Wikipedia RFC to stop accepting cryptocurrencies passes by majority vote

Post by baobabKoodaa » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 10:53 AM UTC

eynsham wrote: post #171

baobabKoodaa wrote: post #166

I always find it weird when a charity or non-profit publically announces that they stop accepting certain forms of donations due to ideological reasons. It's a signal that the organization isn't particularly starving for donations. If you were planning to donate to Wikipedia any sum less than $130,100.94, remember that 70% of Wikipedians consider such donations to have no impact at all. So if you were about to donate…

> publically announces That’s how RfCs work—they’re public by nature, so that people can comment. It’s hardly feasible not to then promulgate the outcome. > they stop accepting certain forms of donations They haven’t. This is a proposal through an RfC. The foundation may or may not accept it. > organization isn't particularly starving for donations Well it isn’t, so that’s a good thing. People should stop donating to…

Post by vaylian » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 10:55 AM UTC

baobabKoodaa wrote: post #166

I always find it weird when a charity or non-profit publically announces that they stop accepting certain forms of donations due to ideological reasons. It's a signal that the organization isn't particularly starving for donations. If you were planning to donate to Wikipedia any sum less than $130,100.94, remember that 70% of Wikipedians consider such donations to have no impact at all. So if you were about to donate…

Post by baobabKoodaa » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 10:59 AM UTC

marginalia_nu wrote: post #173

baobabKoodaa wrote: post #168

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I have moral responsibility for my actions. Due to the way a blockchain works, I can't accept or withdraw your Ethereum donation without contributing to the blockchain with a transaction fee. I can't fault you for putting it there, that is a matter for your conscience, but I can fault myself for accepting it. Are you hypothesizing that the net amount of transaction fees paid on the Ethereum network will be higher i…

I'm not looking at outcomes, I'm looking at actions, my actions to be specific. What you do is up to you. In the first scenario I'm contributing to a bad thing, in the next I'm not. It really is as simple as that. There is one thing I have control over in this life, and that is what I choose to do. Consequently, that is also what is what I opt to judge.

Post by baobabKoodaa » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 11:01 AM UTC

eynsham wrote: post #175

baobabKoodaa wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the clarifications. I misread the title and assumed that the RFC had been passed.

The RfC is passed but the effect of that is to make a request. Imagine you and I were to form a committee to discuss, e.g., landscaping in municipal gardens: we might pass a motion to suggest planting different flowers, but that would amount only to a request to the gardeners/the competent authority.

Post by MereInterest » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 11:04 AM UTC

baobabKoodaa wrote: post #166

I always find it weird when a charity or non-profit publically announces that they stop accepting certain forms of donations due to ideological reasons. It's a signal that the organization isn't particularly starving for donations. If you were planning to donate to Wikipedia any sum less than $130,100.94, remember that 70% of Wikipedians consider such donations to have no impact at all. So if you were about to donate…