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I've already made my donation to IA this year but I might need to make another. Somehow it's the IA's job to fix problems that we all know are problems, sadly.

wnkrshm 4y ago
Wikipedia reminded me multiple times to donate to the Internet Archive this year.
- nix23 4y ago
  Haha, i know what you mean...my mind works the same way ;)
- xattt 4y ago
  Is this so Wikipedia can be archived by the IA?
  - wnkrshm 4y ago
    I always take the wikipedia donation drive as a reminder to donate to archive.org instead.
  - shepherdjerred 4y ago
    It's a joke. Hacker News doesn't like donating to Wikipedia; many choose to donate to Internet Archive instead.
    - tmtvl 4y ago
      HN doesn't mind donating to Wikipedia, they dislike donating to Wikimedia. That one letter is a big difference.
      - shepherdjerred 4y ago
        Is there really a way to donate specifically to Wikipedia? I've never seen it in any of the many, many threads.
        tmtvl 4y ago
        As far as I know there isn't... that's the problem.
- brookst 4y ago
  Same. Oh hey these scammers are asking for money again? Wait, I haven’t given to IA in a while.
- password4321 4y ago
  Another chance to upvote the donation link to top thread on an IA story since a direct submission got swallowed by the dupe detector! They are doing such much amazing things. https://archive.org/donate https://archive.org/donate Your Donation Will Be Matched 2-to-1! [...] Right now, we have a 2-to-1 Matching Gift Campaign, tripling the impact of every donation. (from the home page)
coldpie 4y ago
If you're able/comfortable, please consider setting up a recurring donation. For long-term planning reasons, it's helpful for organizations to have a consistent recurring revenue stream that they can use to project assets further into the future. One-off donations are good, too! But if you're going to consistently send them money anyway, you may as well do it in a predictable manner to help their accounting.

wnkrshm 4y ago

Wikipedia reminded me multiple times to donate to the Internet Archive this year.

nix23 4y ago
Haha, i know what you mean...my mind works the same way ;)
xattt 4y ago
Is this so Wikipedia can be archived by the IA?
- wnkrshm 4y ago
  I always take the wikipedia donation drive as a reminder to donate to archive.org instead.
- shepherdjerred 4y ago
  It's a joke. Hacker News doesn't like donating to Wikipedia; many choose to donate to Internet Archive instead.
  - tmtvl 4y ago
    HN doesn't mind donating to Wikipedia, they dislike donating to Wikimedia. That one letter is a big difference.
    - shepherdjerred 4y ago
      Is there really a way to donate specifically to Wikipedia? I've never seen it in any of the many, many threads.
      - tmtvl 4y ago
        As far as I know there isn't... that's the problem.
brookst 4y ago
Same. Oh hey these scammers are asking for money again? Wait, I haven’t given to IA in a while.
password4321 4y ago
Another chance to upvote the donation link to top thread on an IA story since a direct submission got swallowed by the dupe detector! They are doing such much amazing things. https://archive.org/donate https://archive.org/donate Your Donation Will Be Matched 2-to-1! [...] Right now, we have a 2-to-1 Matching Gift Campaign, tripling the impact of every donation. (from the home page)

coldpie 4y ago

If you're able/comfortable, please consider setting up a recurring donation. For long-term planning reasons, it's helpful for organizations to have a consistent recurring revenue stream that they can use to project assets further into the future. One-off donations are good, too! But if you're going to consistently send them money anyway, you may as well do it in a predictable manner to help their accounting.