[20:03:19] <Dispenser>	 http://enwp.org/WT:DPL#A_cash_prize_for_next_month.27s_contest.
[20:03:20] <Dispenser>	 Does WMF have any interest in sweetening the deal?
[20:36:01] <Ironholds>	 Dispenser: erm. Well, you'd have to ask "properly"
[20:36:05] <Ironholds>	 but I'm going to go out on a limb and say no
[20:36:11] <Ironholds>	 paying for contributions is problematic
[20:36:58] <Dispenser>	 I hate this bureaucracy
[20:38:22] <Ironholds>	 Dispenser: sorry?
[20:39:09] <Ironholds>	 if you mean "you can't give a direct answer? bah. Bureaucracy!" <- strangely enough I do not have budget control and most of those who do are busy.
[20:39:30] <Dispenser>	 bureaucracy (n) 4. administration characterized by excessive red tape and routine.
[20:39:52] <Ironholds>	 if you mean "you can't provide a monetary prize? Bah. Bureaucracy!" the answer is no, potentially legal issues. We start running into problems if there's a direct link between "contributions" and "people being encouraged to make them for money"
[20:40:02] <Ironholds>	 sure, I get what you meant. Just not what issue you were referring to.
[20:45:47] <Dispenser>	 Its Column A.  I understand the American legal system make it hard with conflict-of-interest and running contests.
[20:46:49] <Ironholds>	 well, nothing to do with that
[20:48:18] <Ironholds>	 anyway. Yeah, I don't control a budget. Any budget. The best I could do would be to send you a slice of my next paycheck as an individual.
[20:48:49] <Ironholds>	 If this frustrates you, I would point out that there are things less preferable to paperwork, and one of them is giving a self-employed contractor of one year's tenure control over donor funds ;p
[20:57:07] <Dispenser>	 This "No Purchase Necessary" stuff get complicated.  Good thing _I_ don't have worry about it.