I don't think they will do so without demanding control over the information as well... Wikipedia works well because there is no big entity behind it that might force their ideals onto the...
I don't think they will do so without demanding control over the information as well... Wikipedia works well because there is no big entity behind it that might force their ideals onto the consumers. I always give when they ask for donations, starting from i was 16. I had next to nothing, but i gave 1 euro nonetheless. Ask yourself this: if wikipedia was a paid service, how much would you be willing to give monthly to keep it as it is? Just donate that much *12 per year. and be done. even if it's a euro, or 5, everything helps them.
Wikipedia is the last place we can go for information that --- as closely as possible -- resembles the truth and we can not afford losing it.
I don't want to discourage you from donating (and I donate myself), but I think that it's good that people do it from an informed position—Wikipedia is quite deceptive with their fundraising...
I don't want to discourage you from donating (and I donate myself), but I think that it's good that people do it from an informed position—Wikipedia is quite deceptive with their fundraising drives, and always makes it seem like they're in imminent danger of shutting down, but they're really not.
They got almost $90 million in donations in 2016-2017, and have over $100 million in the bank. Their assets increased by over $20 million last year. If donations completely stopped, they could operate for almost two years without reducing their expenses at all (and they could reduce them a lot if they really needed to).
I don't think they will do so without demanding control over the information as well... Wikipedia works well because there is no big entity behind it that might force their ideals onto the consumers. I always give when they ask for donations, starting from i was 16. I had next to nothing, but i gave 1 euro nonetheless. Ask yourself this: if wikipedia was a paid service, how much would you be willing to give monthly to keep it as it is? Just donate that much *12 per year. and be done. even if it's a euro, or 5, everything helps them.
Wikipedia is the last place we can go for information that --- as closely as possible -- resembles the truth and we can not afford losing it.
I don't want to discourage you from donating (and I donate myself), but I think that it's good that people do it from an informed position—Wikipedia is quite deceptive with their fundraising drives, and always makes it seem like they're in imminent danger of shutting down, but they're really not.
They got almost $90 million in donations in 2016-2017, and have over $100 million in the bank. Their assets increased by over $20 million last year. If donations completely stopped, they could operate for almost two years without reducing their expenses at all (and they could reduce them a lot if they really needed to).
It's an incredibly valuable resource and I fully support it, but it's really not in the slightest danger. Here's last year's financial report if you'd like to look.
Of course Wikipedia would say that Facebook and Google should give to Wikipedia...