Perhaps you should work on establishing the Wikimedia brand... On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> 2011/1/1 Stephen Bain <stephen.b...@gmail.com>: > > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> > >> But to suggest that the choice of such > >> shorthand is tantamount to "lying to and misleading our donors" is, > >> indeed, irresponsible hyperbole. It's clear that the choice was, in > >> fact, made to _reduce_ potential confusion of donors about who/what > >> they're being asked to support. > > > > Hang on: > > > > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Philippe Beaudette > > <pbeaude...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> > >> When we get letters saying things like "I'd donate, but only to > Wikipedia, not to Wikimedia", it spells out for us that it's possible we > could attract more people with the institution of Wikipedia than the > institution of Wikimedia. > > See the immediately previous sentence in Philippe's email: "Yes, it'll > come as a shock to all of you <tongue-in-cheek> but there are people > who don't know that Wikimedia is anything more than a mis-spelling of > Wikipedia. </tongue-in-cheek>." He's talking about the exact same > issue. > > -- > Erik Möller > Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
