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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.
He recently published an article in The Daily Dot, titled "Wikipedia is swimming in money—why is it begging people to donate?". Smallbones is the current editor-in-chief of The Signpost. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of other Signpost contributors or those of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Some messages and themes stood out as unsuccessful last year. Headlines are particularly challenging to replace. We tested over 18 headlines on themes from AI (e.g., “Wikipedia is still human”), to free knowledge ( “Wikipedia is still free”) to the importance and usefulness of Wikipedia (e.g., “If Wikipedia is useful for you, read on”).
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 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 ...
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.
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 ...
Today marks day 1 of our fundraiser. It is a great honor for us to ask you to support our non-profit dedicated to free knowledge. Hundreds of millions of people rely on Wikipedia and the other free information websites hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation each day, but maintaining them and expanding free knowledge globally has a cost.