pcpro.co.uk - 1/2/2009
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Wikipedia has secured enough funding to keep running for another year, following a late surge in donations. Although the online encyclopaedia relies on user-generated content and edits, it still requires $6m in funding to maintain the site and pay its 23 staff. The site had raised only $3.8m of ...
dgl.cx - 1/4/2009
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dgl.cx —
I had written some code to take wikipedia
articles and summarise them. I wanted to offer this
for use in various places, now the obvious way to offer it is just a web service (via REST, SOAP, etc), but that's boring and I had a cunning plan. Why not ...
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Wikipedia over DNS
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A surge of donations help Wikipidia stay alive
SlashGear —
... has managed to bring in enough donations to operate for another year. This comes from a huge serge in donations from various users. The very useful and popular encyclopedia requires $6 million in funding to pay its 23 staff members and keep the site online. ...
Charity Donations Saves Non-Profit Online Encyclopedia Wikipedia
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... financial requirements to maintain operations in the coming year.
A last minute plea by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales resulted in the organization making up the deficit, thereby allowing it to reach it’s financial needs for 2009. Whales could have gone the route of online advertising on the site to generate revenue, but stated that “Like a national park or a school, we don’t believe advertising should have a place in Wikipedia”.
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