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My internet experience has really improved since I stopped using Wikipedia and instead read the articles they crib from. There are lots of good reference sites, many with personality. I used to donate $100 a year because I didn’t want them to have to rely on advertisers, the way I used to donate to my local public radio (NPR affiliate) station. I got an email recently from Jimmy Wales urging me to donate again to keep Wikipedia independent. He said “Wikipedia is different in that it doesn't belong to the highest bidder, the advertisers, or corporations.” Yeah right.
You see this information device in front of you? It was a mission. You have all the information of the planet in front of you, if you'll make the effort to find it. There are people who have a drive to tell you the truth, because lies are detestable. Nothing good comes from a lie and there's lots of people who recognize that.
See? They actually aren't political and state facts
richwicks says
See? They actually aren't political and state facts
At least they mentioned corruption in passing.
Intelligence agencies have been manipulating the online encyclopedia for more than a decade, Larry Sanger has claimed
The Wikipedia fundraising scam. Wikipedia, and its parent organization Wikimedia, has been making the rounds on Twitter. This seems to be because Chris Rufo is attacking the new CEO of NPR (US public ‘radio’), Katherine Maher. It turns out that Maher previously served as the CEO of Wikimedia. This got a lot of people looking into her behavior there, and this brought up the Wikipedia fundraising scam into the limelight. It’s another anti-European (and anti-USA), anti-male, quasi-Marxist organization. This is what your donations to Wikipedia are going to. Wikipedia spends more money on left-wing causes than actually running an encyclopedia, and by a very long-shot.
‘Stop donating to Wokepedia’ – Musk
The tycoon has slammed the Wikimedia Foundation for spending over $50 million on ‘Equity’ and ‘Safety and Inclusion’
‘Stop donating to Wokepedia’ – Musk‘Stop donating to Wokepedia’ – Musk
Elon Musk has urged internet users to stop supporting Wikipedia over what he sees as disproportionate spending on promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts.
In a series of posts this week, the billionaire owner of Tesla, Space X and X vented his frustration over the online encyclopedia’s financial report, which showed that it spent more than $50 million of its total $177 million – or almost one-third of its 2023-2024 budget – on such goals as ‘Equity’ and ‘Safety and Inclusion’.
More than 90% of the platform’s funding comes from donations. Commenting on the report on Tuesday, Musk wrote on X: “Stop donating to Wokepedia until they restore balance to their editing authority.”
On Thursday, Musk suggested that Wikipedia “sucks” for spending $50 million on DEI.
So they donate your donations, all the while rolling in cash.
To block the Wikipedia donation nagging elements is pretty easy with Brave. I had some screenshots of how to do it but can't find that comment now. Basically, right-click on the nagware and click "block element". The nag element will never show up again.