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Wikipedia is funded primarily by donations and grants. It does not charge for access nor offer any paid subscription services. If you're looking to acquire a profitable company to diversify your business portfolio, or if you're thinking of trying to save an indebted company from bankruptcy, Wikipedia isn't it. See Wikipedia:Fundraising statistics.
As of November 12, 2002, Wikipedia is officially FOR SALE! That's right! All 6,930,853 articles on English Wikipedia (including this one ) could be yours to do with as you please.
Q: Obtaining half of $87,219,872,216,056,583.92 in cash is physically impossible! Is there any other way I can pay? 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.
After years of “Wikipedia still can’t be sold” dominating, this fresh headline has shown promise globally, including in France, where it performed exceptionally well. This headline captures how Wikipedia fulfills the internet’s original vision: a free, open, and collaborative source of knowledge.
A 2014 trend analysis published in The Economist stated that "The number of editors for the English-language version has fallen by a third in seven years." [25] The attrition rate for active editors in English Wikipedia was described by The Economist as substantially higher than in other (non-English Wikipedias).
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.
It is also not advertising space – you cannot just expect to be able to advertise your product here. Services like Softpedia and Download.com are very different, and Wikipedia is nothing like them at all. There are no "all-encompassing product category lists" on Wikipedia. Such things are not allowed. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia.
All published derivative works must use exactly the same license as the original: if you use the work, you're forced to use the same license for your own original work as well. If your work is using a different license, you can't use the copyleft license, even if your work is also using a (different) copyleft licence.