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Does Wikipedia really need my donations? (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 months ago by Findmysec@infosec.pub to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Every now and then I'll get an email from someone higher up in Wikipedia asking for a donation. I don't really mind a tenner but I don't know if it pads the pockets of corporate management or actual contributors. Also, are they really short of money or is this tugging at emotional strings a play at something else? I wish Wikipedia survives but there's a lot of projects I need to donate to and I have a budget.

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think NATOpedia gets sufficient funding from NGOs, endowments, and rich people tax breaks.

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

After reading the first few paragraphs, I can understand why that site was deprecated by Wikipedia as a source. It's a very opinionated article.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And of course none of the overt state propaganda they do allow is 'opinionated' because it's 'objective' 🤡

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Something can be objectively correct yet still presented in an opinionated manner.