Wikipedians are rebelling against "unethical" fundraising banners the Wikimedia Foundation wants to display on Wikipedia in coming weeks, calling them "guilt-tripping", "immoral", "This is not a fundraiser for Wikipedia – this is a fundraiser for the WMF" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia…
Background: The Wikimedia Foundation has increased its revenue goal for this year to $175 million, a $20 million increase (actual hosting costs are about $2.5 million) foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolutio…
Wikimedia salary costs have increased by $20 million year on year – $88 million in 2021-2022 vs. $68 million in 2020-2021, a 30% increase foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?ti…
The Wikimedia Foundation reported a $12 million "negative investment income" in 2021-2022 (it had an $8 million surplus overall anyway, and a $50 million surplus the year prior); questions about what happened have gone unanswered to date: lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/lis…
The grant totals the Wikimedia Foundation reports to the volunteer community on its "Meta-Wiki" do not match what the WMF tells the IRS in its Form 990. Questions about this have remained unanswered to date: meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?ti… lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/lis…
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