Talk:Other Ways to Give

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Typo error

I noticed on the 'Remember us in your will' section it has the words 'leaving 10% or more of your estate to charity will also mean that our whole estate benefits from a reduced level of Inheritance Tax.', I do believe it should be 'leaving 10% or more of your estate to charity will also mean that your whole estate benefits from a reduced level of Inheritance Tax'. Difference being 'your estate' instead of 'our estate'. zachary.burrows

Good point; thanks for pointing that out. It's now fixed. Mike Peel 21:25, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Freudian? mE

I won't give

As an educator, I cannot wait for Wikipedia to die. I fear though, that you will be like the Circus: that's been lamenting its imminent demise for years now, and is still with us!

We're sorry you feel that way. drop me an email at info@wikimedia.org.uk and I'll see if I can allay your concerns! Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 22:26, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Seriously? How is this comment helpful or contributory? Irrelevant and rude, this should be removed.

Response to OP - As an educator, you should understand what an invaluable tool Wikipedia is to the world and your students. You sound like your stuck in the dark ages, learn to accept that there are new ways of gaining knowledge. Sure, the information may not always be credible, but my experience with Wikipedia has shown that it's pretty damn close. Besides, it's a great way to find credible sources by looking in the references section in the bottom of the page.

mistake

This section of text is wrong!! :P

"if you are interested in make this particularly special kind of gift to make our shared vision of free and open knowledge live on, please do get in touch with Chris Keating on chris.keating@wikimedia.org.uk."

Perhaps it could be: "If you are interested in giving this particularly special gift, to help our shared vision of free and open knowledge live on, please do get in touch with Chris Keating on chris.keating@wikimedia.org.uk."

Donantions

How about a paypal option to donate ?

Actually, all our one-off online donations come via Paypal. If you click the Donate button on our donation pages, you will get a Paypal transaction page. 86.162.98.183 18:59, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

why not set up a text-to-donate service

The past few years has seen a sharp increase in the popularity of text-to-donate services. Using mobile phones, users can text a keyword to a shortcode number in order to make a donation.

shugs

Thanks for the suggestion. We're currently looking into setting up a text-to-donate service. The reason we don't have it at the moment is because the transaction costs are so high - typically between 25 and 40% of the donation is kept by the service provider - so we're investigating options that have lower transaction costs. Mike Peel 08:30, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Those fees were before we had charity status. I understand charities can get deals with fees of about 3%, as possibly even without any fees. --Tango 23:16, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
I believe this has now been set up! Details are on the donation pages. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 22:20, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Why do you need to rely on donations?

Something that I really cannot understand is why a site as popular and successful as Wikipedia is appealing for money from it's users.

You have put in the groundwork and gained a large user base, a great reputation and brand awareness. So why are you not able to find a way to monetise the site? Personally, I would far rather see a few adverts dotted around the pages than to donate money to your organisation. Hell, I might even go as far as to click on a few of them, but in all honesty I'm just too cheap to donate.

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