Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people to donate?

Re:Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people t... by bluescrn on Monday May 31, 2021 @09:05AM (#27343671)

Median income in the UK is just over £30k (about 35k EUR)

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Re:Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people t... by apercu on Monday May 31, 2021 @10:05AM (#27344206)

We're on hacker news. What is the median for people in UK that that do what we do?

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Re:Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people t... by crimsoneer on Monday May 31, 2021 @10:45AM (#27344569)

Honestly, not that much higher...i think? I'm a data science person so not dev, but feel like salaries above 65k or so not hugely common?

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Re:Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people t... by M2Ys4U on Monday May 31, 2021 @12:16PM (#27345575)

£44k according to the April 2020 release of the Annual Survey for Hours and Earnings by the Office for National Statistics.

That is the figure for "programmers and software development professionals", anyway.

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Re:Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people t... by reader_mode on Monday May 31, 2021 @09:55AM (#27344113)

And London ?

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Re:Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people t... by CRConrad on Monday May 31, 2021 @06:28PM (#27348762)

WTF does that have to do with anything? Isn't this whole discussion about how the WMF shouldn't be based in the fricking most overpriced city they can find?

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Re:Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people t... by reader_mode on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @03:27AM (#27351579)

Yeah you're going to get amazing executive candidates in Wales for eg., background in sheep herding and farm management will translate to running Wikipedia quite nicely I think.

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