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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.
As of November 12, 2002, Wikipedia is officially FOR SALE! That's right! All 6,931,770 articles on English Wikipedia (including this one ) could be yours to do with as you please.
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 (145 °F (63 °C)).
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 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."
Me: Can I buy Wikipedia with my whole family of kittens? Passerby-A: You shouldn't and you can't. Me: Okay, can I exchange Wikipedia for the price of Santa Claus and his reindeers. Passerby-A: If he ever exists. TheeChEese 19:52, 9 May 2021 (UTC) Wikipe-tan is currently Santa. Dronebogus 19:20, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
[W 106] Additionally, "Wikipedia for Schools", the Wikipedia series of CDs / DVDs produced by Wikipedia and SOS Children, is a free selection from Wikipedia designed for education towards children eight to seventeen. [W 107] There have been efforts to put a select subset of Wikipedia's articles into printed book form. [247]
Selling merchandise supports the Wikimedia Foundation, and is a supplement to donations.Available merchandise related to Wikipedia (and other Wikimedia projects) include articles of clothing and other miscellanea with Wikimedia logos and related motifs on them, CDs/DVDs with selected Wikipedia content, entire Wikipedia database for download and individual prints of images from the project: