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KenR:
They need Mouser take over and show em how to do things!  ;)

Florence Devouard, chairwoman of the Wikimedia Foundation, has touched off a tempest with her suggestion in a talk at the Lift07 conference that Wikipedia has funding for only another quarter and "might disappear" if donations don't pick up.
Dire stuff ... if true.
According to this post by media producer Philippe Mottaz, Devouard told the audience: "At this point, Wikipedia has the financial resources to run its servers for about 3 to 4 months...

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tinjaw:
I guess the $10 I donated wasn't enough. I'd hate to see Wikipedia go.

Darwin:
I use Wikipedia A LOT and should go donate, as I haven't yet. Right, off to do it now...

mouser:
this is what makes me hate capitalism..
we could fund wikipedia into the next century if we cut in half a few sports stars salaries or advertisement contracts.
or cut in half the salaries of a few oil company executives.
god forbid the government fund something like this instead of building some fancy new jet fighters.

app103:
If every high school in America donated 10% of what they raise in fundraisers for things like prom to Wikipedia, there would be no problems.

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