I feel the same. I actively edit Wikipedia, and it's appalling even as an editor. It's actually become kind of a meme within the community. There's not much I can elaborate on, but yes, the fundraising campaign is fairly unprofessional and misleading- it seems to further the "Wikipedia has an editor-in-chief" theory. It's too centered on Jimmy, and lesser so on the community as it should be.
~Courtney Thurston > Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:44:01 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FC-discuss] "Personal appeal from Jimmy Wales" > > I'm a long-time, low-dollar donor to Wikimedia and I'm really turned > off by the current fundraising campaign. The photos of Jimmy Wales on > Wikipedia seem to position him at the center of the project whereas my > motivation for donating in the past a feeling of personal investment. > I donate because I want to sustain a project on which I rely and in > which I have contributed editorial labor. I never think of Wikipedia > as Jimmy Wales' project; it's my / our project. > > But perhaps I am in the minority? The "appeal" effectively inspired > some serious donations: 430,000$ in a day. > > http://www.mediabistro.com/baynewser/wikipedia/_personal_appeal_from_jimmy_wales_nets_wikipedia_430k_in_24_hours_146427.asp > > Anyone else have thoughts on this fundraising campaign? Interesting > links? I haven't seen much discussion of it and I'm curious to know if > I'm missing the conversation. > > Apparently, the "personal appeal" is working -- why? > > Kevin > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
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