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Accepting money from those who realize the value of Wikipedia has nothing to do with how they and their articles will be treated, or will they be allowed to dictate in the slightest how the money is used. If Bill Gates wants to give $500 million to the upkeep of Wikipedia, no strings attached, because he knows its unique place in society, he ...
There is also an obvious logical contradiction in begging people – especially people in developing countries – for money "to keep Wikipedia free". "Keep Wikipedia online, ad-free and growing" (3) About a year ago, you donated Rs. 313 to keep Wikipedia online for yourself and millions of people around the world.
Donation drives can already be seen as an advertising (due to banners and affecting the reading and viewing of an article) and may annoy users more, being begged to give money. If Wikipedia had the ability to fund itself independently, the donations could be going to other charitable organizations incapable of funding themselves.
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 ...
Your time here is invaluable. You are not expected to pay money. There are many ways to give to this community that are not financial. With that said, however, I just donated a modest sum, $30. If 100 users can donate that much a year, that'd really be something. The tiny text requesting money is necessary to remind casual and regular users.
Wikipedia for Improvement: The Scots Wikipedia is having a September Writin Drive. Its aim is "to fix all of the bad Scots Wikipedia articles, help out the site's admins by teaching them proper Scots, and generally improve the quality of the Wiki." (See prior Signpost coverage "Scots Wikipedia language quality problems ripple around the ...
Why though does thousands of dollars of money need to be wasted on paying clearly incompetent marketeers to do it. Any one of the community here could come up with something here by consensus free of charge. I find it ridiculous that the wikipedia foundation would waste money like this, they don't even pay people to edit articles.
The Facilitator: Silver seren 16 April 2012 Wikimedia announcements, Wikipedia advertising, and more! 26 April 2010 License update, Google Translate, GLAM conference, Paid editing 15 June 2009 Report of diploma mill offering pay for edits 12 March 2007 AstroTurf PR firm discovered astroturfing 5 February 2007 Account used to create paid ...