To all our readers in the UK,
We will get straight to the point: This Thursday we ask you to protect Wikipedia's independence. Time is running out in 2017 to help us. We depend on donations averaging about £10. Only a tiny portion of our readers give. If everyone reading this gave £2, we could keep Wikipedia thriving for years to come. The price of your Thursday
coffee is all we need. When I made Wikipedia a non-profit, people
warned me I’d regret it. Over a decade later, it’s the only top ten site
run by a non-profit and a community of volunteers. Has it crossed my
mind how much we could have made if it had ads? Sure. But it wouldn’t be
the same. Wikipedia continues the legacy the internet promised us, that
of collaboration, connection and neutrality. Can the internet have
moral values? We think it can, but we need your help. Please keep
Wikipedia growing. Thank you. — Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia Founder
Independent from what I wonder? Is that just a polite way of saying that people can write any type of nonsense? It's continually re- edited by pseudo-intellectual young men providing information reflecting their biased views towards the world. I wouldn't even bother trying to put anything into it since it would just be deleted almost immediately. They won't be getting any money off me. The net would be better off without wikipedia.
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