QUOTE(thekohser @ Fri 14th October 2011, 2:37pm)
I see that the
newest WMF appeal is an attempt to appeal to wankers by illustrating the thoughts of a jagoff.
No mention of the fact that 53 cents of every donated dollar will go to things other than the Foundation's mission-fulfilling program services.
is actually quite disgusting.To me it just does not sound right. I am surprised it was allowed at all. (IMG:
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Wikipedia’s corporate office is located in Jimmy Wales’ basement, right next to an over-sized water heater. They keep one of the most important ventures in the world running every day and night, besides Thursdays, because that’s when Jimmy’s roommate, Big Mike, has poker night.
Okay, that’s an exaggeration, but not a huge one. Wikipedia is an impossibly small operation performing an impossibly large job.
Did you know that fewer people work at Wikipedia than Google has at their Saint-Ghislain data center alone?
What Google and its employees have to do with Wikipedia? Google does not ask for the donations, Google provides employment for thousands.
BTW could you please tell me, where this data comes from, I mean this 53 cents number.
Also do we know how much money WMF employees make. How much money are spent to pay they travel expenses. I mean we know that Steve Jobs was making $1 per year, what about WMF employees.
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2011 appeals for money
