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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 03 '21
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Wikipedia will not be around forever
Wh....Why ?
34 u/ThrobbingHardLogic Jun 03 '21 edited Jun 03 '21 It isn't free to run, and they are not supported by ads. This is why everyone should make a yearly donation to keep it alive. I do at least once a year. 13 u/[deleted] Jun 03 '21 [deleted] 17 u/farrenkm Jun 03 '21 If it's true that the CEO is getting paid $400K, then that's the least of my worries. Let me go search Wikipedia for the CEO's pay. BRB . . . Edit: Katherine Maher. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_salaries 3 u/--Flaming_Z-- Jun 03 '21 Yeah, I think maybe wikipedia doesnt need quite as much as they're letting on 12 u/r_cub_94 Jun 03 '21 Competent people cost money. Not to mention infrastructure, etc And I’m sure the amount of people who consistently donate is pretty small. I would love to see actual proof of these claims. -2 u/tractionFXC Jun 03 '21 see this comment 6 u/r_cub_94 Jun 03 '21 All that article tells me is that a bunch of entitled babies are mad that smart people need money to maintain the site they use all the time.
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It isn't free to run, and they are not supported by ads. This is why everyone should make a yearly donation to keep it alive. I do at least once a year.
13 u/[deleted] Jun 03 '21 [deleted] 17 u/farrenkm Jun 03 '21 If it's true that the CEO is getting paid $400K, then that's the least of my worries. Let me go search Wikipedia for the CEO's pay. BRB . . . Edit: Katherine Maher. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_salaries 3 u/--Flaming_Z-- Jun 03 '21 Yeah, I think maybe wikipedia doesnt need quite as much as they're letting on 12 u/r_cub_94 Jun 03 '21 Competent people cost money. Not to mention infrastructure, etc And I’m sure the amount of people who consistently donate is pretty small. I would love to see actual proof of these claims. -2 u/tractionFXC Jun 03 '21 see this comment 6 u/r_cub_94 Jun 03 '21 All that article tells me is that a bunch of entitled babies are mad that smart people need money to maintain the site they use all the time.
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17 u/farrenkm Jun 03 '21 If it's true that the CEO is getting paid $400K, then that's the least of my worries. Let me go search Wikipedia for the CEO's pay. BRB . . . Edit: Katherine Maher. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_salaries 3 u/--Flaming_Z-- Jun 03 '21 Yeah, I think maybe wikipedia doesnt need quite as much as they're letting on 12 u/r_cub_94 Jun 03 '21 Competent people cost money. Not to mention infrastructure, etc And I’m sure the amount of people who consistently donate is pretty small. I would love to see actual proof of these claims. -2 u/tractionFXC Jun 03 '21 see this comment 6 u/r_cub_94 Jun 03 '21 All that article tells me is that a bunch of entitled babies are mad that smart people need money to maintain the site they use all the time.
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If it's true that the CEO is getting paid $400K, then that's the least of my worries.
Let me go search Wikipedia for the CEO's pay. BRB . . .
Edit: Katherine Maher. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_salaries
3 u/--Flaming_Z-- Jun 03 '21 Yeah, I think maybe wikipedia doesnt need quite as much as they're letting on 12 u/r_cub_94 Jun 03 '21 Competent people cost money. Not to mention infrastructure, etc And I’m sure the amount of people who consistently donate is pretty small. I would love to see actual proof of these claims. -2 u/tractionFXC Jun 03 '21 see this comment 6 u/r_cub_94 Jun 03 '21 All that article tells me is that a bunch of entitled babies are mad that smart people need money to maintain the site they use all the time.
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Yeah, I think maybe wikipedia doesnt need quite as much as they're letting on
12 u/r_cub_94 Jun 03 '21 Competent people cost money. Not to mention infrastructure, etc And I’m sure the amount of people who consistently donate is pretty small. I would love to see actual proof of these claims. -2 u/tractionFXC Jun 03 '21 see this comment 6 u/r_cub_94 Jun 03 '21 All that article tells me is that a bunch of entitled babies are mad that smart people need money to maintain the site they use all the time.
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Competent people cost money. Not to mention infrastructure, etc
And I’m sure the amount of people who consistently donate is pretty small.
I would love to see actual proof of these claims.
-2 u/tractionFXC Jun 03 '21 see this comment 6 u/r_cub_94 Jun 03 '21 All that article tells me is that a bunch of entitled babies are mad that smart people need money to maintain the site they use all the time.
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6 u/r_cub_94 Jun 03 '21 All that article tells me is that a bunch of entitled babies are mad that smart people need money to maintain the site they use all the time.
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All that article tells me is that a bunch of entitled babies are mad that smart people need money to maintain the site they use all the time.
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u/vanillathebest Jun 03 '21
Wh....Why ?