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Orlandu


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Posted on 12-16-10 04:02:35 PM (last edited by Orlandu at 12-16-10 01:09 PM) Link | Quote
So I was looking through a Wikipedia page on a band and saw a link with an urgent message from the Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales:
Originally posted by Wikipedia
Please read: An urgent appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales


When you go to the page, it has their donation page for fundraising and it shows their current vs goal: 9.6mil of 16mil raised...

Thats a steep goal if you ask me. And only 2 1/2 weeks of 2010 left? That's asking a lot. Just thought it was interesting and I would point it out. I don't feel the urge to donate even though I use a lot of Wikipedia pages.

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Posted on 12-16-10 04:07:24 PM Link | Quote
It's been parodied and made fun of pretty much relentlessly. I got so sick of it I blocked the damn message.

Derp.

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Posted on 12-16-10 04:24:40 PM Link | Quote
I guess the custom wiki sites I go to have been blocking it, too. How long has it been up there?

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Posted on 12-16-10 04:30:44 PM Link | Quote


Really, they put too steep goals. Although I have to say, they had a bit of bad luck since now Assange is all over the news and the kind of people who read Wikipedia would much rather donate to him instead.

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Posted on 12-16-10 04:41:03 PM Link | Quote
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While they need money, I think they should stop bugging people about it now that they have 9.6 mil+. I mean, they'll survive, and in the meantime they can always remain open to more donations.

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Posted on 12-16-10 04:43:04 PM Link | Quote

Hm, they went back to Wales... for awhile it seemed like they had given up on having Wales advertise and had other people.
Originally posted by Prince Kassad
Really, they put too steep goals. Although I have to say, they had a bit of bad luck since now Assange is all over the news and the kind of people who read Wikipedia would much rather donate to him instead.

Speaking of Assange, I find it kind of amusing that Wikipedia sees it as necessary to have a page solely to let people know they are not WikiLeaks...

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Posted on 12-16-10 05:22:04 PM Link | Quote
The whole "we don't want ads" thing is bullshit.

I swear they'd get money much faster that way.

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Posted on 12-16-10 05:35:07 PM Link | Quote
On the other hand, they'd no longer be a not-for-profit organization if they use ads. So it doesn't really help.

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Posted on 12-16-10 06:36:51 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Prince Kassad
On the other hand, they'd no longer be a not-for-profit organization if they use ads. So it doesn't really help.

I somehow doubt that, especially if all of the income from the ads was spent on actually maintaining things and not on personal money.

But then I know almost nothing.

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Posted on 12-16-10 07:16:18 PM Link | Quote
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Is $16 million their annual expenses or what? I just worry some of that is being pocketed somewhere.

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Posted on 12-16-10 08:55:28 PM Link | Quote
It'd better be.

Or else this'd be a very sneaky way to gain lots of money. Impressive way, but still a dirty way.

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Posted on 12-16-10 10:44:06 PM Link | Quote
Salaries, wages and recruiting$8,972,000
Internet hosting$1,937,000
Capital expenditures$3,270,000
Fundraising expenditures$483,000
External contractors$2,274,000
Travel$864,000
Wikimania$134,000
Legal costs$155,000
Facilities and operations$1,273,000
Staff & volunteer development$813,000
Awards and grants$325,000


Stolen from the internet.

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Posted on 12-17-10 01:34:06 AM Link | Quote
If begging people for free money doesn't work for me in the real world, why should it work for Wikipedia?

Yeah, I'm sick of the messages too.

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Posted on 12-17-10 02:38:58 AM Link | Quote

Originally posted by Prince Kassad
On the other hand, they'd no longer be a not-for-profit organization if they use ads. So it doesn't really help.

Hm- PBS has advertising, and they're non-profit. (Though, PBS only runs ads between programs, so maybe there's something about how you present it that websites can't do- and PBS still runs pledge drives too)

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Posted on 12-17-10 03:16:32 AM Link | Quote
I don't know all the legalities, but I'm sure they're allowed to like, promote their own things and show public service announcements.

I wasn't in TV when I went to the New England School of Communications, so I don't really know though. :X

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Posted on 12-17-10 04:29:59 AM Link | Quote
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Originally posted by Prince Kassad
Salaries, wages and recruiting$8,972,000
Internet hosting$1,937,000
Capital expenditures$3,270,000
Fundraising expenditures$483,000
External contractors$2,274,000
Travel$864,000
Wikimania$134,000
Legal costs$155,000
Facilities and operations$1,273,000
Staff & volunteer development$813,000
Awards and grants$325,000


Stolen from the internet.

I wonder how those salaries are distributed. It could be that some people high up get pretty fat salaries.

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Posted on 12-17-10 06:18:59 AM Link | Quote
$864,000 on TRAVEL?!?

Someone's gonna punch Jimmy Wales right in the face one day walking down the street. They'll know EXACTLY what he looks like.

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Posted on 12-17-10 03:50:56 PM Link | Quote
Even I don't use that much when I travel, shit. I mean, I can even get my flights for less than $500.

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Posted on 12-17-10 03:57:57 PM Link | Quote
Who spends over 800 grand on TRAVEL?

I smell shenanigans.

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Posted on 12-17-10 04:11:08 PM Link | Quote
Somehow I'm guessing that chart is fabricated.

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