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Ask HN: Have You Donated to Wikipedia?
- lilbaine 6y agoYes
- anotheryou 6y agoyes
- jimmySixDOF 6y agoDo you mean time or money ?
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- cpach 6y agoYes
- payamrastogi 6y agoYes
- ignoranceprior 6y agoVolunteer time: Yes. A ton. Probably equivalent to more than a year of full-time employment. Money: No.
- Engineering-MD 6y agoI have but a variable amount l, as I can’t decide how much to give. I use Wikipedia extensively and want to be able to cover some other users costs but not overdonate. Realistically, how much money does Wikipedia actually need per year?
- masonic 6y agoWikipedia blocks all of T-Mobile (USA, anyway) IPs from editing, so not anymore.
- Wolfenstein98k 6y agoFiscally only - and yes
- ababababababa 6y agoI would like to donate to wikipedia, but it isn't possible in my country.
- jmdocherty 6y agoI donate every year when they remind me. I also send my BAT from Brave to them as I’m hoping they can use that. I’ve spent a few hours (probably a couple of days total) editing content.
- leipert 6y agoDid so in the past, both content and money. Not donating money to the wikimedia foundation anymore as they have millions in the bank, donating to other local causes that fight for (digital) rights, privacy and do proper journalism. I found „Wikipedia has cancer“ interesting, but shifted my behavior even before reading it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21699011 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21699011
- dyingkneepad 6y agoI decided to donate one day, but then I did some research and concluded they don't really need more money, they have these ever-increasing "goals" but those goals are not only to keep their site up, it's to fund a lot of other things of questionable need. So I decided to take that money to some small websites that I think could benefit way more. Anyway, the way I see, wikipedia falls into the "Education" category, which is the one I tend to be more willing to donate to.
- neymgm 6y agoWhich websites did you donate to? I’m curious about smaller projects that are worth looking at.
- dyingkneepad 6y agophoronix.com is the one I remember. I keep buying the premium subscription every year since then, and I often pay full price even when it's on sale. I also bought some merch from youtube channels like PBS Space Time.
- egorfine 6y agoyes, for years
- keviv 6y agoI did. But recently found out that Wikipedia has been blacklisting URLs of Right Wing Indian news and opinion portals. Not going to donate to any website that curbs freedom of expression.