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Trademark restrictions applying to Wikipedia Unlike copyrights, which are dealt with as fair use, trademarks are considered free content as they are used in Wikipedia. This is because Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, so there's no confusion with respect to the actual trademark holder in question that would constitute trademark infringement.
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.
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.
The majority of funding for the Wikimedia Foundation comes from individual donors all around the world. These donations allow the Foundation to provide the world-class technology infrastructure that supports 15 billion monthly views to Wikipedia and its sister projects, protect free knowledge globally through legal and advocacy efforts, and support the incredible volunteer editors who have ...
The majority of funding for the Wikimedia Foundation comes from individual donors all around the world. These donations allow us to provide the world-class technology infrastructure that supports 20 billion monthly views to Wikipedia and its sister projects, protect free knowledge globally through legal and advocacy efforts, and support the incredible volunteer editors that have built 61 ...
Then it's either ads or close up shop. So I say if there isn't enough money now, there won't be enough money later as Wikipedia's followship will only grow (unless people grow to hate it because it basically calls everyone an opportunistic, selfish thief at every page right at the top). Either keep it free, or lacking that give up. That's what ...
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.
People get that Wikipedia is different - they don't mind that we raise money and in fact I find that many people I talk to are reassured that we are raising money from donations rather than selling data, cutting corporate deals for content placements, or all the horrible things that we could be doing.--