Talk:Thanks

It would be nice to have a link to a page describing how the donations are used, what wikipedia's financial target is et al. (i.e. along the lines of previous fund-raising campaigns). 81.135.51.99 16:17, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

I have donated only one pound. However I think if everyone just donate at least one pound it would be a big amount of money. It is wise to say that please do not give a lot of obligation to users. We are not sure whether every penny will be allocated into the right pocket as I, myself, could only afford £1.29 double cheese burger for dinner.

Thank you for donating to Wikimedia UK. All donations will be used in accordance to UK charity law - although we're not yet a charity (we're a non-profit organisation in the process of applying to be a charity), we do our very best to follow all charity laws and guidance in our activities. All donations are spent on supporting either the global Wikimedia movement (via the Wikimedia Foundation) or the movement within the UK (see 2011 Budget amongst other pages). We endeavour to be as transparent an organisation as is practically possible (e.g. our board minutes are published openly online). We're grateful to receive all comments on our activities via our public mailing list or on this wiki, and we're always willing to answer any questions you might have. Thanks. Mike Peel 22:37, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Also, last time around, there was a link which showed a list of all people who donated, with encouraging comments from them alongside. I guess having such a list will inspire more people to donate. - Thanks, Mahesh

Please could you show the amount of the donation on the Thanks page? This would then act as a receipt from Wikipedia. Alternatively, please could you provide a link to a separate receipt page for that donation? Thank you.81.99.104.50 20:33, 3 December 2011 (UTC).

Funding requirement for Wikipedia

When I access and receive advice from someone on a forum I often think if I was in face to face contact with this person I would be only to happy to buy them a drink. In the UK thats about 3 GBP. Often only some of the people who help on forums have a Paypal button, so my good intentions can only be actioned on those that do provide the button. I may be wrong, but I can't recall that Wikipedia my most often accessed source of information has a Paypal button. On reflection I would be buying the Wikipedia contributors several drinks a week! Unfortunately, I can't afford that, even though I own and manage several websites, currently at a loss.

As a convenient reminder that even a free service is not free as someone has to pay for providing a service I think that a Paypal botton or similar fund collection service button(s) could be placed on Wikipedia websites. I would also like to suggest that the depth and scope of Wikipedia is presented more often. Give us the stats and information of the service which provides free access to information for those who speak a different language.

I'll Second that, More stats on site usage and maintained costs .

Fix the payments process

The pages are served over https but only partially encrypted ... this represents a serious security risk 87.194.40.167 21:56, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

This has been fixed (and has been for a while now, I believe). Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 00:33, 4 December 2011 (UTC)