Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Wikipedia is not for sale. Wikipedia is a non-commercial website run by the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in San Francisco. We are not looking to be acquired by the highest bidder. Our mission is to create a free online encyclopedia that anyone can access and contribute to.
Q: Who can buy it? A: Anyone! Whether you're an insanely wealthy stock broker with $87,204,377,420,258,583.92 spare cash on hand or a lowly peasant with $87,204,377,420,258,583.93 spare cash on hand, we won't discriminate .
A: If you run into issues acquiring the amount of cash necessary to buy Wikipedia, an exchange rate of 2.3554 3 United States Dollars (USD) to 1, 1 ⁄ 4 lb (0.11 kg) cheeseburger will be accepted in order to complete the transaction. The aforementioned burgers must be cooked medium rare*
Wikipedia is a part of the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit charitable organisation whose mission it is "to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally."
Wikipedia [c] is a free-content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki.
Site news – Sources of news about Wikipedia and the broader Wikimedia movement. Teahouse – Ask basic questions about using or editing Wikipedia. Help desk – Ask questions about using or editing Wikipedia.
If you're waiting for Wikipedia to be bought by your friendly neighborhood Internet giant, don't hold your breath. Wikipedia is a non-commercial website run by the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in San Francisco. We are supported by donations and grants, and our mission is to bring free knowledge to everyone.
Wikipedia offers free copies of all available content to interested users. These databases can be used for mirroring, personal use, informal backups, offline use or database queries (such as for Wikipedia:Maintenance).