Last modified: 2011-01-04 19:25:52 UTC
I went to make a donation to Wikipedia by clicking on the "read more" button on the appeal ad from Jimmy Wales. It took me to the above URL, where I selected $5 from the preset amounts of $100, $50, $25 and $5. When I was redirected to Paypal to process payment, the amount had changed to $25! I clicked the browser's back button and then selected "Other" and manually typed in $5. This was then redirected to Paypal correctly and the transaction was completed successfully. This bug annoyed me, due to it increasing my donation automatically by five times and I very nearly didn't make a donation at all. How many other people are becoming annoyed and not making donations due to this bug! Also since I had never heard of Wikimedia before, I was confused and suspicious when Paypal reported that the payment went to Wikimedia not Wikipedia. I think you should use the website name of Wikipedia for payment processing, so not to cause confusion. Please fix it asap, as Wikipedia is awesome and it's a shame small bugs can impact the reputation of a great site like Wikipedia. Remember people's preception is everything!
Hmm, seems to be working for me.
Looks like James Alexander fixed it at 02:11, 4 January 2011. That form was created by Wikimedia Australia, so perhaps someone there should be notified of the problem.
