Wikipedia on a donation drive again - no Bitcoin still.

[Remember remember the 5th of November]

What is wrong with them? Bitcoin has gained so much acceptance and attention, and they turn a blind eye.

[MakeBelieve]

I have donated to them a few times and have contacted them about Bitcoin but never got a reply I don't understand why it's free money and they would be profiting a whole lot in the future.

[Lohoris]

Neither EFF is accepting them, which is even more worrysome.

[BitcoinBobbeh]

It's always fun when they put up those "personal appeal" banners.

[guybrushthreepwood]

Didn't they just do one a few months ago?

[malevolent]

Neither EFF is accepting them, which is even more worrysome.

They do:
https://supporters.eff.org/donate

They stopped accepting them in June 2011, and resumed accepting them in May 2013:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/06/eff-and-bitcoin
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/thank-you-bitcoin-community

But we're going off-topic.

Wikipedia doesn't need your money.

[hilariousandco]

Neither EFF is accepting them, which is even more worrysome.

Wikipedia doesn't need your money.

Not according to sadface Jimmy up there.

[Gabi]

+1 to they don't need money

[thms]

I don't donate because Wikipedia is not collaborative at all, at least in my language's section. It's dominated by political views, it's ridiculous that some admins and arbitrators have a political party logo on their profile page.

[rmines]

I also do not understand why they won't accept BTC donations.
I'm sure they'd benefit a lot from it.

[buzybit]

bitcoin is awesome for donations
every organization that needs donations SHOULD integrate bitcoin or litecoin asap!
i have donated money to them before if they want money from me now plz turn to bitcoin

[vaccinesaregood]

They would benefit from it hugely.  They probably don't want to be seen as endorsing it.

[dddbtc]

They would benefit from it hugely.  They probably don't want to be seen as endorsing it.

What the hell does "endorsing it" even mean?  By accepting euros an organization isn't assenting to the sociopolitical/fiscal policies of the European Union.  By accepting a donation, all they are doing is acknowledging that said currency is worth money.

[CryptoPanda]

please everyone that has a sec email them saying that you would donate if they were taking bitcoins.

[rmines]

Such actions have been set up before, unfortunately without any result 

[guybrushthreepwood]

please everyone that has a sec email them saying that you would donate if they were taking bitcoins.

Lots of people have emailed them that already. Doesn't seem to be making much difference.

[kokojie]

They would benefit from it hugely.  They probably don't want to be seen as endorsing it.

That's a interesting logic, so anyone that is accepting paypal for payments, is endorsing paypal?

[guybrushthreepwood]

They would benefit from it hugely.  They probably don't want to be seen as endorsing it.

That's a interesting logic, so anyone that is accepting paypal for payments, is endorsing paypal?

That's not the logic of the masses though. At the moment they think Bitcoin is for drug dealers, child pornographers and tax evaders even though fiat is more widley abused for that sort of stuff, but they'll just keep believing the media slander,

[Lohoris]

They would benefit from it hugely.  They probably don't want to be seen as endorsing it.

That's a interesting logic, so anyone that is accepting paypal for payments, is endorsing paypal?

Well, yes?

[keithers]

There has got to be a politcal reason that they don't accept bitcoin donations.  I haven't looked into this at all, but who owns wikipedia, or who sponsors it?