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'''WikiMoney''' is a mutual credit system introduced to Wikipedia in May 2003 by [[User:AxelBoldt]]. It was never especially popular and fell into nearly complete disuse by September 2004. While Wikipedians are still welcome to participate, they must do so with the realization that WikiMoney is rarely used.
The stated purpose of WikiMoney is to create an "economy of incentives" for working on Wikipedia-related tasks. Some see WikiMoney as a quantification of [[Wikipedia:WikiLove|WikiLove]] — as an act of friendship between contributors. Others see it in a more pragmatic sense, as an efficient system to prioritize tasks and direct the community towards effective contributions.
The system works as follows: every long-term contributor (active for longer than 1 month and having made more than 200 edits) who wishes to participate gets an initial grant of 20 units of WikiMoney (also known as ''Wikis'' and written like this: ''ψ45'' for ''45 Wikis''). This WikiMoney can be offered to other Wikipedians in exchange for various services. The WikiMoney accounts of all Wikipedians are maintained in the WikiBank on this page; WikiMoney is transferred by simply editing the account balances in the [[Wikipedia:WikiMoney_accounts|WikiBank]].
However, not only veteran contributors are allowed to earn WikiMoney; anyone can join. If you are new or too busy to become a "long-term contributor" (according to the definition above) you can earn your initial credits by accepting offers (listed below). Note, however, that Wikipedians usually have high standards for the writing of articles, so make sure you are familiar with the [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines|policies and guidelines]], especially the requirement for [[Wikipedia:NPOV|NPOV]].
Why should you try to earn WikiMoney? Because you can spend it on tasks that are near and dear to your heart (but please do not use it to push your point of view in edit disputes, or to bribe people when voting). The concept is similar to the idea behind [[time-based currency|timebank]]s and [[LETS]] systems, where volunteers earn "time credits" or [[local currency]] for helping their local community. Our system is more flexible: It allows you to define how valuable the tasks are to you, and you can join up with others to "fund" a specific activity.
'''Please remember that WikiMoney is not "real" money! At the present time relatively few Wikipedians are using this page regularly, so don't take it too seriously.''' (If you are serious about Money and Wikipedia, please consider [[Wikipedia:Donations|making a donation to Wikipedia]].)
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== WikiBank ==
{{main|Wikipedia:WikiMoney accounts}}
=== Explanation ===
If you have worked on Wikipedia under your current user name for longer than 1 month and have made more than 200 edits, you can add yourself to the account list, with an initial balance of 20 units.
== Offers ==
You can offer to pay WikiMoney for various services, or you can offer to perform services for a specified amount of WikiMoney. Examples include:
* offer WikiMoney for the creation/improvement of a specific article
* offer WikiMoney to anyone who finds a factual mistake in a specific set of articles
* offer WikiMoney for a specific laborious task, such as a voluminous renaming, spell checking, modification of the format of date pages, list of biographies etc. -- or conversely, offer to perform such a task for a specified amount of WikiMoney
* offer WikiMoney to the developers for implementing a specific feature/fixing a specific software bug
* in principle, WikiMoney transfers aren't even limited to goods/services related to Wikipedia
Please remember that the currency is not divisible: only whole numbers are possible.
Note that if you see an interesting offer below, you can of course add to the offer by inserting a comment to this effect. Please remember to sign any offer you make with the date and time (shortcut: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>).
If an offer has been completed and paid, you may want to move it into the "fulfilled requests" section below.
=== New articles ===
* ψ3 for any article on a [[Viceroy of India|Viceroy]] or [[Governor-General of India|Governor-General]] of India, or on a [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland|Lord Lieutenant]] of Ireland. This includes de-stubbification. [[User:John Kenney|john]] 07:33, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
* ψ5 for any half-decent article on the [[bombe]], the machinery used for breaking the [[Enigma machine|Enigma]] ciphers in World War II (we already have a photo of a replica...) [[User:Matt Crypto|— Matt]] 17:48, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
* ψ3 for any longer than stub article on an American labor union (past or present) or figure in the labor movement. See [[List of trade unions#United States]]. [[User:Radicalsubversiv|Radicalsubversiv]] 22:40, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
* ψ3 for longer than stub article on [[Postal savings]] - [[User:Kent Wang|Kent Wang]] 19:02, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
* ψ5 for a solid, well linked account of Mexico's [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mexico/readings/banquet.html Billionaires' Banquet] (from [[Talk:Main Page]]).
* ψ5 for adding any complete list of MPs to the links off [[List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom]]. [[User:Secretlondon|Secretlondon]]
** And underwritten by me in case she runs out. [[User:Morwen|Morwen]] 18:42, Jan 17, 2004 (UTC)
** And I [[User:Jdforrester|James F.]] [[User_talk:Jdforrester|(talk)]] 16:41, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)
* ψ1 for every biography (at least 100 words) of a major league baseball player (past or present). (Add to [[List of major league baseball players]] and remove from [[Wikipedia:Requested articles/sports]].) -- [[User:Matty j|Matty j]] 04:33, Jan 2, 2004 (UTC)
**I created an article on [[Gary Gentry]]. --[[User:Lst27|L$T]][[User talk:Lst27|''27'']] 20:02, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* ψ4 for an article on [[South African poetry]] similar in depth to the one on [[Irish poetry]] [[User:Greenman|Greenman]] 8 Dec 2003
* ψ5 to anyone starting a wiki in another [[South Africa|South African]] language [[User:Greenman|Greenman]] 31 Oct 2003
** + ψ3 from me [[User:Snoyes|snoyes]] 22:06, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
* ψ2 to anyone who made a decent article for [[Korean proverbs]]. -- [[User:TakuyaMurata|Taku]]
* ψ3 to the first person to write a species account for a [[wood warbler]] [[User:Jimfbleak|jimfbleak]]
* ψ5 to whoever writes a decent article about the historical background and military campaigns which caused the nursery rhyme "The Grand Old Duke of York" -- [[User:SGBailey|SGBailey]] 2003-11-15
** It seems thet [[User:Simon George|Simon George]] has already done this. [[User:Howabout1|Howabout1]] 00:14, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
* ψ2 each (ψ4 total) for articles about the war games Advanced Squad Leader and France 1940. The lack of descriptions of war simulation games is the biggest hole in our article on [[Board game|board games]]. If you write any of these articles, help yourself to the wikis in case I'm offline. --[[User:Fritzlein|Fritzlein]] 15:02 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)
* ψ2 for whoever writes two articles on [[mancala]] variants, one on [[Oware]] and one on [[Awari]]. If you write only one article, you get 950 rin. --[[User:Juuitchan]] 2003-06-23 07:33 UTC
**I think I might have just done this, without realizing there was a prize out. Of course, it's not clear these words really ''should'' refer to different variants. I'll redirect the ψ2 to whoever can force more consistent naming of mancala variants on the world at large. [[User:Kevin Saff|Kevin Saff]] 02:37, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
**Yeah, on further research I'm convinced [[Oware]] and [[Awari]] (and Wari, Warri, etc.) most properly refer to the same game. What I had at Awari, I've moved to [[Kalah]] which seems like the best place for now. [[User:Kevin Saff|Kevin Saff]] 04:15, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
* ψ2 for anyone who writes an article in Hebrew. [[User:zmaz299]]
* ψ3 for an article on [[Reed Waller]], the author of [[Omaha the Cat Dancer]]; another ψ2 for anyone who can add relevant biographical information on [[Joshua Quagmire]]. - [[User:Scooter|Scooter]] 19:21, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
*ψ3 for an article on the new BBC TV series 'Space Race'. [[User:Thelb4|Thelb4!]] | [[User talk:Thelb4|Talk to me]] 19:39, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
*ψ10 for a good (at least 30 lines) article on [[Braid-based cryptography]]. See [[braid group]]. [[User:Gene.arboit|Gene.arboit]] 21:35, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
=== Addition ===
--[[User:211.2.49.40|211.2.49.40]] 15:40, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
* ψ3 for adding appropriate details about the non-Governor-General careers of various Governors General of [[List of Governors General of Canada|Canada]] and [[Governor-General of Australia|Australia]]. I'm particularly thinking of those who also served in the rather more exciting posts of [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] or [[Viceroy of India]]. [[User:John Kenney|john]] 07:21, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
* ψ1 for each two properly documented and reasonably famous additions to the [[List of utilitarians]]. [[User:Sir Paul|Sir Paul]] 04:58, Feb 16, 2004 (UTC)
* ψ4 for completing the blank sections of [[Pre-historic art]] with at least two paragraphs of solid information. --[[User:Alex S|Alex S]] 03:41, 31 Oct 2003 (UTC)
* ψ10 for anyone who replaces all the low quality flags and/or coats of arms on [[Manitoba]], [[New Brunswick]], [[Ontario]], [[PEI]], [[Quebec]], [[Saskatchewan]], [[Northwest Territories]], [[Nunavut]], and [[Yukon]] with better versions.[[User:Vancouverguy|Vancouverguy]] 17:33, 21 Sep 2003 (UTC)
* ψ5 for finishing the "Todo"s and "Add details"s in [[Combinatory logic]]. -- [[User:Timwi|Timwi]] 18:13 24 Jun 2003 (UTC)
** Another ψ5 for the same -- [[User:Dominus|Dominus]] 03:30, 11 Aug 2003 (UTC)
* ψ10 to any group/individual who adds birth and death years as well as one-line descriptions to all the people in the alphabetical [[biographical listing]]. [[User:AxelBoldt|AxelBoldt]] 23:16 May 10, 2003 (UTC)
**That's a lot of work. How about $5/letter of alphabet. And I don't agree with making a one-line description. I like the current 1-2 word description. The birth/death years would be useful, though. [[User:LittleDan|LittleDan]]
**I
* ψ10 for expanding any of the articles below to at least twice their current size, based on solid research: --[[User:Eloquence|Eloquence]] 23:45 May 10, 2003 (UTC)
**[[Skull and Bones]]
**[[Wau Holland]]
**[[Carl Sagan]]
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**Added table with the values available in my copy of the CRC.[[User:Gentgeen|Gentgeen]] 11:35, 5 Nov 2003 (UTC)
* ψ10 for anyone who wants to help me develop the individual [[Paralympics]] pages. - fonzy
* ψ10 for a good section explaining protocol version 2.0 of [[SAML]] (cryptography). [[User:Gene.arboit|Gene.arboit]] 17:43, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
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**Someone who is more fluent in Latin than I may want to check it, but [http://la.wikipedia.org/wiki.cgi?Imperatores_Romani Imperatores Romani] is done. [[User:Adam Bishop|Adam Bishop]] 13:11, 15 Oct 2003 (UTC)
***I'm not really concerned with earning WikiMoney, but just for fun I have attempted to translate [[Titus]] into [http://la.wikipedia.org/wiki.cgi?Titus Latin]. [[User:Adam Bishop|Adam Bishop]] 15:01, 1 Nov 2003 (UTC)
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*ψ5for adding a nice photo of interference between two point sources in a [[ripple tank]] I'm not good enough to draw the diagram and I don't have access to a digital camera. [[User:Theresa knott|Theresa knott]] 10:31 4 Jun 2003 (UTC)
*ψ1 for anyone who will add decent explanation of the history and methods of either Suminagashi or Turkish Marbling in the [[marbling]] article.[[User:Theresa knott|Theresa knott]] 15:17 6 Jun 2003 (UTC)<br>Note [[marbling]] ==> [[paper marbling]] [[User:Jorge Stolfi|Jorge Stolfi]] 04:29, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)
*ψ3 to anyone who can add '''solid''' facts to any of the blank sections (or a new section) on [[Daniel Rutherford]]. Add a comment on my Talk page, and I'll transfer the credits. [[User:Ilyanep|Ilyanep]] 21:49, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)
*ψ1 for each of the first 7 [[Wikipedia:Pokémon Stubs#Stubs|Pokémon stubs]] that get enhanced to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Pok%E9dex#Minimum_standards|minimum standards]] (with complete infobox, but no image required). --[[User:Nikai|Nikai]] 14:03, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
**See [[WP:PAC]]. [[User:Almafeta|Almafeta]] 1 July 2005 21:43 (UTC)
*ψ2 for doubling the length of the [[Inkscape]] article. [[User:BryceHarrington|Bryce]] 07:29, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
*ψ2 for adding a map image to the [[Gladstone, Oregon]] article. [[User:BryceHarrington|Bryce]] 07:29, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
*ψ2 for adding a few historical photos to the [[Gladstone, Oregon]] article. [[User:BryceHarrington|Bryce]] 07:29, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
*ψ2 for expanding the [[OSDL]] article to a couple pages in length [[User:BryceHarrington|Bryce]] 07:36, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
*ψ1 for expanding the [[Green-washing]] article beyond a stub [[User:BryceHarrington|Bryce]] 18:51, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)
*ψ1 for expanding the [[Social reality]] article by a few paragraphs [[User:BryceHarrington|Bryce]] 18:51, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)
*ψ2 for adding a few examples to the [[Big Lie]] with explanations of how the lies were proven false [[User:BryceHarrington|Bryce]] 18:51, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)
*ψ1 for adding descriptions of the other two filter types to the [[Propaganda_model]] article [[User:BryceHarrington|Bryce]] 18:51, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)
*ψ7 for making [[B-32 Dominator]] a featured article. [[User:Ingoolemo|<span style="color:blue;">•</span>]][[User_talk:Ingoolemo|<span style="color:blue;">→</span>]][[User:Ingoolemo|<span style="color:blue;">Iñgólemo</span>]][[User_talk:Ingoolemo|<span style="color:blue;">←•</span>]] 03:48, 2004 Nov 11 (UTC)
*ψ7 for organizing [[Hebrew language#The ʾālep̄-bêṯ by letter|the information on each letter of the Aleph-Bet]] into an adequate table. [[User:E=MC^2|E=MC^2]] 23:38, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
*ψ1 for destubifying the [[DexDrive]] ''and'' [[MaxDrive]] articles. --[[User:WulfTheSaxon|Wulf]] 04:15, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
*ψ1 for adding at least 2 paragraphs to the [[Datel]] article, and cleaning up what is already there. (or ψ3 for this ''and'' the DexDrive and MaxDrive articles...) --[[User:WulfTheSaxon|Wulf]] 04:15, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
* ψ1 for any person who leaves a message on my talk page saying they still use this page. [[User:Luigi30]] ([[User_talk:Luigi30|Ταλκ]]) 23:58, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
*:[[User talk:Luigi30#I still use WikiMoney|Added]]. <span style="padding:0.5em;margin:1em, 0em;background:#000;color:#fff;border-radius:3em">[[User:Unoriginally Named Editor|<span style="color:#f783ac">'Ridge</span>]] ( <span style="padding:0.25em;margin:0.5em, 0em;background:#fff;color:#000;border-radius:2em">[[User talk:Unoriginally_Named_Editor|<span style="color:#748ffc">Converse</span>]], [[Special:Contributions/Unoriginally_Named_Editor|<span style="color:#38d9a9">Create</span>]], & [[User:Unoriginally_Named_Editor/Sandbox|<span style="color:#4dabf7">Fascinate</span>]]</span> ) </span> 16:02, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
*ψ1 for doubling the length of the [[Callaway Golf]] article. --[[User:WulfTheSaxon|Wulf]] 06:05, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
*ψ2 for greatly expanding [[Myst IV: Revelation]] [[User:Thelb4|Thelb4!]] | [[User talk:Thelb4|Talk to me]] 19:52, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
*ψ1 for the destubbification of the [[Honeysuckle Weeks]] article including a photo of her as Samantha Stewart in [[Foyle's War]]. --[[User:WulfTheSaxon|Wulf]] 19:45, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
**An extra ψ1 if you complete this, and the below offer.
*ψ1 for the destubbification of the [[Michael Kitchen]] article including a photo of him as DCI Foyle in [[Foyle's War]]. --[[User:WulfTheSaxon|Wulf]] 19:45, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
=== Factchecking ===
* ψ10 to whoever fixes up [[Gettysburg Address]] so it doesn't need the <nowiki>{{disputed}}</nowiki> tag anymore. See [[Talk:Gettysburg Address]] for more info. - [[User:Biggins|biggins]] | [[User talk:biggins|talk]] 20:45, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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* ψ3 for finding a factual mistake in the [[Encyclopedia Britannica]], correcting it in Wikipedia, and listing it on [[m:Wikipedia:Errors in the Encyclopædia Britannica that have been corrected in Wikipedia]]. [[User:AxelBoldt|AxelBoldt]] 16:43 25 May 2003 (UTC) +2 by [[User:TakuyaMurata|Taku]]. Rivalry is good for productivity. -- Add 1 :-) from me. [[User:Cimon avaro|Cimon Avaro on a pogo stick]] 19:06 4 Jun 2003 (UTC) --. Sounds like fun, I'll ante 1 [[User:Ilyanep|ilyanep]] 23:44 16 Jun 2003 (UTC)
** The above offer stands at W7 by aggregate at this time. (please edit sum if you add to the offer)
*** I still need to write the thermal transpiration article, but I have added [[Crookes radiometer]] to the list (verified the correct explanation in the 3 external references and checked that EB has the wrong explanation in the 2003 edition) Have not transferred money yet. [[User:Jrincayc|Jrincayc]] 18:28, 27 Aug 2003 (UTC)
*ψ1 for finding a factual mistake in [[TechTV]] and correcting it. [[User:Ilyanep|ilyanep]] 16:06 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)
=== Copyediting / merging / wikification ===
* Up to W$10 for help with my [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Authors]] which needs editing, wfyation, and expanding.
* ψ1 for merging the
**Merged into [[female circumcision]]. [[User:Silsor|silsor]] 20:49, Feb 16, 2004 (UTC)
* Not sure this fits this category, but... ψ3 for anyone who corrects all the small periodic table pics that have the wrong color for [[lutetium]] and [[lawrencium]]. A further ψ4 for anyone who updates all pics to reflect the discovery of Uut and Uup. [[User:Eric119|Eric119]] 02:11, Apr 25, 2004 (UTC)
* ψ5 to ψ10 bounty per advertisement-like (according to consensus) article that is fixed up to where (according to consensus) it no longer reads like an advertisement, up to a total of ψ20. <span style="padding:0.5em;margin:1em, 0em;background:#000;color:#fff;border-radius:3em">[[User:Unoriginally Named Editor|<span style="color:#f783ac">'Ridge</span>]] ( <span style="padding:0.25em;margin:0.5em, 0em;background:#fff;color:#000;border-radius:2em">[[User talk:Unoriginally_Named_Editor|<span style="color:#748ffc">Converse</span>]], [[Special:Contributions/Unoriginally_Named_Editor|<span style="color:#38d9a9">Create</span>]], & [[User:Unoriginally_Named_Editor/Sandbox|<span style="color:#4dabf7">Fascinate</span>]]</span> ) </span> 16:14, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
*
=== [[Wikipedia:NPOV dispute|NPOV]] ===
* ψ2 for adding positive '''facts''' in [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]] (positive opinions are not eligible). [[User:Ericd|Ericd]]
I added a '''positive fact''' [[User:Freestylefrappe|freestylefrappe]] 03:02, Jan 18, 2005 (UTC)
:I added:
:* His graduate studies thesis, presented in [[1971]] by Jean-Marie Le Pen and [[Jean-Loup Vincent]], is titled ''Le courant anarchiste en France depuis 1945'' or "The anarchist movement in France since 1945".
:* [He was] the first French politician to present a candidate of [[muslim]] confession, Ahmed Djebbour, and to achieve his election.
:* [In the quotes:] ''We must tell the [[Algeria]]ns that it is not the case that they need France, but that France needs them. [...]''
:[[User:Gene.arboit|Gene.arboit]] 20:27, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
=== Software development ===
* ψ20 to whoever lets me export deleted articles. [[User:Anthony DiPierro|anthony]] [[User:Anthony_DiPierro/warning|(see warning)]] 14:37, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
* ψ10 to whoever writes and implements a Bot to give [[Wikisource:The Book of Mormon|The Book of Mormon on Wikisource]] a next/prev navigation bar at the top and bottom of each page (not to replace chapter navigation boxes that are already there though, just to enhance them). Make sure to discuss it on the [[Wikisource:Wikisource:Scriptorium|Scriptorium]] over there before use, of course. Note: this could be done by hand if you're desperate for Wikimoney and can't program, I don't care :) - [[User:Biggins|biggins]] | [[User talk:biggins|talk]] 20:51, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)
*ψ19 to whoever adds an option to hide edits made by yourself in [[Special:Watchlist]] ([http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190 bug 190]), and give an indication of which edits were made after the last time you looked at [[Special:Watchlist]]. [[User:Gracefool|··gracefool]] |[[User talk:gracefool|☺]] 04:24, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* Another ψ5 for whoever gets Rambot to specially flag all the U.S. municipality articles, then makes it a preference whether to get those articles as random pages. - [[User:Calmypal|Woodrow, Emperor of the United States]] 03:57, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
* ψ5 to whoever makes <nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki> write just the time and date. Think about apostrophes in '''boldness''' '''''and''''' ''italics''... - [[User:Calmypal|Woodrow]] 03:32, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)
** Done by [[User:Timwi|Timwi]] 03:42, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)
** Not done by Timwi. I'm willing to alter the requirements... - [[User:Calmypal|Woodrow]] 14:49, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)
*** I don't understand. I implemented the feature as requested. – But then, I've stopped being interested in WikiMoney. :-p – [[User:Timwi|Timwi]] 14:01, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
* ψ6 for adding any of the following features to the Wikipedia software (leave me a message for details): --[[User:Eloquence|Eloquence]] 23:45 May 10, 2003 (UTC)
** to edit tables in their own namespace. Tables should still be stored in the CUR table in the same row as the articles that use them, but if a table is preceded by <nowiki>[[Table:Title of table]]</nowiki>, the table code is hidden when the page is edited, and can instead be edited on a separate page (by following a small edit link under the table), like the text of image pages.
*** combine this with [[m:Image pages]] for an extra
** to propose an automatic merge in case of edit conflicts whenever possible, and only ask the user to verify this merge (using a diff).
** to support external editors via a helper application written in a script language of your choice, and possibly changes to the Wikipedia software, as described in [http://www.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2003-January/002154.html]. (External editor support gets another W4 from me. [[User:AxelBoldt|AxelBoldt]] 01:04 May 11, 2003 (UTC))
*** Another
*** Same from me: extra
*** Hey, do HTML editors count (like Mozilla's built-in composer)? My [http://www.dwheeler.com/html2wikipedia html2wikipedia] tool converts HTML to Wikipedia wikitext. It also tries to fix up some of Microsoft's stupid characters (though not all), so the not smart quotes get translated - so you could even use Word as your offline editor (though I don't recommend it for that purpose). Take a look, if it meets your needs, feel free to say so and send Wikimoney my way! -- [[User:Dwheeler|Dwheeler]] 04:31 24 May 2003 (UTC)
* ψ1 for someone to make a feature so that ^e makes a € and ^l makes a pound sign. [[User:LittleDan|LittleDan]]
** Can we alter the requirements for this one a bit? After all, "^e" is going to be used a bit in math articles, where it will mean "raised to the power of the logarithmic base", of course. Converting it to a € seems a poor choice to me. -- [[User:JohnOwens|John Owens]] 05:18 May 12, 2003 (UTC)
*** Maybe &e. I don't think that's ever used. (the convention in math articles is to use <nowiki><sup>''e''</sup></nowiki> anyway.
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*** I don't see why "^e" would be a problem. How likely is it that someone will want to use € in an equation? It could probably be set up so that "^e" is not recognized (as €) inside <nowiki><math></nowiki> anyway. --[[User:Bdesham|bdesham]] 02:01 3 Jun 2003 (UTC)
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** See, the problem is that now I can outbid you because I can't see ANY reason to underline things in Wikipedia, and I think it should be avoided. This is why money is bad :( It's better that we discuss these things rather than just throw money around even if it is fictional. -- [[User:Tarquin|Tarquin]] 19:08 May 12, 2003 (UTC)
*** Well, I still think we need subscript and superscript. And we do discuss things. People wouldn't blindly make a feature just for money. Maybe there should be a [[Wikipedia:Requested features]] or something like that.
**** there is...
* ψ10 for anyone who implements [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=735791&group_id=34373&atid=411195 my "bookmarking for diffs" feature request] -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] 03:24 May 14, 2003 (UTC)
** I don't like the added complexity of bookmarks. How about transparently storing the revision number in the watchlist when viewing the article? That way, you could have a diff to the "last seen" version. Alternatively there could be a diff to the "last edited" version, which would be the last one edited by the user.--[[User:Eloquence|Eloquence]] 03:59 May 14, 2003 (UTC)
*** The problem with the "last edited" would be that people might start doing spurious edits to simulate bookmarks. "Last seen" might work, but that seems like too much of a hair trigger. -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] 05:39 May 15, 2003 (UTC)
* ψ15 to ψ30 for anyone who implements [[m:SVG image support]]. ψ15 if it just allows some kind of autoconversion of svg images to pngs and url rewritting. ψ30 if it allows editing and diffing of the images as discussed in the article. I also promise to upload svgs for all the images that I have created from vector graphics when this feature is added. [[User:Jrincayc|Jrincayc]] 02:15, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC) (and another W5–10 from [[User:Bdesham|bdesham]] 22:17, Dec 15, 2003 (UTC))
* ψ10 to anyone who adds a feature to the Image: pages writing out the size of the image. [[User:Sverdrup|— Sverdrup]] [[User talk:Sverdrup|(talk)]] 12:48, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC)
** "View Image" in Mozilla (hint, hint) ;-) — [[User:Timwi|Timwi]] 13:20, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC)
***Yep. I know very well that many browsers do this. But my browser doesn't, and I don't want to rely on my browser, I want this to be part of the Image: feature. [[User:Sverdrup|— Sverdrup]] [[User talk:Sverdrup|(talk)]] 14:38, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC)
* ψ10 to the person who changes the [[m:Www.wikipedia.org portal|international page]] so that the link to the Belarussian Wikipedia is in the 1000-10000 article category where it belongs. [[User:Scott Gall|Scott Gall]] 08:51, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
===Miscellaneous Requests===
*ψ45,000 to anyone who nominates me for adminship, on the condition that I actually succeed in the process (that is, I become an admin as a result of the nomination). This means that you will need to do some research on my history and my contributions, so that you can make a meaningful nomination. Thanks. :-) '''Your one true god is [[User:Hunterd|David P. A. Hunter, esq. III]] <sup> [[User talk:Hunterd/f06-07|Talk to me!]] </sup>''' 10:38, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
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=== [[Wikipedia:WikiLove|WikiLove]],
Hence, I will offer 1 wikilove to anyone who will offer one or several beautiful non-copyrighted flower pictures to a
Pictures have to be free of copyright of course, so they can be used for Wikipedia. Preferably, wikiflower pictures should illustrate a plant which either has no article on itself, or an article with no flower picture at all. But any wikiflower will be nevertheless warmly welcome.
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*Dear [[User:Mbecker|MB]] gets 1 wikilove for offering me a lavender flower plant pict and putting it at [[lavender]]. Thanks a lot MB.
*Dear [[User:Mbecker|MB]] gets 1 wikilove for offering [[User:Angela]] a trillium flower plant pict and putting it at [[trillium]]. Thanks a lot again MB. (The wiki is gonna be very very colorful !)
*Dear [[User:Hephaestos]] gets 2 wikiloves for [[:image:Pasdetout.jpeg]]. Double amount of love for a perfect timing.
''See also'' [[m:WikiWomen]]
[[m:Anthere]]
Tip: [http://www.setexconsulting.com/flowers.htm setexconsulting] seems to offer a number of flower images for free [[User:TeunSpaans]]
Also see [http://www.pdphoto.org/PictureDetail.php?mat=pdef&pg=6143 pdphoto] for free flower photos. [[User:TeunSpaans|TeunSpaans]] 08:12, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)
== Fulfilled requests ==
''Here we record requests that have been completed and paid.''
* ψ2 for a substantive article on the [[Kinshasa Highway]] which mentions more than its length and beginning and end points. [[User:Gamaliel|Gamaliel]] 02:29, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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***I added heaps of new information. I'd like some Wikimoney, please ;-) [[User:DO'Neil|DO'Neil]] 14:46, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)
* ψ3 paid to [[User:Adamk|Adamk]] for the creation/translation of a Spanish version of [[Down These Mean Streets]] on [http://es.wikipedia.org/ Spanish Wikipedia], along with a link on the English page to it. -- [[User talk:LGagnon|LGagnon]] 14:15, 2/14/04
* ψ1 paid to [[User:Fabiform|Fabiform]] for [[Lord Nolan]]'s real name. [[User:Morwen|Morwen]] 21:42, Feb 16, 2004 (UTC)
* ψ5 paid to [[User:Wik]] for [[MPs elected in the UK general election, 1974 (October)]] [[User:Secretlondon|Secretlondon]] 23:13, Feb 14, 2004 (UTC)
* ψ3 for each substantial article written from [[Wikipedia:Articles requested for over two years]] (as of February 5 2004). [[User:Pcb21|Pete/Pcb21]] [[User_talk:Pcb21|(talk)]] 10:55, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)
** Several articles were written off the back of this. Some writers were into WikiMoney and got paid, others aren't and haven't, but back-dated ψs are available if required! [[User:Pcb21|Pete/Pcb21]] [[User_talk:Pcb21|(talk)]] 11:28, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)
* ψ1 paid to [[User:Secretlondon|Secretlondon]] for an article on [[Oliver Tambo]], the ex-[[African National Congress]] leader. Request by [[User:Greenman|Greenman]], completed by [[User:Secretlondon|Secretlondon]] 20:55, Jan 31, 2004 (UTC)
* ψ5 paid to [[User:Wik]] for [[MPs elected in the UK general election, 1979]] [[User:Secretlondon|Secretlondon]] 22:50, Jan 27, 2004 (UTC)
* ψ1 for making a disambiguation page for [[Bluebell]] (see [[Talk:English bluebell]]) [[User:Ilyanep|Ilyanep]] 18:28, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC). Done by [[User:Secretlondon|Secretlondon]]
* ψ5 paid to [[User:Wik]] for [[MPs elected in the UK general election, 1983]]. [[User:Secretlondon|Secretlondon]] 13:13, Jan 25, 2004 (UTC)
* ψ5 paid to [[User:Wik]] for [[MPs elected in the UK general election, 1987]]. [[User:Secretlondon|Secretlondon]] 23:00, Jan 22, 2004 (UTC)
* ψ2 for anyone who merges [[Hipparchos]] with [[Hipparchus]], and redirects Hipparchos to Hipparchus. [[User:Mbecker|MB]] 00:27 3 Jun 2003 (UTC)
* ψ1 to anyone who adds a decent description of his work and impact to [[Guillaume Apollinaire]]. [[User:AxelBoldt|AxelBoldt]] 23:16 May 10, 2003 (UTC);
** Job done by [[user:Camembert|Camembert]].
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**Taku did this, and I paid her. [[User:LittleDan]]
**Actually I am ''he'' and I have not yet get money yet. (I wonder what made he believes I am her, just curious no offense). -- [[User:TakuyaMurata|Taku]] 21:12 25 May 2003 (UTC)
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** Suggestion: ψ, as in Kingturtle has ψ20 to spend. [[User:Kingturtle|Kingturtle]]
** Suggestion: Use W¤ (a "W" followed by the international generic currency symbol)
***I like ψ the best, so I'm giving Kingturtle ψ1. [[User:LittleDan|LittleDan]]
** What is the [[kanji]] for this currency unit? --[[User:Juuitchan]]
***That question makes as much sense to me as asking for the kanji for the [[euro]] currency, or for Saudi Arabian riyals. It's not a Japanese concept, and doesn't have a kanji. -- [[User:Pne|pne]] 16:10, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
****Not necessarily true. Kanjis have been developed for concepts not originally Japanese. Either it will gain a Kanji or be converted as [[Katakana]]. - [[User:Texture|Tεx]][[User Talk:Texture|<span style="color:red;">τ</span>]][[User:Texture|urε]] 16:30, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
* ψ1 to anyone who adds a list of Heat of vaporization for each matter in [[Heat of vaporization]]. You can use what's link here feature to find out a value. (I know this is just a labor-intensive job. I will appreciate such a boring job by giving wikimoney) -- [[User:TakuyaMurata|Taku]]
** Done. I really, ''really'' like [[Perl]] :-) --[[User:Bdesham|bdesham]] 22:45 2 Jun 2003 (UTC)
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** Paid to myself. [[User:AxelBoldt|AxelBoldt]] 00:16 4 Jun 2003 (UTC)
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** Done, to stop AxelBoldt paying himself. [[User:212|212]] 09:32 6 Jun 2003 (UTC)
* Sphenic number didn't turn out to be worthy of
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* ψ1 for a larger-than-stub article about [[old wives' tale]]s. [[User:Kingturtle|Kingturtle]] 19:23 24 May 2003 (UTC)
** Fulfilled by [[User:Cgs|CGS]] 20:42 26 Jun 2003 (UTC).
* ψ1 for NPOVing [[Mohammed Mossadegh]]. [[User:Ericd|Ericd]]
**Should be better now. --[[User:Eloquence|Eloquence]] 22:01 29 Jun 2003 (UTC)
* I added ψ2 to my account for creating [[Harvey Ball]]. As [[User:Timwi|Timwi]] pointed out, someone forgot to sign this one, so I don't know which account the money should be removed from. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 19:07, 7 Aug 2003 (UTC)
** A simple search of the history page reveals that the [[Harvey Ball]] offer was made by [[User:Kingturtle|Kingturtle]] on [[June 1]], [[2003]]. Next time I will think of trying such a simple search first, before searching for it by binary search on the old versions <sigh>. [[User:Tualha|Tualha]] 00:16, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)
* I took ψ2 from Tiles for adding [[Carol Shields]]'s maiden name to the article (info from http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/ngcoba/sh.htm ).
* Ilyanep was offering ψ4 for a longer-than-stub article about [[Golden retriever]]s. An anonymous user had made a stub and I expanded it, so I'm taking just ψ2 for it. Anon is welcome to the other 2 if they ever find this page. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 02:35, 13 Aug 2003 (UTC)
* ψ3 for a larger-than-stub article about the philosophical topic of [[Paternalism]]. [[User:Poor Yorick|Poor Yorick]] 07:44 5 Jul 2003 (UTC)
**Done. --[[User:Alex S|Alex S]] 21:06, 27 Aug 2003 (UTC)
* ψ3 for a larger-than-stub article about [[Roots of Peace]]....utilize [http://www.myafghan.com/news2.asp?id=1994457445&search=5/19/2003] & [http://www.rootsofpeace.org/home/home.html] [[User:Kingturtle|Kingturtle]] 21:09 24 May 2003 (UTC)
**Done. Took my money. --[[User:Alexandros|Alexandros]] 03:18, 15 Nov 2003 (UTC)
*ψ5 for de-stubifying and adding '''useful''' information to [[Saqqara]]. [[User:Ilyanep|Ilyanep]] 18:04, 17 Sep 2003 (UTC)
**Did that about a month ago. Photo and all. ψ5 taken from [[User:Ilyanep|Ilyanep]]. –[[User:Hajor|Hajor]] 03:24, 15 Nov 2003 (UTC)
* ψ2 to anyone who moves a distracting (and irrelevant) page such as [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians by religion]] or [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians by race]] to the [http://meta.wikipedia.org meta]. [[User:Mbecker|MB]] 22:52 2 Jun 2003 (UTC)
** Done by [[User:Oliver Pereira]]. -- [[User:Timwi|Timwi]] 22:09 25 Jun 2003 (UTC)
* ψ10 to anyone who follows through the "Instructions for converting Electoral College maps" on [[Talk:U.S. presidential election]] for [[U.S. presidential election, 1789]] through [[U.S. presidential election, 1984]]. See [[U.S. presidential election, 1988]] for example. -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] 03:24 May 14, 2003 (UTC)
**Paid ψ10 to [[User:Hephaestos|Hephaestos]]. --[[User:Snoyes|snoyes]] 08:45, 2 Jan 2004 (UTC)
*ψ 4 for a longer-than stub article on any of the following (ψ 4 per article): --[[User:Merovingian|Merovingian]], 5 Dec 2003
** [[Glenn Beck]] -- [[User:Matty j|Matty j]] 06:57, Jan 3, 2004 (UTC) (paid)
* ψ1 for the Wikipedian who destubs and writes a factually accurate article on [[Coherentism]]. [[User:Poor Yorick|Poor Yorick]] 11:54, 7 Nov 2003 (UTC)
**Paid ψ1 to [[User:Banno|Banno]]. --[[User:Snoyes|snoyes]] 05:16, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)
*Paid ψ1 to [[User:Lord Emsworth|Lord Emsworth]] for [[Kevin Millwood]] -- [[User:Matty j|Matty j]] 22:37, Jan 10, 2004 (UTC)
** ψ8 for anyone who moves (and then deletes) all 44 or so of the "September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack" subpages (listed [[Wikipedia:Subpages to be moved|here]]) to the [http://sep11.wikipedia.org 9/11 Memorial Wiki]. --[[User:Bdesham|bdesham]] 00:29 7 Jul 2003 (UTC) has been completed by someone.
* ψ6 paid to [[User:Rbellin]] for [[English studies]] -- [[User:Sannse|sannse]] [[User talk:Sannse|(talk)]] 16:56, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
* ψ2 paid to [[User:Nikai]] for translation of [[:de:CSA]] or [[:de:GMR]] (resulting in [[Common Scrambling Algorithm]] and [[GMR]]) [[User:Matt Crypto|— Matt]] 09:21, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
* ψ2 paid to [[User:BryceHarrington]] for a longer-than-stub article on jazz trumpeter/bandleader [[Don Ellis]]. — [[User:Gwalla|Gwalla]] | [[User talk:Gwalla|Talk]] 20:28, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)
*ψ1 paid to [[User:Mckaysalisbury]] for creating [[elevator surfing]]. [[User:Anthony DiPierro|anthony]] [[User:Anthony_DiPierro/warning|警告]] 14:08, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
*ψ4 paid to [[User:Mckaysalisbury]] for finding various errors on [[Unary]] and [[Mebibyte]]. [[User:AxelBoldt|AxelBoldt]] 19:19, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
*ψ1 paid to [[User:WulfTheSaxon|Wulf]] 05:25, 14 September 2005 (UTC) for posting on Luigi30's talk page --[[User:WulfTheSaxon|Wulf]] 05:25, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
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