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0 pointsjosefx3y ago0 comments

> When you're begging for money

But that is just it, Wikipedia isn't that desperate for money that it has to do tricks for con artists and scammers. Now if Wikipedia was tethering at the edge of non existence it might be excusable, but it isn't, it is making enough to keep running without pandering to the scum of the earth.

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0xRolex3y ago

First i'd love it if out of pure courtesy you avoided using stuff like "the scum of the earth" to describe people you disagree with because it doesn't help in any way. Then with banners like "Help us save Wikipedia, Wikipedia is in danger, donate" on the website at least a month per year I have to disagree with your "Wikipedia isn't desperate for money"

josefxOP3y ago

> "the scum of the earth" to describe people you disagree with because it doesn't help in any way.

The top comment was classifying crypto coins as mostly " part a scam, a ponzi scheme or a platform for pump and dumps". I was referring to that and if you identify with any of these points, you are most welcome otherwise I apologize for the confusion.

> on the website at least a month per year I have to disagree with your "Wikipedia isn't desperate for money"

They really aren't, they are even several years ahead of their own financial predictions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fundraising_statisti...

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