I have done so on occasion.
I get quite a lot of good out of Wikipedia.
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According to the wikimedia foundation the costs for hosting the service are covered for the next decades. Most of their money goes to lobbying and other political efforts.
So no. I like their website and am happy to help keep that funded but for now they don’t need help doing that
I would like to add that the Internet Archive otoh is on treacherous water and could use some of the dono.
Not just political efforts - for example they fund their outreach programs and workshops for disadvantaged people to get their specialized knowledge onto Wikipedia.
But yeah, hosting is already funded therefore I dont currently feel the need to donate to Wikimedia.
I think like Archive.org deserve a bit more attention as I feel Wikipedia is doing good enough.
5 usd a month
Every so often, yeah. Usually $10-$20CAD or so.
Once a year, $10 or so
When they plaster that "If everyone reading this donated $x.yz right now, we'd be done within the hour" message I'll usually donate exactly the amount it says.
I barely have money to keep myself alive, let alone the sum of all human knowledge's website.
Not regularly, but once or twice. I think a lot more people should donate to the internet archive though.
I have in the past. I don't donate that much or that often as they are well funded and would like to help other projects as well. I don't make good money, so I often don't give more than a few dollars, but will try and do so recurring.
I donate monthly to Wikipedia, Signal, and Octoprint.
Probably cheaper than Netflix too nowadays.
Hey! Fuck yeah, Octoprint! I'm a Patreon supporter and love the development. That shit about plugin manipulation was the catalyst to my contribution and highly recommend that platform for all new 3D printing enthusiasts!
Just got my 9 year sticker in the mail too.
I don't even use it as much these days, but it helped me a lot when I was starting out, and I still use it for the webcam.
I give to wiki, but recently convinced my wife we don't need Netflix. Feels great tbh
Yes. It's important.
Nope. But that's just because I'm wayward and perpetually broke. If I had my shit together I for sure would because it's been one of my main sources of information through the years, whether it's an interesting article or lists of things to collect / watch / listen to. And it's not enshitified or tacky and provides information in text form and not video form. So if it stays that way, the magical future me that is finally financially stable definitely will.
I would, if I got money. Even if most money goes to lobbying, as another user said.
Every single year. $20 or $25
Seems like everyone with an AI chatbot should be giving them billions
Yup
I haven't donated recently but am planning to do so again once I've found a stable job
I used to until they started getting naggy over email and started guilt trippy on their donation messages.
About once a year I do something like $25. It’s about the time of year I do my NPR donation and anything else I have been procrastinating.
I have in the past, yes.
Yes. A decent amount per month and my company matches.
When I can. It’s an important source and has helped me out a lot. Plus where would I be without my Wikipedia rabbit hole dives
No
Yeah, each year 😄
I read that Wikipedia is totally solvent. It needs no money.
However, I have also read that the Wikimedia foundation (which runs Wikipedia) uses a lot of money on other things, including giving money to other nonprofits..
Further reading:
While I do wish they’d cut back their spending in order to build up enough of an endowment to be good forever, that whole thread just reads like a crappy hit piece where someone is mad that Wikimedia contributes to social and more liberal causes.
My opinion is probably different than a lot of folks’. But when we’ve got billionaires using their ridiculous amounts of money to buy the United States and trying to do the same elsewhere in the world, I’d rather keep supporting an org that aligns with beliefs that aren’t fascist, racist, evil, etc. and Wikipedia is one of the best parts of the internet still, so I like supporting them in general.
That being said, I appreciate the read, it was interesting.
Yes, I usually do so at the end-of-the-year funding drive they always have between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The amount generally varies based on how much I’ve used it each year and how generous I feel, but I do think it’s a useful service, and I don’t want to see them having to resort to showing advertisements in order to pay their bills.
Yeah during the donation drive $5 or whatever the number they are asking for
I've donated information but never money.
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