Is Wikipedia’s fundraising truly necessary? You’ve likely encountered that pop-up on Wikipedia asking for donations, claiming that without your support, they might struggle to keep the site running.

The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that maintains and manages Wikipedia, donated hundreds of thousands of dollars during the 2022-2023 fiscal year to activist groups seeking to bring the online ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Less than 1 percent of Wikipedia’s 450 million monthly visitors donate ...

After offering to donate $1 billion to Wikipedia during the weekend, with the condition of a name change, Elon Musk has now spoken about a “fundamental difference” he perceives between the online ...

Welcome to Source Notes, a Future Tense column about the internet’s information ecosystem. You have likely encountered them before: the banner ads on English Wikipedia that encourage you to donate.

After months of discussion, the platform makes the decision to no longer accept payments in cryptocurrencies. Here we explain their reasons. The discussion started on a community request page within ...

If you have visited Wikipedia's web site recently, you will have encountered this message: "Please don't skip this 1-minute read. We're sorry to interrupt, but it ...

The Wikimedia Foundation, which supports the online encyclopedia, made the decision to leave crypto behind after a vote from the community. Reading time 2 minutes In the rare story where I’m allowed ...