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Previously on "Give a few quid to wikipedia."

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  • d000hg
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    Wikipedia is FULL of ads. They're just all ads for wikipedia.

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    I donated a gold bar to Admin last week, so don't worry.
    I didn't know you could paint tulip gold that easily.

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    How do we donate to CUK?
    I donated a gold bar to Admin last week, so don't worry.

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  • BrilloPad
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    How do we donate to CUK?

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  • greenlake
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  • mudskipper
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    Better off saving the rhinos...

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  • xoggoth
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    I donated about 1/2 hr before reading this. Can't believe somebody as mean as I am didn't check first.

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  • DimPrawn
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    Google sits on 1000x as much.

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  • Platypus
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    oh well, I donated. I use wikipedia a lot.

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  • SunnyInHades
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    Outstanding sales and marketing strategy by this 'non profit' organization. Expect the fund-raising (aka 12 month's revenue in one hit) to come around each and every year forever more at about the same time ..

    From https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki...raising_Report..



    "We will rely on our proven process to improve the effectiveness of our annual campaigns while innovating to find new revenue streams."

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  • cojak
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    Wikipedia won't stop BEGGING for cash - despite sitting on $60m • The Register

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  • DimPrawn
    started a topic Give a few quid to wikipedia.

    Give a few quid to wikipedia.

    I use wikipedia a lot. It would be terrible if it turned in the Daily Mail.

    To all our readers in the UK:

    Time is running out in 2016 to help Wikipedia. When I made Wikipedia a non-profit, people warned me I’d regret it. Over a decade later, it’s the only top ten site run by a non-profit and a community of passionate volunteers. Has it crossed my mind how much money we could have made if it had ads? Sure. But I believe people wouldn’t want to build it and we wouldn't be able to trust it. To protect our independence, we'll never run ads. We're sustained by donations averaging about £10. Now is the time we ask. If everyone reading this right now gave £2, our fundraiser would be done within an hour. That's right, the price of a cup of coffee is all we need. People say we live in a media environment where facts have become subjective. At Wikipedia, we reject that idea. We believe facts matter. Please help us keep Wikipedia online and growing. Thank you — Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia Founder
    Bung them a few quid for Christmas.

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