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> Instead of turning our backs we have to think of ways we can support Wikipedia and protect it from shills with deep pockets. Have you actually looked at wher
by busymom0 5y ago
> Instead of turning our backs we have to think of ways we can support Wikipedia and protect it from shills with deep pockets.
Have you actually looked at where most of the donations come from? They come from DEEP POCKETS.
In 2019, Google made $2 million contribution to the Wikimedia Endowment and another $1.1 million to the Wikimedia Foundation:
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/22/google-org-donates-2-million-to-wikipedias-parent-org/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/22/google-org-donates-2-milli...
Amazon, Google.org, Musk Foundation, George Soros, Facebook all donating $2 million+
https://wikimediaendowment.org/#benefactors https://wikimediaendowment.org/#benefactors
Look at who their benefactors were in 2019 apart from 7 "Major benefactors" who were anonymous:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/support/benefactors/ https://wikimediafoundation.org/support/benefactors/
Wikipedia folks have done the exact opposite to "protect neutrality" and "bastions of free information". They openly block any edits of articles even when the said article is slandering someone as long as it fits the political narrative. And if one simply looked at their co-founder and other admin's twitter feed, one would realize that they don't care about "neutrality".