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[-] Pman@lemmy.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Wikipedia? It's not software but worth donating to.

[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

there's also the Internet Archive if one's looking for something to donate to :)

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

SO important. They're always under some kind of attack, and they're pretty much the most accessible way we have to access a web that keeps disappearing and getting replaced.

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I donated couple of times. Aren't they doing really well financially? If they will put the big banner asking for money again I will give again :)

I'm also subscribing local newspaper even though the amount of trackers they have is ridiculous and The Guardian. Good journalism is also very important.

[-] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Wikipedia itself is doing fine but they have a bunch of super interesting side projects that they don't advertise much, and aren't doing as well. Wikinews, their news site is shutting down: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single/2026-03-31#News_and_notes (this is really close to april fools hopefully I didn't eat the onion. Or hopefully I did?).

My favorite is wikibooks: http://wikibooks.org/ , which are open source texbooks that can be edited wikipedia style. Their programming one's are really high quality. The idea behind those is that you can export a known good frozen version of them, as a texbook for a class. Related is also wikiversity, which is course curriculum. It's similar, but different.

But they also have a travel voyage, wikivoyage, and more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_sister_projects

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