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Wikipedia ran on a budget of just $27 million

article published on 25 December, 2012

The non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, the company behind Wikipedia, had an operating budget of just $27 million in the last fiscal year. Operating as the only non-profit within the world's biggest 40 websites, Wikimedia raised $38.5 million to pay its expenses during the year. Wikipedia sees 19 billion page views per month, but its budget is just a fraction of the other companies on ... [ read the full article ]

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Azuran
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_ 		25. December 2012 @ 18:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I donate $5 every time they have a fundraising drive. I think Wikipedia represents the future of cataloging human civilization and the sooner the old ****s get use to progress the better.

Edit: I like that they provided a statement of functional expenses even though they're not required to.
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bigdan45
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_ 		25. December 2012 @ 19:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
People don't understand, Wikipedia is much more reliable than you think. It's got regulations and what can and can't be posted. Just read the guidelines that editors have to follow.
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PraisesToAllah
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_ 		26. December 2012 @ 00:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Wikipedia has grown over the past decade. It is not what it used to be (information that was tampered).

Now I find it highly remarkable especially new advances in research!
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hearme0
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_ 		26. December 2012 @ 13:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Agreed......Wikipedia is much more reliable and the days of tinkering with other's posts simply for the sake of screwing with them is kinda over.

Very interesting article.
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Alice2012
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_ 		26. December 2012 @ 16:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Before you donate to Wikipedia you have to read "Wikipedia doesn't need your money - so why does it keep pestering you?" in Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/20...pedia_chugging/ and "Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales restricts discussion of Tony Blair friendship" in The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/w...friendship.html
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blueboy09
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_ 		26. December 2012 @ 16:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Not only is it cheaper to run the site by you get pretty good info on the site if you know where/how to look for what you want. Win-win for everyone it seems...
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aldan
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_ 		26. December 2012 @ 23:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Azuran:
 I donate $5 every time they have a fundraising drive. I think Wikipedia represents the future of cataloging human civilization and the sooner the old ****s get use to progress the better.

Edit: I like that they provided a statement of functional expenses even though they're not required to.
this old ***k uses it all the time.lol.
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