Wikipedia: Have you donate money to wikipedia

Many sites have Wikipedia. Wich site you are donating?I think without knowing the purpose you should not donate. There is risk to respond any free of cost offer.Some time in the name of free offer the hackers cheat the users.So you should be cautious about free offer.

I didn't know Wikipedia wanted donations, and I wouldn't give any because I don't ever use Wikipedia. It worries me that the content is supplied by members of the general public, and there have been times when incorrect information is posted. I know they try to get rid of the rubbish before it's there for too long, but I've still always preferred to trust other sites.

there is probably costs in keepin gup the website, computers aren't free, host servers aren't free, there's lots of not free things with keeping website up and if they don't sell advertizing, like mylot does, then they have to cover costs some way.

Hi , I have once made a donation to Wikipedia .I did it last year .

I have not really tried donating since I feel like it's gonna be waste of money. But if I were richer I would have donated something to them.

Nop but maybe i will do it, but now i dont have money :( they request a lot of money and the information is just free!! the users posted the info and they need money to the servers and maintenance for the site. Have a nice day and a very good week. See you soon and have a happy thanksgiving day. Bye bye

Well no…guess I have been selfish and this post really rubs it in. they are of great service and I myself have lost count of how many times they have solved my problems. Guess I’ll be a good girl and control my greed a bit and donate to them next time I earn here

Hmm.. I really don't know Adihindu. I hope you have got some sensible answers over here. :) Cheers and happy mylotting

Is there a donation for wikiepedia?? I dunno about that, for i din even use wikipedia before.. lol =D All i know is that, wikipedia has got alot of information, practically everything that one wants to know.. And also, it's free to use right?? SO why do they need donation now?? PLus, it's 6 million.. It's not little..

Hi adihindu..for one I have no idea why they want donations and know for one that it is something I wouldn't do there are more urgent people who need donations, wikipedia don't really need it, they are not poor hungry, or abused in any way.if users help the site that is all they need not donations, but that is my opinion...littleowl

Dear Exxxx,On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, I wish to acknowledge and thank you for your gift of USD 1.00 to the Wikimedia Foundation, received on November 26, 2008. Your support is greatly appreciated. Your generosity helps ensure that the Wikimedia Foundation continues to make human knowledge free and accessible to the world. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest and most popular collaboratively edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's top ten most popular websites. Our work is important: we are grateful you have joined with us to help make it happen. Sincerely Yours,Sue Gardner Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit charitable corporation with 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. No goods or services were provided, in whole or in part, for this contribution. Tax-exempt number: 20-0049703

probably to cover the website cost like the domain name.. some places can be hundreds of dollars a MONTH just to have a website on there and with as much info as they have im sure they are paying a big amount.. and they may have employees to research and make sure the info is correct etc.. i havent donated any money because i dont have a dime to give

This is very new to me.... is they are asking for donations.......?????? even I am a member of wikipedia,,,,, I had not got any message from them stating that they need money....... are you sure they are asking money......?????

I have also noticed this. Though i have no money to denote them recently, I want to know the reasons that they want to be denoted.

I don't have any money to donate to them. I'm not really sure why they require it.

It must be costing them money for the bandwidth they're taking up and I doubt that their site is free. I don't donate and don't get enough info there that I feel I should donate but I'm glad you're making the effort.

I can donate to Wikipedia, providing that they will allow members to post their own links hehehe. Just imagine the traffic they are getting every day. At least, we could get some benefits.