Comment on Elon offers Wikipedia $ 1 billion to change their name to Dickipedia

ares35@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Gigan@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  wikipedia foundation’s financials are solid, stable, and healthy.

  Are they though? They’re asking for money constantly

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  • 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, donations are their only income so they have to ask but that doesn’t mean they don’t get enough.

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  • scottmeme@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They have more money then they know what to do with and blow a shitloas every year

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation

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    • Chee_Koala@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I checked their reported expenses and couldn’t really find anything they “blow” money on. Their revenue is smaller than a midsize EU football team, and considering the value comparison between the two, that makes me think either we disagree completely, you have extra info that you did not share, or I don’t understand you.

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      • Aatube@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I mean, I’m not sure what they use all that money to develop, but they definitely don’t need all this money to just develop and sustain. Despite activity having hit its peak in the 2000s, spending continues to increase, and extensive feature request and enhancement backlog still stands while developers focus on whatever the foundation’s whim is. Not to mention there’s some controversy over the Tides Foundation.

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    • Gigan@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well then I’m glad I’ve never given them any

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  • Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They have more than enough money

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