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Do you donate to Wikipedia?
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I remember seeing about it in a show from the German public broadcast which presents their journalistic work in a satirical way.
In short: People who do the actual work on wikipedia (writing articles, admins, moderators) do not get paid. The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), an NGO from America, gets the donation money. Managers in that NGO are rich and earn a lot of money every year. They don't need the donation money to run the website. With the money available to them right now, they could host Wikipedia (with its high traffic) for many more years.
I didn't find the episode of the show, unfortunately, but many articles covering it.
Here's one I think sums it up well: https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-next-time-wikipedia-asks-for-a-donation-ignore-it/
Here's a thread on Hacker News with more links and comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34106982
I recommend doing some research yourself. There are many articles on various websites. Search for "wikipedia donation scam" or something similar.
They fund interesting projects anyways. It's not like all donations go into managers pockets. But yes it is something to keep in mind for sure.
It's good that they fund projects aimed to create more equality and meet human rights. Personally, I'd choose different organisations supporting the same causes which seem to better handle donation money. We really don't need rich managers as middle men, especially when the aim is equity.