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January 23, 2015, 07:58:45 AM Last edit: January 23, 2015, 08:14:56 AM by firewire2013 |
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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 ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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January 23, 2015, 10:02:55 AM |
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You know they accept donations in btc already, right? http://m.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Ways_to_GiveSorry, mobile link ;p
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January 23, 2015, 10:50:25 AM |
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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 ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) yes I do the support the idea fully but ... 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
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January 23, 2015, 11:16:34 AM |
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Yep, old news.
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January 23, 2015, 11:20:42 AM |
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Hundreds of thousands in first weeks of donation! That's a money ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) nice to see there are plenty kind people
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firewire2013 (OP)
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January 23, 2015, 12:16:19 PM |
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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_PageThen along the left hand side select Donate to Wikipedia
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January 23, 2015, 12:17:35 PM |
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Have donated to wikipedia already, will continue to support them from time to time
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January 23, 2015, 12:18:23 PM |
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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.
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January 23, 2015, 01:24:43 PM |
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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_PageThen 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_GiveBitcoin is listed there.
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January 23, 2015, 01:34:30 PM |
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i have already done this, yes ![Tongue](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif)
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January 23, 2015, 04:07:25 PM |
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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.
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January 23, 2015, 04:11:42 PM |
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i don't use it that much but would consider donating a few $ worth of BTC
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January 23, 2015, 04:50:08 PM |
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I wouldn't donate to heavily censored centralised digital encyclopedia. It's full of wrong information, I rather keep my Bitcoins in my wallet.
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January 23, 2015, 05:03:37 PM |
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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.
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January 23, 2015, 05:05:44 PM |
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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..
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So sad! This profile does not appear as the #1 result (on anonymous) Google searches anymore.
Time to be active on the crypto forums again? Proud to be one of the few Legendary members of the Sparkie Red Dot!
Gonna put this on my resume if I ever join a cryptocurrency/blockchain industry!
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January 23, 2015, 05:22:30 PM |
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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://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FVlKkrUo.png&t=665&c=qEJh5GS905Uz-g) Stupid on Wikimedia for making what's supposed to be an anonymous process, not so anonymous.
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January 23, 2015, 05:24:29 PM |
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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.
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January 24, 2015, 01:50:54 AM |
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Why not ? Wikipedia already helped me almost everyday in my life So, donate a bit of my bitcoin it's no problem ![Roll Eyes](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif) 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.!
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January 24, 2015, 03:04:02 AM |
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WIKIPEDIA IS THE ANSWER TO ALL QUESTIONS!!!!!!! FUND THEM NOW BEFORE A CORPORATE COMPANY DUPLICATES IT AND DESTROYS THE NAME AND IDEA
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