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Wikipedia is one of the most visited sites on the web. [ 1] Tens of millions of dollars could be generated if even just a few users allowed ads. With that money, the Wikimedia Foundation could increase server capacity, hire a larger staff, and improve various other Wikimedia projects such as Wiktionary and Wikinews.
The majority of funding for the Wikimedia Foundation comes from individual donors all around the world. These donations allow us to provide the world-class technology infrastructure that supports 20 billion monthly views to Wikipedia and its sister projects, protect free knowledge globally through legal and advocacy efforts, and support the incredible volunteer editors that have built 61 ...
Dear all, Yesterday (31st of December), the Wikimedia Foundation’s annual banner fundraising campaign on English Wikipedia in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States finished. We run this campaign on an annual basis but this year’s campaign was truly unique.
He recently published an article in The Daily Dot, titled "Wikipedia is swimming in money—why is it begging people to donate?". Smallbones is the current editor-in-chief of The Signpost. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of other Signpost contributors or those of the Wikimedia Foundation.
The Finance & Administration department's third-quarter review, put online this month, states that in the first three quarters of the 2021/2022 financial year the Wikimedia Foundation already exceeded its annual target of $150 million, taking $153.6 million in revenue while spending less than it budgeted for.
A note on the separate status of the Wikimedia Endowment. The Wikimedia Endowment, held from 2016 to 2023 by the Tides Foundation and now a standalone 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is not and has never been included in Wikimedia Foundation assets, even though Wikimedia Foundation fundraising staff solicit donations to the Endowment and the Wikimedia Foundation itself made donations to the Endowment.
Some of the scammers falsely claimed to be Wikipedia administrators or employees of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF). Legitimate reviewers at AfC are all volunteers and will never ask for payment to get a draft into article space, improve a draft, or restore a deleted article. If someone contacts you with such an offer, it is a scam.
Go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-centralnotice-banners (click the "Banners" tab if it is not already selected) Uncheck the option under the "Banner types to display" heading which reads "Fundraising". Click "Save" at the bottom of the page and refresh your browser. Users without editor accounts can use the Thank You page to suppress ...