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Wikipedia On the Brink? Or Crying Wolf?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-about-the-benjamins dept.

netbuzz writes "Might Wikipedia 'disappear' three or four months from now absent a major infusion of cash donations? The suggestion has been made by Florence Devouard, chairwoman of the Wikimedia Foundation. And while her spokesperson has since backpedaled off that dire prediction, there can be little doubt that the encyclopedia anyone can edit could use a few more benefactors to go along with all those editors."

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  1. Re:I really doubt it. by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wikipedia is the "Great Library of Alexandria" of our time.

    If wiki is destroyed and only one article can be saved for scholars of the future, then I hope its this one.

  2. Fixed it by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 5, Funny

    I went and edited the "Wikimedia Bank Account" entry to say "The Wikimedia Foundation has a jillion gazillion dollars." That should take care of the problem.

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  3. Wikipedia Needs Money? by neoform · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why would they need money.. the site's Free!

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  4. Re:I really doubt it. by corky842 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You want them to save a redirect page?

  5. Re:Almost All of Us by pete6677 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let us take a moment to shed a tear for Britannica, as they can no longer charge people $3000 for a set of general encyclopedias.

    *sniffle*

    There, I'm done.

  6. Wikipedia's fine by webrunner · · Score: 3, Funny

    I heard the number of donations tripled in the last six months.

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  7. If you're short on cash... by Gerald · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...then why do you have a spokesperson?

  8. It begins by linvir · · Score: 3, Funny

    The downfall of Web 2.0: people realising that they're providing all the content that's making the site owners rich