{"id":263845,"date":"2021-06-01T16:03:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T13:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/wikipedia-is-loaded-so-whys-it-asking-for-donations\/"},"modified":"2021-06-01T16:03:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T13:03:33","slug":"wikipedia-is-loaded-so-whys-it-asking-for-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wikipedia-is-loaded-so-whys-it-asking-for-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"#Wikipedia is loaded, so why\u2019s it asking for donations?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Wikipedia is loaded, so why\u2019s it asking for donations?<\/strong>”
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If you\u2019re a regular visitor to Wikipedia, you may have seen a desperate plea pop up on the site, urging users for donations to keep the encyclopedia online.<\/p>\n

The impassioned pitch for cash gives the impression that the site is struggling to stay afloat. But the reality is very different, as freelance journalist Andreas Kolbe elucidated in the Daily Dot<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n

In an eye-opening piece, Kolbe explains that\u00a0the Wikimedia<\/a> Foundation (WMF), which owns Wikipedia, is actually richer than ever before.<\/p>\n

Kolbe, a former co-editor-in-chief of Wikipedia\u2018s community news<\/a>paper, The Signpost, argues that the non-profit\u2019s\u00a0rising revenues and record-breaking annual donations are easily sufficient to keep the site operating.<\/p>\n

[Read:\u00a0This dude drove an EV from the Netherlands to New Zealand \u2014 here are his 3 top road trip<\/a> tips]<\/em><\/p>\n

Rather than needing cash to keep Wikipedia online and independent, Kolbe suggests the WMF wants to further boost its vast savings and fund a range of new\u00a0projects.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the WMF is launching a for-profit company,\u00a0which has caused concern among the site\u2019s volunteer writers, who work unpaid while some WMF staff receive six-figure salaries.<\/p>\n

Kolbe\u2019s analysis portrays an organization that can comfortably keep Wikipedia online without requiring donations from users in countries that have been hit hard by the pandemic. The piece is well worth a read if you\u2019re interested in the inner workings of Wikipedia, or merely want to ease an unnecessary sense of guilt.\u00a0Find it here on the Daily Dot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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