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Wikimedia Endowment Gets New $1 Million Backing From Amazon (cnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the further-development dept.

Amazon has donated $1 million to the Wikimedia Endowment, a fund supporting Wikipedia, the e-commerce giant said this week. From a report: The gift was intended to support Wikipedia and its nonprofit parent Wikimedia, which Amazon relies on for answers on its Alexa voice assistant. It was Amazon's first ever to the free online information and education organization. "We are grateful for Amazon's support, and hope this marks the beginning of a long-term partnership to supporting Wikipedia's future," Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said in a statement.

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  1. Re:1 million dollars by Halueth · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They could also have done nothing. Sometimes it's just a time to be grateful; not every action by $bigcorp deserves a sour face... At least them Wiki folks can keep their servers humming along a bit longer, which is a good thing(tm).

  2. It's not the money by xack · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Wikip(m)edia has tons of money due to the regular begging campaigns it puts on it's website. Wikipedia instead could do with professional administrators with social skills (Unlike the abusive ones they have now) plus get rid of the notability policy and allow the true sum of human knowledge. I reckon Amazon with it's large AWS/S3 infrastructure and it's large amount of books could source a more reliable free encyclopedia.