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I often read wikipedia and so far it seems they don't want our donations, it seems they have enough money

I have no idea but if they really need money then they would accept bitcoin and would not be so picky about donations

it's not a scam, wiki either accepts the btc via bitpay by making an official account or bitpay refunds it if they don't create an account and you get to use that publicity to hammer it home to them they they can't really be hurting for money that bad if they are turning it down.

How does this work for tax purposes?  If I give bitcoins to BitPay, and BitPay gives dollars to Wikipedia, WIkipedia will issue a tax receipt showing BitPay as the donor.

I claim to want wikipedia to accept my BTC. And once they do, I will most certainly donate generously.

I appreciate bitpay's initiative. But getting Wikipedia to publicly announce they accept Bitcoin themselves, THAT's what this is about.

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This morning we sent a direct deposit to Wikipedia for $790.36 which is all of the bitcoin donations received from noon yesterday until this morning.

Great job guys!

We will continue to do this every day.  I do have hope that eventually the donate button will be on Wikipedia's site, but for now having the button on our blog accomplishes the same thing. 

BitPay has a list, but only if you entered an email address.  If you did not enter an email address on the form, the donation is anonymous.  Only the donor has a copy of the receipt.