On 31 July 2014 16:17, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 31 July 2014 15:00, Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > In that case how would the Foundation tell if someone made a number of > > donations of under $1k that were declarable in aggregate? > > > They couldn't, obviously. > > I find myself unsurprised that, after finally getting the validation > they've been after for years, the *very first* thing the Bitcoin > advocates do is ... complain. > > - d.
Agreed. I do find it dispiriting that a feature that has been vociferously requested by a group for a while has been greeted with "it's not good enough, you didn't do it right" rather than "Thank you for responding to our request. Here's a request for how we'd like it modified". I personally am not interested in donating by BitCoin but obviously some are - well done to the WMF for taking the effort to address the needs of this particular community. Perhaps, on the BitCoin donation page where the personal information is being requested the WMF could edit the footer to include a link to a policy page that describes why they are asking for the info. Currently BitCoin donation page footer says this: Cancel and return to Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Ways_to_Give?customer%5Bemail%5D=&customer%5Bshipping_address%5D%5B%5D=%2C++&order%5Bbutton%5D%5Bdescription%5D=Donations+to+the+Wikimedia+Foundation%2C+the+non-profit+organisation+that+runs+Wikipedia&order%5Bbutton%5D%5Bid%5D=44aa9355518928151be736fbd043236c&order%5Bbutton%5D%5Bname%5D=Wikimedia+Donations&order%5Bbutton%5D%5Btype%5D=donation&order%5Bcreated_at%5D=2014-07-31+08%3A41%3A04+-0700&order%5Bcustom%5D=&order%5Bevent%5D=&order%5Bid%5D=7HW0APZ4&order%5Breceive_address%5D=1Q1DKLgx8rMLadEtnV8yyza9ciiHZ8qxaQ&order%5Bstatus%5D=new&order%5Btotal_btc%5D%5Bcents%5D=1709000&order%5Btotal_btc%5D%5Bcurrency_iso%5D=BTC&order%5Btotal_native%5D%5Bcents%5D=1000&order%5Btotal_native%5D%5Bcurrency_iso%5D=USD&order%5Btotal_payout%5D%5Bcents%5D=1000&order%5Btotal_payout%5D%5Bcurrency_iso%5D=USD&order%5Btransaction%5D=&cancel=true> Powered by Coinbase.com <https://coinbase.com/> · Report Issue <https://coinbase.com/checkouts/44aa9355518928151be736fbd043236c#report_form> · Could a new link be added there that says "Why are we asking for your details?" (or something like that) and goes to a page that explains reasons that have been given by Lisa etc. here. This doesn't require changing any processes/policies but does at least provide those who are concerned with relevant information at the moment where their concerns arise, before they feel the need to vent their frustration on the blog announcement's comments https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/30/wikimedia-foundation-now-accepts-bitcoin/comment-page-2/#comments -Liam _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
