Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Wikimedia Foundation

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I thought these donations were covering the costs of defending against 
the lawsuits brought against wikipedia?

Mike Miller wrote:
> I have been reading Wikipedia quite a lot lately and I have been very 
> impressed by its coverage for most current topics.  I have also been 
> noticing their banner which shows how much money they have taken in 
> for the Wikimedia Foundation:
>
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising
>
> I would guess that they took in about $30,000 last week, but that is a 
> rough guess based on my noticing their numbers a little bit.  I didn't 
> write them down.  I would say that they are taking in money now faster 
> than they used to.  Here is a record for last year:
>
> http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/legacy/ongoing/
>
> It's pretty nice for them that they have these donations.  It must 
> allow them to support a small staff.  I'm sure this has helped their 
> development.  I am very impressed by their progress.  In fact, I would 
> say that Wikipedia and Google have become my two favorite web sites.  
> If one of them had to vanish, I would choose Google (just the search 
> engine) because I can replace Google fairly well with Yahoo Search, etc.
>
> Go Wikipedia!
>
> Mike
>
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