One can't help but wonder what the fundraiser total would have been if Indian Wikipedians were able to easily donate without having to send cheques to WMF offices! The donation by people in India was a recurring theme on the Help desk both last year and this year (Paypal doesn't accept Indian accounts). I think the Foundation should find an easy way for Indian Wikipedians to donate with a credit/debit card, before the next fundraiser -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\[alternative account of Phantomsteve]02:41, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The Wikimedia foundation, according to the information presented on otrswiki, has now set up some donation arrangement here which would allow for Indian Rupees to be accepted. This information is new to me; I haven't seen it discussed elsewhere (not to say I doubt its veracity). Killiondude (talk) 18:15, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That was a trial balloon to see if that particular payment solution would work - it's better than nothing, but it's not ideal. We haven't widely publicized it because of issues with the interface usability and because it didn't really solve the full problem - which is that in many cases donors who wish to use Indian Rupees actually don't want to use a credit card to make the contribution. Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 13:40, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I wonder why the fundraising total didn't have the same visibility as it did last year, was it because there was no official goal? I was expecting it when I clicked to donate and it wasn't there; I'm sure it would increase donations as people try to meet the target. MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 18:29, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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