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Public radio and TV have multiple sources of help. During fund drives they tell people how much money they are trying to raise, and people either donate or they don't. Their ads (underwriting spots) have little to do with whether people donate. If Wikipedia had more money, many problems could be solved.
A note on the separate status of the Wikimedia Endowment. The Wikimedia Endowment, held from 2016 to 2023 by the Tides Foundation and now a standalone 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is not and has never been included in Wikimedia Foundation assets, even though Wikimedia Foundation fundraising staff solicit donations to the Endowment and the Wikimedia Foundation itself made donations to the Endowment.
And then you learn that the firemen even go to some of the city's poorest quarters, begging for money, making people fear they may have to do without a fire service if they don't give money today – even though the service has already surpassed its own revenue year goals by nearly $50 million.
Howdy Astinson it's always very good to hear from you :) I'm sorry to hear you have resigned yourself to this conclusion. It is a pessimistic rather than realistic view, I should say, as iNaturalist, YouTube, and other massive communities suggest there are tens of millions of people who enjoy sharing knowledge with others and do so every week ...
I find it ridiculous that the wikipedia foundation would waste money like this, they don't even pay people to edit articles. In my view all we need is a "Please donate and keep wikipedia ad-free". I am sure most people would be chocked to learn wikipedia had paid thousands of dollars for somebody to create a lame slogan for fundraising. What a ...
Internet begging is the modern practice of asking people to give money to others via the Internet, rather than in person. Internet begging may encompass requests for help meeting basic needs such as medical care and shelter, as well as requests for people to pay for vacations , school trips , and other things that the beggar wants but cannot ...
John Seigenthaler, an American journalist, was the subject of a defamatory Wikipedia hoax article in May 2005. The hoax raised questions about the reliability of Wikipedia and other websites with user-generated content. Since the launch of Wikipedia in 2001, the site has faced several controversies. Wikipedia's open-editing model, under which anyone can edit most articles, has led to concerns ...
Thanks for starting the conversation early! I like almost all of the team's suggestions above and appreciate your willingness to take on board the community's feedback, even though we raised less money last year than most years. One quibble: I would cut the word "humbly" wherever it appears; self-aware humility, ironically, has the opposite effect.