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[edit] 2014

Can we pay our hosting bills in dogecoin? We'd only need 6 million. --JeevesMkII The gentleman's gentleman at the other site 16:54, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

I would find it amusing if we accepted Dogecoin but not Bitcoin. Up to Stabby to bother of course - David Gerard (talk) 23:05, 6 March 2014 (UTC)


"An atheist wiki only met 17% of its winter fundraising goal despite the fact that winter is over in 13 days. Atheists are cheapskates![2] See: Atheism and uncharitableness" -From the main page of Conservapedia. We need to prove them wrong. When did this fundraiser start?-ZeroIsLogic (talk) 04:42, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Two days ago. 174.56.73.218 (talk) 04:49, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
He pulled the same lame stunt last fundraiser, I believe. We rolled our eyes just the same. Especially since that bar only moves when Stabby updates it. Hell, the fundraiser could be over 100% finished right now, but we wouldn't know it because our treasurer's in his jammies watching reruns of Doctor Who--"Shut up, Brx." 04:55, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
Brxbrx is not part of any "we" here except perhaps some combination of Maratrean and UHM. Nutty Roux100x100 anarchy symbol.svg 17:28, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
:eyeroll:--"Shut up, Brx." 17:33, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

It's interesting to see that the amount donated varies, depending on what page you're on. Will every bit of it be given, if I can just find the right page?85.229.62.57 (talk) 14:06, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

That is due to the aggressive caching we use, shift-F5 should clear it up. Tmtoulouse (talk) 14:15, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

[edit] 2015

Apparently, paypal hates my debit card number. "The card you entered cannot be used for this payment. Please enter a different credit or debit card number." being the only message. Do you guys have any restrictions on donations? ikanreed You probably didn't deserve that 20:23, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Maybe it's not USD? I dunno. PayPal accepts CRC perfectly fine. |₹Λ¥$€₦₦ Red rose 02.svg Kyubey stares into your soul. /人◕‿‿◕人\ 21:35, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Okay, I'll clarify all that: my account is US dollars, to a bank in the US, on an account with a US address, and a card that works for other online purchases. Let's just assume it's not an international problem. ikanreed You probably didn't deserve that 21:41, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
I'd like to re-ask this, because I believe in rationalwiki, but I don't possess multiple forms of payment. Does anyone know why paypal would object? ikanreed You probably didn't deserve that 14:06, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
This error usually occurs when the card was previously associated with another account. tmtoulouse 15:59, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Oh, maybe I have a paypal account already. That's probably it. Thanks! ikanreed You probably didn't deserve that 16:07, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Fuck paypal fuck paypal fuck paypal. God. "You've recently updated your address(because we wouldn't let you donate without logging in based on the existance of a 6 year old account you don't use), so your account is restricted and we won't let you donate. Click here to see what you can do to resolve this. Oh you wanted answers? Fuck you, have some ads for new paypal services you aren't interested in instead." Fuck paypal. I'll try again tomorrow. Maybe they'll lift whatever restrictions they've placed by then. ikanreed You probably didn't deserve that 16:26, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Attest to enlightenment - David Gerard (talk) 21:27, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Oh god, I just realized. What if they attempt to process all those failed requests at once later? I'll be broke. ikanreed You probably didn't deserve that 21:32, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
You could withdraw the money from the account before it gets to that. 141.134.75.236 (talk) 00:03, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
but you'll be broke For a good cause!--Miekal 00:07, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
Not that anyone cares, but my issues are resolved. Donation away! ikanreed You probably didn't deserve that 16:09, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
Phew, RW is already so much richer than I am. :/ 141.134.75.236 (talk) 16:13, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

By the way, I'm not sysop and I can edit this, seems like a protect-worthy page. Herr FuzzyKatzenPotato (talk/stalk) 21:33, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Has Conservapedia noticed we're only a third of the way there yet? ikanreed You probably didn't deserve that 20:44, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
Now 45% ProblemChimp (talk) 20:56, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Howzabout mentioning the number of donations and/or the mean/median/modal amount, as well as the total? I for one might be shamed into donating a little more. ProblemChimp (talk) 20:56, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

They saved that analysis for the end last year, didn't they? ikanreed You probably didn't deserve that 21:14, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
IDK, I wasn't round here a year ago. ProblemChimp (talk) 21:51, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Someone at the Coop asked if this fundraiser was for infrastructure costs only or also legal defense. Which is it? Herr FuzzyKatzenPotato (talk/stalk) 02:31, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Primarily infrastructure. We do yearly billing for all our systems and it comes due at the end of this month. tmtoulouse 04:46, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

tmt said bills come due end of March. We gonna make it? FrizzyCatPotato (talk/stalk) 04:38, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

[edit] Another round of LogicMaster777's persecution complex (has been moved away from the "grown up section")

Anyone interested in yet more of LM's persecution complex and rants about the evulz "statist/statheist" conspiracy (which apparently runs RationalWiki), but now with added veiled legal threats against RW/RMF, can visit User talk:LogicMaster 777 at their own peril. ScepticWombat (talk) 06:54, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

[edit] Can We Mail in Cash?

If we don't like paying Debit Card Fees to evil banks can we just mail some government printed monopoly money? Or would a check be acceptable? How about bitcoins? Are u guys set up 4 Bitcoins?LogicMaster777 (talk) 17:25, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Bitcoins are even more fake than "Fiat". Fiat money actually DOES have backing; property tax. No one "needs" to use Bitcoin, but everyone who holds a chunk of property needs "Fiat". CorruptUser (talk) 17:29, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
K, we can debate this somewhere else; I want to know what kinds of money/currency(whatever we call it) they take and what payment options.LogicMaster777 (talk) 17:32, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
PRATT's are not up for debate. Just read the article on it. CorruptUser (talk) 17:36, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

[edit] We're a bit closer than half way now

Just saying. 141.134.75.236 (talk) 00:42, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

  • implying math exists*
Could change it to "We're almost there." Sir ℱ℧ℤℤϒℂᗩℑᑭƠℑᗩℑƠ (talk/stalk) 02:10, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

[edit] How often does the fundraiser bar update?

I donated, and I'm wondering when it will show up. CombustibleLemon (talk) 17:50, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

It updates when the person in charge of updating it decides to edit the template, basically. Then the new update has to work its way through RW's server cache. Right now (at least on my computer) the text says we're halfway there but the green bar says 98%. BicyclewheelModerator 17:54, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
It uses a sophisticated computerised mechanism of Trent hitting edit on MediaWiki:Sitenotice - David Gerard (talk) 07:55, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

[edit] So....?

--larron (talk) 08:12, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

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