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As a casual bystander, I don't understand why there isn't 100% transparency of a non-profit entirely funded by donations. I'm icked out by the repeat stories I
by BowBun 3y ago
As a casual bystander, I don't understand why there isn't 100% transparency of a non-profit entirely funded by donations. I'm icked out by the repeat stories I keep reading about them, and if they're not willing to come out and just share the numbers, then I don't think I can continue trusting them as an organization.
- jasonlotito 3y agoThere is transparency—ignorant people lie and make claims to cause controversy. A lot of this comes down to people thinking Wikipedia shouldn't continue to follow their original vision[1] and instead just limit themselves to just hosting a wiki site and that's it. Again, a lot of ignorance and lies. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Prime_objective https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Prime_objective
- buildingsramen 3y agoRight here, a free, public, and professionally-designed report: https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/annualreport/2022-annual-report/financials/ https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/annualreport/2022-annu... Regular announcements of specific grants: https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/04/13/first-grants-announced-from-the-wikimedia-endowment/ https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/04/13/first-grants...
- akolbe 3y agoAs the 2nd story on the linked page discusses, the $120M Endowment has never published one of those. It's completely non-transparent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-08-15/News_and_notes#Jimbo_promises_improvements_for_Wikimedia_Endowment's_lackluster_transparency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2... https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&oldid=1170966979#Endowment https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_W...