Talk:Wikipedia
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I think we might do better than "non-profit" in finding a reassuring word for the Wikipedia Foundation. AFAIK all politic parties for example are non-profit, as is the Gates Foundation. --BozMo 18:56, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)Talk
BozMo, in the USA "non-profit" has a specific legal meaning. I don't think anybody uses it to be "reassuring". Maybe this word is not used in the UK. I think you use the expression "registered charity". I'm not sure if this has a similar meaning or not.
To say the Wikipedia is a "non-profit" is just to say an important and useful fact about it, as if we were to say that Labor in the UK is a political party.
If I misunderstood what you meant and I'm saying soemthing foolish here, sorry! I tought non profit means not done to earn money for leisure uses? jamie's secret admierer 00:28, 12 October 2006 (UTC)jamierules
Nothing foolish, of course but love to know who you are? Anyway non-profit and not-for-profit in the UK is very widely used to mean non-commercial sector. Government and public sector jobs are often advertised as "NFP" so I am concerned it could be taken to mean public sector rather than charitable. I would prefer the expression "independent charitable trust" or similar which implies to me that it has a board of trustees who are obliged to govern it in the interests of the trust, not directed by other
By the way the political party in the UK is spelt "Labour"!!--BozMo 19:16, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Is there any particular reason why the simple Emglish article on Wikipedia proclaims Wikipedia to be Communism? And why is the page protected? Chrisgaffrey 12:55, 14 April 2007 (UTC)