Wikipedia acting in a socially responsible maneer, as opposed to relying on immunity and the free content that anyone, regardless of motive or quality provides, will take significant resources. A broke WMF will always be an irresponsible entity. A WMF that relies exclusively on individual donations from a techie libertarian base will always be irresponsible. It will especially take administrative capacity and staff to assure editorial standards and not just some invisible hand nonsense. Omidyar beleives he has something to offer in these areas. I think he is laboring under many false assumptions based on "market fetish" type of economics. But I'm not saying that market devices have nothing to offer. I hope that Omidyar makes them take a hard look at developing responsibility and if market devices don't provide the answers I hope he will be pragmatic enough to look at other approaches too. In any event financial resources provided by givers invested in the reputation of the organization, not a bunch of nameless small givers, will be needed to even begin down the path toward responsibility.
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