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All my extra money goes to NPR and Jesus
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I donated $3 which is nothing compared to how much i've gotten out of it. And the countless hours people have dedicated to the site. And the fact that there are no ads.
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Dec 28, 2014 20:57
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if we all donated just $3, this fundraising goal would be met in 2 hours!
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Dec 28, 2014 20:59
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You can use $20 to give to an African charity that will perform a simple operation on a child's eye to prevent a lifetime of blindness, making a huge meaningful impact on a human life. Or you could give it to Jimbo Jones' anime facts site, owner of which is sitting pretty on several tens of millions already.
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Dec 28, 2014 21:12
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how much would it really cost to keep the wikipedia rolling?
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Dec 28, 2014 21:15
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I'm a genetics researcher who is getting started in bioinformatics. I donated to Wikipedia because I can learn heaps about the basics of things like GPGPU, without having to go next door to ask the sperglords in Comp Sci and get called a retard.
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Dec 28, 2014 21:21
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what do cloud companies do with their excess capacity? do they just have instances sitting idle waiting for someone to buy?
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Dec 28, 2014 21:23
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700+dollars for a set of Encyclopedias that are rendered more and more obsolete with the passage of time. or Drop a few dollars to a Non-profit that constantly updates and checks information as it is happening. Or, you can go for the Mystery Box! 
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Dec 28, 2014 21:25
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gently caress that, someone else will donate for me anyway that's precious beer money
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Dec 28, 2014 21:32
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ill take the mystery box i hope theres a boat inside
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Dec 28, 2014 21:33
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also the "lol anyone can edit it!" crew should go falsify an obscure wikipedia article that legitimately nobody ever reads and see how fast it gets reverted and your ip gets banned from editing wikipedia for a year. it's pretty impressive how well the volunteer  s stay on top of that poo poo.
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Dec 28, 2014 21:35
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Donated 3 bucks once to assuage my guilt
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Dec 28, 2014 21:41
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I tried to fix a spelling mistake on wikipedia before and some guardian angel blocked it even after I pointed out that I was new to wikipedia and was just trying to fix a small error. First and last time I tried to actually do anything on it, gently caress em
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Dec 28, 2014 21:53
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no. wikipedia is loaded, they don't need more money..
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Dec 28, 2014 21:57
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I don't donate to anything anymore. Made the huge mistake of donating to a political campaign circa 2008 and got put on every mailing list known to man; not sure how many I've unsubscribed to but political campaigns and causes keep the hands out begging me for money.
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Dec 28, 2014 22:02
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I don't know. I have never donated money. But I don' really care if they are millionaires who spend their money irresponsibly. I guess I wouldn't feel bad because ultimately they provide a great service and I use it so often. They deserve to be paid. Especially how millions is so puny compared to some other companies in the internet game. But whatever it's still free so I probably won't pay for it.
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Dec 28, 2014 22:09
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John_A_Tallon posted:Because when they get autistic hard-ons for a particular world view, instead of for being impartial and evenhanded, they're just as bad as any other group with an agenda. Yeah apparently Wikipedia's ruling clique of fat autistic MRA activists gets hired to do PR work for clients, bans anyone who doesn't like it and freely creeps on anyone they think is female. If you're in the chubby neckbeard club, you can do whatever the gently caress you want and just say 'break every rule!' but if you're on the outs you get IP banned. It's a shithole and the people running it are garbage. Don't give them any money.
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Dec 28, 2014 22:09
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Tujague posted:Yeah apparently Wikipedia's ruling clique of fat autistic MRA activists gets hired to do PR work for clients, bans anyone who doesn't like it and freely creeps on anyone they think is female. If you're in the chubby neckbeard club, you can do whatever the gently caress you want and just say 'break every rule!' but if you're on the outs you get IP banned. It's a shithole and the people running it are garbage. Citation Needed! 
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Dec 28, 2014 22:10
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Anyone remember that weird old guy at a goon meet a few years back? He was some 'big' Wiki editor and he carried around a stick and had a shirt with big holes in it. Someone snapped some pics of him at least. That's kinda how I imagine all of them look.
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Dec 28, 2014 22:12
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I have Williams Syndrome. I hate wikipedia.
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Dec 28, 2014 22:15
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I use the site often enough to donate. I like to read about about arcane poo poo like this.
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Dec 28, 2014 22:24
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I wish they would just use ads so I could block them with AdBlock.
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Dec 28, 2014 22:34
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Zeluth posted:I use the site often enough to donate. I like to read about about arcane poo poo like this. drat, they've even got a wikipedia article about this thread, that's amazing
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Dec 28, 2014 22:35
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I'd donate money to a bidding war (all proceeds to Wiki) to permaban an editor of my choice.
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Dec 28, 2014 22:38
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i'm saving my money for when goons get off their asses and pitch in to buy that aircraft carrier/island
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Dec 28, 2014 22:39
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I usually give the $3 they ask for during a donation drive Most sites I'd never consider it but I look up stuff on wikipedia several times a day
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Dec 28, 2014 22:41
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Tiny Lowtax posted:I wish they would just use ads so I could block them with AdBlock. they sent me an e-mail
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Dec 28, 2014 22:42
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I have, twice. 10 bucks or so last year and 5 this year. I look poo poo up like every year so I don't mind donating a little.
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Dec 28, 2014 22:49
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I think they should charge users $10 in order to read and edit Wikipedia. I mean that's a business model we know works right? Or there should be kickstarter style awards like "People who donate $50 or more are able to edit one article a year and have that change stay there for up to a week!" And "people who donate $100 or more can have their own Wikipedia page which won't be deleted even if they aren't notable figures!".
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Dec 28, 2014 23:09
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Kitchner posted:I think they should charge users $10 in order to read and edit Wikipedia. I mean that's a business model we know works right? this is probably going to happen one day. then someone starts 'freewiki' or whatever.
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Dec 28, 2014 23:13
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please dont spread this lies! please dont let them throw wikiipedia out to the cold street!
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Dec 28, 2014 23:13
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Volume posted:Some one must have right? BUt what kind of person is dedicated enough to wikipedia to donate to it? what a dumb question, nobody would. that is like asking "who would donate to a hotdog man from bumfuck Alabama", am I rite guys?
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Dec 29, 2014 00:49
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I donate to wiki because I read it daily and it's voluntary i'm not even in school! 
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Dec 29, 2014 01:01
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calusari posted:what do cloud companies do with their excess capacity? do they just have instances sitting idle waiting for someone to buy? That is a good question. Usually the storage controllers are set up so disk can be expanded and allocated as needed, so there isn't an obscene amount in waiting.
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Dec 29, 2014 01:22
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I remember seeing banner ads asking to donate because "jimbo needs a new yacht"
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Dec 29, 2014 01:37
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:Serious post: because then the"controversy" section of the McDonald's Wikipedia page starts disappearing. Who gives a poo poo? Not like Wikipedia doesn't have "special interest groups" and people way too invested in their topics editing and making sure "their" version of Wikipedia is "the" version of Wikipedia. I would not be shocked to learn that corporations hire people whose job it is to edit Wikipedia to make their companies look good. Hell, Wikipedia should just flat out sell their pages. Let McDonalds edit the McDonalds page and charge them out the rear end for the privilege. Wouldn't change much.
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Dec 29, 2014 01:41
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Wikipedia freaks me out - it's like they're halfway between an evil corporation only interested in money and executive perks, and a free-for-all foundation with social responsibility. Pick a loving side wikipedia, you're in uncanny valley.
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Dec 29, 2014 01:48
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I donated thirty bucks last year and I feel like I shouldn't have to give again, ever
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Jombo posted:Wikipedia freaks me out - it's like they're halfway between an evil corporation only interested in money and executive perks, and a free-for-all foundation with social responsibility. They're an evil corporation masquerading as some kind of charitable group interested in "education" and it's not that hard to figure out.
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