Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
They mention “Wednesday” and “help keep Wikipedia online and growing”. I don’t know why it’s important to mention “Wednesday”, but clearly nobody is suggesting that Wikipedia will go offline on Thursday. Andreas: Surely it's designed to enhance the sense of urgency, that Wikipedia "really needs" money, today. But let me come ...
Help fund Wikipedia. On/off button for ads. The yearly fundraising banners on Wikipedia have a hide/show link that is remembered in subsequent sessions. It works for both registered and non-registered users, and is based on cookies. So there is already a system set up that could be adapted for an opt-in button.
If you have questions about the concept of Wikipedia rather than a specific problem, the About Wikipedia page may help. If you want to ask other users for help with editing or using Wikipedia, stop by the Teahouse , Wikipedia's live help channel , or the help desk to ask someone for assistance.
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.
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.
Thank you!" Personally I thought that message was a good idea. There is a trade-off between begging for money (or advertising) and the level of service we can provide. For the most part, it is community consensus which determines where we sit on that spectrum, rather than being dictated from on high.
Wikipedia is a phenomenal resource, but most content is available only in languages spoken by Earth's wealthiest residents. Help us expand our offerings by providing important funds that allow us to operate our programs, such as those that reach new readers across the globe—particularly in places that others tend to overlook.
So, in theory, Wikipedia can function without a government, but that would come at the price of having to live with disputes and stalemates that were commonplace in Wikipedia's ancient history. Before the government system existed, the only way to influence the editing of a topic was to lock the article altogether or to topic ban some editors.