they also decided to hide it. Can't blame them really, their goal is to get more donations not to promote bitcoin. See my post from other thread: ... I know that they are accepting it if you do some research BUT why hiding it ?? ... Why? Likely for the same reasons Mozilla removed bitcoin donation button. It distracted page viewers resulting in less donations. https://fundraising.mozilla.org/bitcoin-donations-to-mozilla-17-days-in/ (https://fundraising.mozilla.org/bitcoin-donations-to-mozilla-17-days-in/) Quote We received numerous requests from donors that they wanted bitcoin featured right on our primary donation form. Given the volume of page views to that form (millions during the life of the campaign), I was concerned that adding any unnecessary text would distract donors and depress non-bitcoin conversions, the source of more than 99% of all our campaign revenue. So we decided to add “Donate with Bitcoin” text, and test whether it depressed conversion or not. Here is what that looked like: [...] The test showed that revenue per visitor drops by about $0.07 USD. Here is the Optimizely graph showing a 7.5% reduction in revenue per visitor:[...] |
