Calling the free online collaborative encyclopedia “Wokepedia,” Musk said it should “restore balance” to its “editing authority.”
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that’s why I did
You know, I just donated 10 bucks. But after reading all the comments, I think I gotta start paying monthly. I don’t use Wikipedia, but I sure as hell know the internet will be even worse off without it, cuz it’s one of the few websites where it’s owners actually care
Thanks for the reminder to donate to wikipedia!
Wikepedia is good
But archive.org is in more dire need of resources
English Wikipedia = 100GB (without the videos)
archive.org has like TERABYTES with some reports of it being in PETABYTES, storage is costly, also they need to backup the archive in case of drive failures
also they need bandwidth to let people access the stuff there
also they just gotten hacked a few months ago, security could cost money
And constantly facing lawsuit from big corporation, lawsuits definitely cost a lot of money
I feel like they need it more
What I’m saying is: if you have $55 to give, give $5 to wikipedia, $50 to archive.org
I’m pretty sure Wikipedia serves WAY WAY more content than archive.org
Space on disk isn’t everything
Anyone can edit Wikipedia but archive.org is a snapshot of history
You never use the wayback machine?
Sure, but Wikipedia is used a whole lot more.
Storage is very cheap, and should not be used as a metric for how much money an organization needs.
Bandwidth can get expensive though.
you know what ? I’m gonna start donating harder
fuck elon, but also fuck snopes https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/20139932
Most of the anti-Snopes claims appear to have been debunked, i.e. see comment: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/20139932/12171049 from the same post you quoted. There appears to be a concerted effort to spread disinfo about Snopes and Wikipedia right now. Musk/Trump & their clownshirts don’t seem to want anybody fact checking their constant stream of lies.
What a shitbag
Fuck musk
Fuck Wikipedia for pretending to be paupers every time I visit their site in winter, too. I know you guys don’t need the money, stop playing poor
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia in my life.
Now I have a recurring monthly donation in place.
Fuck off Elon.
He probably wants college citations to read ‘quoted from xitter’ instead of ‘quoted from wikipedia’. Bastard.
You know what I’m gonna donate even harder now
Good idea, just donated a tenner
Prove it
Username checks out!
Grandson of Nazis, son of apartheid mine owners, revealing his true colors.
I try to donate a few bucks every year to Wikipedia … my thinking is that if every person that uses Wikipedia just donated a dollar, they would have more than enough to fund their organization.
But after reading these stupid headlines … I made a $50 donation for the first time. I use the site just about every day for reference … I should be paying for it and I’m happy to.
This is going to be an unpopular opinion here but based on the available info Wikipedia has enough to keep running for many years without issue.
It’s kind of the best way to come about realizing something’s value and the need to support it. Good on you!!
I usually do, again only a few bucks.
This absolute wealth of knowledge on virtually everything for an optional donation of a few $ a year - abso-fucking-lutely.
i look forward to reading the near-future headline “wikipedia sees surge in donations”
I already donated for the first tine recently. I guess I could smell the impending winds. But this overt mandate may be what pushes me past one time into regular scheduled donations.
I did it. $5.65/mo.
Do I get $5.65/mo out of wikipedia? I don’t having a fucking clue how to value the knowledge I get out of it, so I’ll say yes.
Try the easiest way. Its about 40 minutes of paid work assuming US minimum wage, 15 min if you’re a kiwi.
Id take that.
Well now I’m just gonna double my donation
