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> AFAIK, The largest part of the budget goes to maintaining the servers and network It’s like you walked into this discussion without reading any of it. That i
by jiofih 5y ago
> AFAIK, The largest part of the budget goes to maintaining the servers and network
It’s like you walked into this discussion without reading any of it. That is precisely the issue - less than 10% of the budget goes towards operating Wikipedia, and they’re still begging for money.
- 20after4 5y agoI did read a substantial portion of the discussion before posting. I just don't believe that it's true that less than 10% goes to operating Wikipedia. Paying for legal staff who defend lawsuits and advocate for legal reforms that matter is part of "operating Wikipedia." Paying SREs to be on-call for incident response, plus routine upgrades of servers and racking new hardware is all part of "operating Wikipedia." Absolutely essential parts of operating Wikipedia certainly account for a lot more than 10% of the budget. Sure there is a lot of overhead and I'm sure some expenditures are non-essential. I just can't agree with your assessment. The overhead and excesses are quite certainly nowhere near 90%.