In my humble opinion Wikipedia is the single best thing thing to emerge from the Internet boom. Its name is a wordplay on one of the most important intellectual projects of the Enlightment.[0] The DC prosecutor letter reads like something straight out of the totalitarian playbook.[1]
Please donate now to show your support. It's time to fight back against this crap.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9die
[1] "Show me the man and I'll show you the crime." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_me_the_man_and_I_will_giv...
Wikipedia isn't perfect, but it embodies the idea that knowledge should be built collaboratively and made freely available to everyone
Hi I don't know if you know it but Wikipedias not that poor or hard pressed... Atleast, the whole "donate or we broke" narrative that they build every few months is complete bullshit https://youtu.be/3t8GUbzVxmQ?si=sa_oHe3DA_QmpGcE
Neither is Google, yet there is still probably multiple ads on that video you linked.
the difference is Google isnt pushing the narrative that its about to stop existing if you don't watch this ad
my problem is with wikipedia lying to us by saying it will shut down if you don't donate: which is false because their situation simply isnt that dire
I'm fully aware of that. The reason they get donations is that it's worth supporting.