According to the wikimedia foundation the costs for hosting the service are covered for the next decades. Most of their money goes to lobbying and other political efforts.
So no. I like their website and am happy to help keep that funded but for now they don’t need help doing that
I would like to add that the Internet Archive otoh is on treacherous water and could use some of the dono.
Not just political efforts - for example they fund their outreach programs and workshops for disadvantaged people to get their specialized knowledge onto Wikipedia.
But yeah, hosting is already funded therefore I dont currently feel the need to donate to Wikimedia.
I have done so on occasion.
I get quite a lot of good out of Wikipedia.
I think like Archive.org deserve a bit more attention as I feel Wikipedia is doing good enough.
I barely have money to keep myself alive, let alone the sum of all human knowledge’s website.
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Is there any equivalent in non-Western countries?
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Appreciated!
Which is actually where donating to them can help. They fund editathons, outreach efforts, events, and conferences, some of which explicitly focus on getting information into Wikipedia from underrepresented areas or people.
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Every so often, yeah. Usually $10-$20CAD or so.
Yes. It’s important.
Nope. But that’s just because I’m wayward and perpetually broke. If I had my shit together I for sure would because it’s been one of my main sources of information through the years, whether it’s an interesting article or lists of things to collect / watch / listen to. And it’s not enshitified or tacky and provides information in text form and not video form. So if it stays that way, the magical future me that is finally financially stable definitely will.
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Not regularly, but once or twice. I think a lot more people should donate to the internet archive though.
I read that Wikipedia is totally solvent. It needs no money.
However, I have also read that the Wikimedia foundation (which runs Wikipedia) uses a lot of money on other things, including giving money to other nonprofits…
Further reading:
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Yeah but Elon Musk hates them so they get my money.
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They fund interesting projects anyways. It’s not like all donations go into managers pockets. But yes it is something to keep in mind for sure.
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Yes, monthly.
Same
Same here
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Yup
I haven’t donated recently but am planning to do so again once I’ve found a stable job
No
