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Contents 1 Admin noticeboard 2 Main 2.1 Feedback on wikimediafoundation.org pages 2.2 Waste of time talking to you 2.3 Question and editorial comment 2.4 The Donors Comment Page 2.5 Information 2.6 Currency option 2.7 Just one question 2.8 Copyright template for PDF files. 2.9 Wrong date on German "Lokale Sektionen"-page" 2.10 Awesome! 2.11 I can't this site - It does not cater for visually disabled people 2.12 Wikipedia Enterprise Applications? 2.13 Where is it!!!!!!!!!!! 2.14 Redirect Foundation:Thank you to Foundation:Thank you! 2.15 Please add a link to Local chapters 2.16 Sudden inclusion of 'Sponsored Links' results in lost user 2.17 Category Prophet Mohammed 2.18 Wikipedia.org 2.19 WikiHow model of fundraising via opt-out ads 2.20 Wikidoc 2.21 Hi 2.22 Orange partnership announcement and Q&A terms 2.23 Scoliosis is children should be changed 2.24 portuguese page 2.25 предложение идеи. 2.26 Volunteering 2.27 Biographies of Living People Resolution & Commons 2.28 Article about Professor Kurt Lipstein 2.29 Indians cannot donate in INR 2.30 Suggestions 2.31 Thank you 2.32 foundation:隐私政策 needs updating 2.33 foundation:资助的免税政策 needs updating 2.34 Viquipèdia

[edit] Feedback on wikimediafoundation.org pages

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[edit] Waste of time talking to you

I recently wrote what I thought was wrong with Wikipedia and why I will not dontate time or articles. What I wrote was deleted with no record of it ever existing. Wikipedia is a closed club. It may do a lot of good, but it's pretense of being edited by anyone is laughable. The lack of respect given to well meaning contributors is deplorable. Someone needs to tell you this but obviously you are not listening. So be it. Jerks.

This is the page for discussing The foundation wiki. Your post was not related to the foundation wiki located at http://wikimediafoundation.org/ so I had removed the post (along with any other off topic posts). If you would like to repost your post I won't remove it for a few days, however, you might not get any help about that here. It is still available in the history at this entry. I assure you that no disrespect was intended, the header of this page states what this page is for. I apologize it it came across as disrespectful. Please also note that every other concluded or off topic post was also either removed or archived from this page as well as yours. Wikipedia is, and continues to be an encyclopedia anyone can edit. And, I am sure there are jerks out there, but I'm not one of them, I meant well when I archived the posting. Your free to repost it. NonvocalScream 03:03, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Amen.

You have your laughable administrators blocking decent editors while you have vandals removing requests for citations. I would never donate to you. 98.165.160.108 07:16, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Ok. NonvocalScream 17:16, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question and editorial comment

You have a misspelling at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Values (subheading: Freedom): freely-licensed is misspelled. Question: does any of the money donated to the foundation make its way to political parties? I do not want my money to be used to fund either party.

I've fixed the spelling error. Thank you for pointing it out to us. To answer your question simply, "no". Funds raised are not given to political parties. I invite you to review this link for further details about what the money raised is actually used for. Thank you again for informing us of the spelling error. - Rjd0060 15:48, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Donors Comment Page

The facility for small donors to leave a comment and have it posted on your web site is a great idea and very motivating for donors, like me. What would be even nicer if the page could be searchable so I could find my donation and my comment. This is a possible use of some of the site development money you are raising.

A further fund raising option would be a facility to enable the donor to email the record of his donation with his comment to selected friends with a request that they too donate. This further facility would I believe, (as a professional fund raiser) really increase you income.

Roland.Hodson@gmail.com

I can speak from experience that if you allow public posting of comments, even from the smallest of donations, there will be a flood of one-yen donations with comment of, "So, Jimbo, how was Rachel in front of the mirror?" We probably don't want that. -- Thekohser 05:35, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Information

The site is helpful but they dont give the publisher or the author of the article.

Generally, the Wikimedia Foundation is the publisher (even though they are protected by Section 230 from the covenants that publishers are otherwise held to), and the author (or community of authors) of the various articles can be found on the article "history" tab at the top of the page window. -- Thekohser 05:38, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Normally it is authors. :-) Cbrown1023 talk 15:03, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Currency option

why dont i see the rupee as a currency to donate ,very dissapointing :(

This is definitely a goal, it's just not easy to implement at the moment. Cbrown1023 talk 15:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Just one question

Dear Wikimedia,

i have an account of wikipedia ; unfortunately i am not closing my system without logout process so another un known person that day added to my account some data that data display in google search results also its create harmful , so please block that data on my account... example given below

ex: User_talk:Mvsrao resources and information... DP 194 9985085975 10 Dashmanth Saggala CT dashmanth_saggala@yahoo.co.in 189 ... Ravi Prakash Darivemula DP 194 9394034655 70 Rekha Reddy Gangichetti AIP ... envs.net/1/index.php?k=User_talk:Mvsrao - Similar pages

i already changed my user name also but display old user with data

Thank you.

I just saw your presentation for FY 08-09. As far as I could
see you reported $1.7m surplus from FY 07-08. Now, you are
predicting another surplus of $1.3m. Does it mean that at the
end of the FY 08-09 you will have total surplus of $3m?

What is the rationale for that? Why do you need so huge surplus
(compared to total revenues)?

I'm very sorry if I misunderstood your presented data. I just
asking for explanation.

Thank you in advance,
Uros Nedic, Serbia
urosn (at) beotel (dot) rs

Thank you for your question. Yes, you are reading that we show an under-spending in 07-08 of $1.7MM and and 08-09, intend to spend $1.3MM less than revenue.

There are several reasons that we would like to have surplus funds available such as:

1. Current economic climate: Given the current economic climate, there is a lot of uncertainty. Naturally, many people (including past donors and would-be donors) are cutting back on expenses. While we were pleasantly surprised by the response to our online fundraising campaign, we don't know how the next campaign will fare. We always want to be conservative when depending on the generosity of others. If we have a shortfall in the future, we will be able to utilize these funds rather than cutting basic operating expenses which in turn could affect the site.
2. Desire to expand and improve beyond basic operations: There are many areas where we wish to expand, improve etc. such as expanding reach and participation and improving accuracy and perceptions of accuracy. Right now, much of our expense budget is for basic operations. We want to take on more, but to do so, creates more expenses for us. We don't want to spend what we don't have.
3. Development of an Endowment, etc.: Ultimately, we'd like to develop an Endowment or other investment vehicle from which we could fund part of our Operations annually. If we don't have to use this money for contingencies, we can think about using it for something like an Endowment.
4. Maintaining site and operation despite unexpected expenses: Sometimes unexpected expenses arise. Having extra funds available ensures smooth and continuous operations.

VeroniqueKessler 19:06, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright template for PDF files.

The template at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:WMF_2007_Form_990.pdf is for foundation logos. When used with PDFs it implies that the Adobe icon is a foundation logo, instead of saying that the document that icon links to is an all rights reserved copyrighted document. Please fix. -- Jeandre, 2009-01-07t06:17z

I've removed the tag, it didn't really make sense in the situation. Cbrown1023 talk 21:41, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wrong date on German "Lokale Sektionen"-page"

The date of registration for the Polish chapter on the German language page Lokale Sektionen is wrong. Instead of "18. November 2008" there has to be "15. November 2005" (see [1] resp. [2]). --92.72.141.29 16:02, 8 January 2009 (UTC) (Contact me in Wikipedia as User "Duschgeldrache2".)

We have "18 November 2005" on the English page, changed it to that. Thanks for the fix. Cbrown1023 talk 22:21, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Awesome!

I simply adore wikipedia, and just wish that wikipedia would be the first to update the input of N.J. with its true identity, and not with that old hogwash that's currently violating such a nice website.

[edit] I can't this site - It does not cater for visually disabled people

I have to have a minimum text size set for my browser(s) as it is the only way I can view web pages since changing to a flat screen - previously with CRT screen I could change resolution on the fly without loosing detail - so much for technology improvements

The linked or coloured etc. text on Wiki pages like an increasing number of sites is simply not text but part of some java script or otherwise - All very clever but it looks a mess as the text size is increased to make it viewable - try it for yourself

Years ago the problem with simple HTML was compatibility with different browsers and screen resolutions (this site best viewed with ..... at nnn x nnnn etc.) now it appears that to achieve a certain "style" on a web page we have to accept even more rigid constraints on resolution and text size which is all very well if you are young enough and fit enough to be able to see the dots that todays programmers use as text but it is not a progressive move

[edit] Wikipedia Enterprise Applications?

Dear Sirs;

I work for Alcoa Inc. a world-wide aluminum manufacturing company. My specific area of responsibility is equipment maintenance and reliability. We have struggled for years trying to share information across the company for equipment issues and information.

I am curious whether Wikipedia has considered enterprise-level applications for companies like ours to share information easily and quickly?

Thank you, Tom

Hello Tom. Our Mediawiki-software is free for download on www.mediawiki.org. There are a low of extensions that can help that users doing the same as you has added to help with enterprise-usage that Wikipedia (and it's sisterprojects) don't use, but that you should look at. Laaknor 14:33, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the fast reply. I have forwarded your response on to our IT group as a possible way to share information within our company.

p!Wp!

[edit] Where is it!!!!!!!!!!!

I Have A Account on here. Why cant it log me in?

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kushy3 (talk • contribs) diff, please sign discussions with --~~~~.

Hello, what is the accounts name? Best regards, --birdy geimfyglid- _(:> )=| 11:56, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect Foundation:Thank you to Foundation:Thank you!

Will somebody make a redirect from Foundation:Thank you to Foundation:Thank you! ? The unformatted url http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Thank_you! doesn't work currently because the '!' is dropped. External software to automatically make links can also drop '!'. PrimeHunter 02:48, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

I've created the redirect. Thank you for leaving a note here. - Rjd0060 03:06, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! PrimeHunter 04:51, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Please add a link to Local chapters

I had great difficulties to find info about the local organisations called Local chapters. In particular the one for Belgium. I would suggest to add a sentence on page [Local chapters] just after the text "If you have questions about local chapters or want to start one in your country, please don't hesitate to contact the Chapters committee" like "For more information about the Local Chapters see also [[3]].". This will make a crosslink between the category sequence in wikimediafoundation.org Cat:All -> cat:WM Organisation and the category sequence in meta.wikimedia.org "Categories" -> "WM Foundation" -> "WM management" -> "Local Chapters" Regards, Wouterhagens 14:54, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

I've linked it to the Wikimedia Chapters page, it should include all of the same information which is available in that category. diff --Az1568 (talk) 05:17, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Wouterhagens 22:39, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Sudden inclusion of 'Sponsored Links' results in lost user

For all its many merits, Wiki has lost this user by the sudden and forceful inclusion of a 'Sponsored Links' frame whenever accessing content. An unobtrusive placement (bottom of page, for example) would have been a far more acceptable choice for this user.

Um, there are no "sponsored links" on any Wikimedia Foundation page. Where are you looking, and what browser add-ons have you installed lately? - jredmond 17:19, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Category Prophet Mohammed

You guys are doing a great job in running this entire site for charity. I admire the commitment you have shown to build this thing and also on the more to maintain it. There is one thing I would like to suggest you guys please remove the photos depicting prophet Mohammed from all the categories. I want to give an example can you put photos publicly of celebrities without their consent. You would be sued and have to pay the last penny in your pocket by those celebrities. Think about fortunately or unfortunately this celebrity dies can you put his/her photos for public view. No not now as the family members would sue you for that.

Just like this prophet mohammed is our celebrity relative. Infact he is more than our parent, wife,children and anybody in this world. He doesnot like pictures of him or anybody when he was alive and nor do we like it. So why to put those. It is breaking our privacy rights. Please remove those photos.

As our article on aniconism in Islam makes clear, the Qu'ran itself does not explicitly forbid the representation of the Prophet Muhammad.

w:Aniconism_in_Islam

Various Hadith make various comments about the representation of living beings, however, contextual exegesis is important.

Bear in mind that your personal interpretation of the Hadith is not universal; you may be interested to know that the Grand Ayatollah Sistani of Iran has issued a fatwa proclaiming that the representation of the Prophet Muhammad *is* permissible, so long as it is done with the utmost respect.

The images in our article about the Prophet were created by Muslim artists, and portray the Prophet Muhammad performing various historically important actions. As such, we believe that sufficient respect is shown. Thank you for your comment. MBisanz ^talk 06:27, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

However, that does not mean that you can not hide the image for you, personally. We try to still be accommodating for those made uncomfortable by the images, see w:WP:Muhammad for more information. We hope this helps, if you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to contact us (you might also want to see the Muhammad FAQ on w:Talk:Muhammad/FAQ written by some of our editors). Cbrown1023 talk 17:25, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia.org

There is a typo on the opening page, where it list all of the language options, saying Free Encyclopedia in the various languages. The polish heading states "Wolna encyklopedia". The translation of wolna is free, but it is free in the sense of not being enslaved. The word you are looking for is "darmowa" which also translated to free, but in the sense of, it costs you nothing.

Regards,

Andrew Legg

poland755@hotmail.com

Wolna also means that everyonce can edit it and it's published under a free license. In Polish we have "wolne oprogramowanie" (open software), "wolna" can mean that people are free to edit it, so changing it to "darmowa" would change meaning to free as you don't need cash to edit it. "Wolna" can also mean "slow", but it's correct only when we have problems with servers ;) So it's correct and very good translation, cause one word mean few things and every meaning have something to do with Wikipedia. Herr Kriss 19:15, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

• Andrew, "wolna encyklopedia" is an official translation used everywhere on pl.wiki, even on the main page: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strona_g%C5%82%C3%B3wna It's in my opinion a proper meaning, cause it means "free content (wolna tresc)", and not "free of charge" which would mean "darmowa tresc". The core idea of Wikipedia content is that you are free to use it (which translates to "dowolnie"), but under some conditions. Also "darmowa" would not covey the meaning "free to edit" - in Polish "kazdemu wolno edytowac", though it's not the best style. Regards, Rdrozd 19:16, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

• While "darmowa encyklopedia" would certainly do justice the narrow meaning construed and foisted upon us by the plaintiff, as was already sanely observed by Herr Kriss and Rdrozd, changing to the proposed string would rob the <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:MarkS/XEB/live.css&action=raw&ctype=text/css&dontcountme=s">whole of its other, layered, equally important meanings, one which is the core truth: anyone can edit and anyone can edit it freely, without allegiance to any flag or ideology.
• Nothing is broken here. "Darmozjadowa encyklopedia" or "Encyklepadlo dla wiecznie glosujach i zwasnionych darmozjadow" would also be apt and spot-on, constituting conceivable precise translations of what "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" either really means or signifies.
• Polish readers might appreciate the subtleties of my proposed alternatives, which I leave in the original, so as not to despoil their charm. Alternatively, the wikipedistically adventrous, those who fancy themselves as adepts at milking the free cows of machine translation and dictionary lookup in the local ambient, hop to it. --Mareklug 09:29, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] WikiHow model of fundraising via opt-out ads

I don't know where to post this. I see existing projects, and many proposed projects, that need money, servers, and staff. See: Category:Proposed projects, Proposals for new projects.

Wikihow, see wikipedia:WikiHow, uses an opt-out ad model, and pays for its operations with ad money. See: wikinews:Jack Herrick, WikiHow founder interviewed by Wikinews (Jan. 31, 2009 article). Non-registered readers normally see ads, but can opt out of ads. WikiHow says they "were the first high traffic website to offer a 'hide ads' button." Readers can block ads for 24 hours by clicking the button. Those who are registered and logged in do not see ads. See: wikiHow:Why Hide Ads - wikiHow. WikiHow has over 50,000 articles, and had 14.3 million unique readers in February 2009. [4].

They have raised enough money with this model to also donate $48,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation [5]. For more info: wikipedia:Wikipedia:Advertisements#Arguments for optional adverts. Please consider this idea. --Timeshifter 03:30, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikidoc

I have been approached by wikidocs as an editor of both wikipedia and wikidocs about these two projects working more closely together. A discussion has started here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Wikidoc.org The person who runs wikidocs would be the one to discuss things with http://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/User_talk:C_Michael_Gibson --Doc James216.174.136.2 07:01, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments. However, we are unable to assist you with this matter, as this is the page for feedback on Wikimedia's official website: http://wikimediafoundation.org. I suggest that you bring up this issue on one of the foundations mailing lists. --Az1568 (talk) 07:11, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Okay emailed the list. Would be great if this discuss could take place thru the wikimedia foundation. Cheers--216.174.136.2 14:36, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Hi,

Apologies but I can't find a way to comment on the Wikipedia website so I'm placing my comment here. I have used your site for years but I just joined and donated. Why today? I needed to know if a grass, sedge, or rush could be considered a forb -- and found the answer with one click, in the first line.

I have two design comments.

1. The five tabs at the top of this page should contain a sixth. "Donate" Simplicity works. I had to look around to give my 30 dollars.

2. After donating the PayPal page should offer a re-direct back to Wikipedia (or whereever) visibly and directly. If it was there, I couldn't find it.

Thanks for everyone's good efforts. Best, markmac28

Maybe the "Donate" link in the sidebar can be moved to the navigation section of the sidebar. Maybe between "Main page" and "Goings-on".

Maybe this discussion can be copied to the talk page for MediaWiki:Sidebar. I don't currently have the energy or time though to follow up on this. --Timeshifter 10:27, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Orange partnership announcement and Q&A terms

On the new Orange partnership announcement and/or its Q&A page, would someone please explain the meaning of the terms "channels," "portals," and "widgets"? Thank you. 208.54.4.69 10:13, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Please see: wikipedia:Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Orange Wikimedia partnership . Maybe people can answer those questions there, too. --Timeshifter 00:47, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

The Village Pump discussion is continued here:

en:Wikipedia talk:Advertisements/Orange Wikimedia partnership --Timeshifter 14:49, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Scoliosis is children should be changed

Scoliosis in children in not just in the genes. It is now being caused by 50 pound back packs. Children wear the back pack on one shoulder. I am a massage therapist. I have seen lots of children with bad backs and heavy packs.

Hi. From the notice above, "If you have questions or suggestions about a Wikipedia article then you are in the wrong place." I would recommend starting a discussion at w:Scoliosis. Nakon 03:31, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] portuguese page

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos

the wikibooks logo is too big

not all portuguese projects are in bold

there's no link to wikiquote in portuguese

cheers, =)

--Solstag 23:14, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

You can edit it at: Translation requests/WMF/Our projects/pt. Cbrown1023 talk 01:09, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Done, thanks for the pointer! --Solstag 09:03, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

So, what else do I need to do to get it synched with the WMF website? --Solstag 23:47, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Usually you just change the status to "ready" (hit the +/- in the box at the right), but I've updated the page for you. Cbrown1023 talk 02:06, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] предложение идеи.

Добрый день я как человек заинтересованый в вашем сайте, хотел бы дать вам свои идеи.И предоставить вам содействие войдя в вашу организацию моя электроная почта- fras33@bk.ru спосибо

Здравствулте!. Это место для комментариев о wiki WMF, домашней странице для учредительства Wikimedia. Я не думаю вы пригонки запроса здесь. Вы. NonvocalScream 04:43, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Volunteering

The volunteering opportunities page doesn't ask for people to volunteer with much. Wouldn't it be better saying something more like "Want to help the Wikimedia Foundation? Edit Wikipedia, upload images to Commons, translate things, help out at your local chapter, offer your specific skill set to us, ... BTW, we need people specifically for this, this and this, urgently." ? Mike Peel 21:26, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

That's more Cary's area, this query might be better aimed directly at him. Cbrown1023 talk 23:37, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Biographies of Living People Resolution & Commons

The Wikimedia Foundation Resolution:Biographies of living people has generated some discussion on Wikimedia Commons. Is the neutrality intended to apply to all individual images on Commons? For example, are all non-neutral editorial cartoons or caricatures depicting living public figures prohibited by this resolution? (An example of an image deletion request where the BLP resolution has been invoked Commons:Deletion requests/File:Alan dershowitz by Latuff.jpg reopen -- note in this particular case this is only one of multiple issues under discussion regarding the image). Some claification of how this resolution applies to contents of the Commons would be helpful. -- Infrogmation 02:16, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

As far as I know, the Board was intentionally vague and nonspecific. They ask the community to determine the policy itself: Biographies of living people. Cbrown1023 talk 23:40, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment and link. -- Infrogmation 21:26, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Article about Professor Kurt Lipstein

Dear Sir or Madam: Please be advised that I have edited the Festschrift for Prof. Kurt Lipstein in 1980 with Prof. Clive Parry, who has also died in the meantime. I knew Prof. Lipstein and his family for 34 years and I am in the process to publish his collected essays.I have the permission of Squire Law Library to publish his biographyand you can contact Miss Lesley Dingle, who worked for Prof. Kurt Lipstein for the last couple of years of his life, at: lmd25@cam.ac.uk. Please let me know how I can upload a picture of Kurt Lipstein. Should there be any other question, I can be reached at:pfeuerst@tampabay.rr.com. Sincerely, Dr. Peter Feuerstein

Hey Dr. Feuerstein. We would love a picture of Prof. Lipstein, however it would need to be licensed under one of the acceptable licenses by the copyright holder. Personally, I suggest the Creative Commons Attribution/ShareAlike, v3.0. To upload it, please see Commons:Upload. If you do not want to upload it yourself, please follow the instructions here – being sure to attach the file and including a clear message that the copyright holder licenses it under cc-by-sa-3.0 (or an acceptable license) – and we will happily upload it.

Thanks, Dr. Feuerestein! If you need any further help or assistance, do not hesitate to reply here or e-mail us at infowikimedia.org. Cbrown1023 talk 01:00, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Indians cannot donate in INR

Wiki team, In case you are not aware, lots of Indians access,use,benefit,are aware of WIkipedia. Also there has been enough press about how you are a non-profit org. Many of my friends woul dbe interested in donation online. But there is no option to pay by the INR currency. Please consider adding that.

We are trying. We are working with various payment providers to give that exact option. At this time, we hope to have INR donation functionality in time for the 2009 Annual Fundraiser. Rand Montoya 18:27, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestions

A functions I feel wikipedia pages should contain by default would be a unit conversion tool, or better, a built-in parsing feature as that would significantly improve readability on many pages. - Ander01 08:24, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you to everyone who contributes to info for Wikipedia. So glad you are in existence. Penny

On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, please allow me to extend a sincere thank you for taking time out of your day to write us. We appreciate your kind words and are thrilled that you enjoy Wikipedia. We hope to continue to live up to your expectations and that you continue to find the site a useful resource. If you are interested in becoming involved in the site yourself, please see our tutorial at Wikipedia:Tutorial which contains all the help you need to get started. Cbrown1023 talk 00:54, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] foundation:隐私政策 needs updating

section 与第三方共享信息, GFDL to CC --Liangent 01:47, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] foundation:资助的免税政策 needs updating

information in more countries/territories is needed. especially Hong Kong (because this page is in Chinese). --Liangent 01:54, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Viquipèdia

There is a typo in foundation:Template:OurProjects-ca. Viquiepèdia should be fixed to Viquipèdia. Thanks in advance. --Vriullop 10:08, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Fixed. --Az1568 (talk) 06:00, 2 July 2009 (UTC)