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If you choose to donate, know that a small fraction of your donation goes to Wikipedia. Most of your donation goes to unrelated projects. Wikipedia could func
by nostromo 1y ago
If you choose to donate, know that a small fraction of your donation goes to Wikipedia. Most of your donation goes to unrelated projects.
Wikipedia could function forever without another donation if they wanted to.
- SamBam 1y agoSource? (Particularly for that last part.)
- kayxspre 1y agoDiscussion about Wikipedia not actually being in financial jeopardy has been around for some time, and I remember reading about it at least once a year, during the donation banner season. Here are a few sources that discuss them. [1] https://slate.com/technology/2022/12/wikipedia-wikimedia-foundation-donate.html https://slate.com/technology/2022/12/wikipedia-wikimedia-fou... [2] https://www.dailydot.com/news/wikipedia-endownemnt-fundraising/ https://www.dailydot.com/news/wikipedia-endownemnt-fundraisi... [3] https://archive.ph/CClQ6 https://archive.ph/CClQ6 (this is a Washington Post article. I'm using the Archived link as it's paywall-free)