Thread:Project talk:WikiProject Extensions/Extension maintenance/reply

"Lots of potential donors to the WMF could be coaxed into pulling the trigger if they were given assurance that their contributions would serve to keep their own MediaWiki projects running smoothly."

That's not what WMF and it's 501(c)3 non-profit donated funds are there for. WMF donations are (in some countries) tax-deductible as a contribution to "adult education" as a charitable endeavour, but that's only possible because the money is supposedly going to assemble and give away a free encyclopaedia.

If the extension is actually needed for deployment on WMF sites, fine.

If not, what does any of this have to do with building an encyclopaedia?