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$46M isn't all that much money compared with other websites as popular as wikipedia.

You are of course free to stop using wikipedia if you can't handle the fact that they ask for donations every now and then.



That's an opinion, not a fact. In fact staff cost have more than doubled over the last year, while page views are stable. You can easily see this from the KMPG report: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/e/e3/FINAL_...


> In fact staff cost have more than doubled over the last year, while page views are stable.

From the SCFs on Page 3 of your link, staff costs in FY2013 were $15.98M and staff costs in FY2014 were $19.98M. This is only an increase of 25%. I'll take your word on the traffic stats but your assertion that staff cost has more than doubled is easily disproven.


Sorry, for my error. They have doubled over the past few years, while page views are static.


> while page views are static.

They're static?

http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesPageViewsMonthlyAllProje...

Sept 2014 - 23.1B views

Sept 2013 - 17.9B

Sept 2012 - 19.1B

Sept 2011 - 15.8B

Sept 2010 - 14.5B

Sept 2009 - 11.8B

Sept 2008 - 10.6B




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