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What to do with a problem like Wikipedia. It’s ultimately a fantastic source of information like nothing else on the internet. That has to be worth something ri
by simonswords82 5y ago
What to do with a problem like Wikipedia. It’s ultimately a fantastic source of information like nothing else on the internet. That has to be worth something right?
Problem is that people probably don’t bother to donate as much as they could or should. I know I haven’t donated.
Is there another way it could be monetised without ads?
- david_allison 5y agoThey're moving into selling access to structured data APIs. $50k/year for their mid-tier offering. "Contact us" after that. https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/ https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/ https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/ https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
- wyager 5y agoWikipedia is not expensive to run. Wikimedia is a classic bloated nonprofit that keeps “needing” more money to grow the number of useless administrative sinecures they can support. https://www.theregister.com/2012/12/20/cash_rich_wikipedia_chugging/ https://www.theregister.com/2012/12/20/cash_rich_wikipedia_c...
- skulk 5y agoIMO using your resources to store a copy of all the articles (and even serve them if you can) is a pretty solid donation to the cause.
- dmurray 5y agoThe problem, as other posts allude to, is it has too much money and not enough interesting, useful projects to do with it. It's a great example of how a fantastic resource very much can be - and is - funded purely through donations of time and money. They just try to tell you it isn't doing well.