White_Flight@lemmy.world to Piracy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoThis is your yearly reminder to donate to (if you can) your favorite open source projectmessage-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down13
arrow-up1102arrow-down1message-squareThis is your yearly reminder to donate to (if you can) your favorite open source projectWhite_Flight@lemmy.world to Piracy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareGravitySpoiled@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoWikipedia shall get their money from google and other big companies that use the database. There are many more projects that can use money much better
minus-squaregim@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoGood to know. I was thinking of donating but I’ll give to the internet archive instead.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-21 year agoNothing wrong with donating to Wiki but donating to Internet Archive would be better IMO: They need it more.
minus-squareProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-21 year agoI’m skeptical of Wikipedia’s genuine need for money after reading this. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy_Macon/Wikipedia_has_Cancer I trust Archive.org a lot more.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoDamn, that’s pretty wild!
minus-squarealex [they, il]@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI’d recommend donating to your national Wikimedia chapter if you aren’t in the US. They’re not funded by megacorps and they often struggle financially, and they’re the ones doing a lot of work on the ground.
Wikipedia shall get their money from google and other big companies that use the database. There are many more projects that can use money much better
Good to know. I was thinking of donating but I’ll give to the internet archive instead.
Nothing wrong with donating to Wiki but donating to Internet Archive would be better IMO: They need it more.
I’m skeptical of Wikipedia’s genuine need for money after reading this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy_Macon/Wikipedia_has_Cancer
I trust Archive.org a lot more.
Damn, that’s pretty wild!
I’d recommend donating to your national Wikimedia chapter if you aren’t in the US. They’re not funded by megacorps and they often struggle financially, and they’re the ones doing a lot of work on the ground.