07.05.06
Campaigns Wikia
Campaigns Wikia is something I have been dreaming about for the last few months. Today it launches. Please go read about it, and join the mailing list. And blog about it! :)
I don’t have the answers to the problems of broadcast politics, but I think we can work together to do something useful and, quite possibly, if we throw enough heartfelt energy and passion into it, something more than useful. Something astonishing.
Susan said,
3 Dec, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Dear Jimmy, This is a personal heartfelt response to your appeal for donations to keep Wikipedia afloat. Personally, I feel that everybody loves a free service, but I also believe people are willing to pay for that service in their own time, as they use it rather than lose it. I have used Wikipedia to skillfully browse a myriad of sites that brings information to my fingertips that would normally take hours of research in specialist libraries that I am unable to access in a foreign country like India. Most articles give greater depth and breadth than the usual online or print encyclopaedias. What I love about Wikipedia is that I don’t have to log in every time I do a search, and I can surf freely from one link to another and gain an enormous amount of information very quickly. Here is my suggestion as a regular user who loves your service. Introduce a free membership scheme that users can join at any time with the facility to make online donations. For example, once I join, I may donate $25 one month, and then after 3 months donate $100 according to how much value I feel I have received from using the service. I may just decide to donate for the benefit of others.You may like to introduce some membership benefits, like editing privileges, reward points, and even a system of recording hits on sites that keeps a tally of members usage for their own record. I would prefer to log in after my searches are done, and donate according to my usage. I love your service. Requesting online donations will always be ongoing, but introducing a free access with a voluntary user pays system would be attractive to a lot of people who really would like to show their appreciation. I love you all. Best wishes and regards, Susan. Bangalore, India.