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Re:Dude,Where's My Donations? Wikimedia gives another $1M to... by tivert on Friday August 18, 2023 @03:30PM (#37180873)
> Only 42% of donations are used to maintaining Wikipedia and it's related sites.

How do you square that with this comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37180736) that says only they only spend "2% on actual hosting costs."

100% of the work of actually maintaining Wikipedia is is done by unpaid volunteers, and much of the tooling they use also appears to be developed on a volunteer basis.

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Re:Dude,Where's My Donations? Wikimedia gives another $1M to... by oxfordmale on Friday August 18, 2023 @03:45PM (#37181087)
It comes from the Wikimedia Foundation.

https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/annualreport/2021-annu...

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Re:Dude,Where's My Donations? Wikimedia gives another $1M to... by ethbr1 on Friday August 18, 2023 @04:05PM (#37181356)
The 42% presumably includes hosting cost and salaries in support of "Wikipedia and its companion sites", whereas the ~2% is direct hosting expenses.
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Re:Dude,Where's My Donations? Wikimedia gives another $1M to... by oxfordmale on Saturday August 19, 2023 @03:46AM (#37186506)
I think the 42% is over inflated. Of course it takes more than just hosting Wikipedia, but the 42% likely includes a lot of vanity projects that are not needed to keep the website operational longterm.
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