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:To answer your question {{ping|Timeshifter}} - the funds will secure hosting for at least a year, yes. What our goal with the full amount of funds was to secure hosting for a minimum of a year or more while we investigate our ability to purchase our own servers to lower the overhead cost. Thank you for helping to get some donations for Orain. If you have any questions, {{ping|John}} and I would be more than happy to answer them. [[User:Dusti|'''Dusti''']][[User talk:Dusti|*Let's talk!*]] 15:29, 10 January 2015 (GMT)

::I hadn't thought of owning servers, combined with a fail over plan for additional servers/visualization/hosts/bandwidth online as needed. I guess it is like owning a house versus renting. If done right, ownership is cheaper. But getting the initial necessary money is a problem. I wonder if Wikimedia is still giving away old servers. Or businesses. --[[User:Timeshifter|Timeshifter]] ([[User talk:Timeshifter|talk]]) 19:09, 10 January 2015 (GMT)

:::Some ideas. I suggest putting a link in the sidebar on all pages: "Donate to Orain". Also link to it from the indiegogo page. That way I and others have a more detailed and updated info page I can point possible donors too. Many donors will have questions. So the talk page can be used for that. This thread might be moved there. For now I guess I can point to your talk page for more info and questions.

::I support all wiki farms. They each seem to have different focuses and advantages. I think the donation only path may be difficult for a wiki farm offering different extensions for each wiki as Orain does. That requires more skilled volunteers. I assume it is difficult enough to find a skilled volunteer or two just to maintain a basic wiki farm with a standard set of extensions and features. You might consider offering ad-free wikis only to those making above a certain size yearly donation. That donation might have to be larger depending on the bandwidth needed for that wiki. In any case thanks for all your efforts! --[[User:Timeshifter|Timeshifter]] ([[User talk:Timeshifter|talk]]) 12:30, 11 January 2015 (GMT)

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 :To answer your question {{ping|Timeshifter}} - the funds will secure hosting for at least a year, yes. What our goal with the full amount of funds was to secure hosting for a minimum of a year or more while we investigate our ability to purchase our own servers to lower the overhead cost. Thank you for helping to get some donations for Orain. If you have any questions, {{ping|John}} and I would be more than happy to answer them. <font face="MV Boli">[[User:Dusti|'''<font color="#ff0000">D</font><font color="#ff6600">u</font><font color="#009900">s</font><font color="#0000ff">t</font><font color="#6600cc">i</font>''']][[User talk:Dusti|<sup>*Let's talk!*</sup>]]</font> 15:29, 10 January 2015 (GMT)
 ::I hadn't thought of owning servers, combined with a fail over plan for additional servers/visualization/hosts/bandwidth online as needed. I guess it is like owning a house versus renting. If done right, ownership is cheaper. But getting the initial necessary money is a problem. I wonder if Wikimedia is still giving away old servers. Or businesses. --[[User:Timeshifter|Timeshifter]] ([[User talk:Timeshifter|talk]]) 19:09, 10 January 2015 (GMT)
+:::Some ideas. I suggest putting a link in the sidebar on all pages: "Donate to Orain". Also link to it from the indiegogo page. That way I and others have a more detailed and updated info page I can point possible donors too. Many donors will have questions. So the talk page can be used for that. This thread might be moved there. For now I guess I can point to your talk page for more info and questions.
+::I support all wiki farms. They each seem to have different focuses and advantages. I think the donation only path may be difficult for a wiki farm offering different extensions for each wiki as Orain does. That requires more skilled volunteers. I assume it is difficult enough to find a skilled volunteer or two just to maintain a basic wiki farm with a standard set of extensions and features. You might consider offering ad-free wikis only to those making above a certain size yearly donation. That donation might have to be larger depending on the bandwidth needed for that wiki. In any case thanks for all your efforts! --[[User:Timeshifter|Timeshifter]] ([[User talk:Timeshifter|talk]]) 12:30, 11 January 2015 (GMT)
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