Poll of Wikipedians concludes: Wikimedia fundraising emails are misleading

Re:Poll of Wikipedians concludes: Wikimedia fundraising emai... by tpoacher on Monday September 05, 2022 @12:22PM (#32726071)

I get your point in principle, but a startup doing whatever tf they want with their profits is a completely different kettle of fish from a charity doing whatever tf they want with donations.

Especially when said donations were donated under the impression they'd be used specifically towards the charity's cause, rather than inflating a c-suite executive's bonus for the umptieth time.

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Re:Poll of Wikipedians concludes: Wikimedia fundraising emai... by lkrubner on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:39PM (#32730335)

"rather than inflating a c-suite executive's bonus for the umptieth time."

The point is, if they are being paid 30% or 40% more than what I get paid when I am at a poorly funded startup (that is, if they are getting paid what I would be paid if I was working at a larger firm) then you cannot say their salary is inflated, unless you want to argue that everyone working in tech has an inflated salary -- and you can certainly make that argument, but you should do so clearly, and at that point your complaint is not about WikiMedia anymore.

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Re:Poll of Wikipedians concludes: Wikimedia fundraising emai... by akolbe on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:48PM (#32730411)

Not everybody panhandles in India, Latin America and South Africa to help pay those salaries.

Wikimedia does.

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