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[Manos: The Hans of Fate]

Brilliant and even more so with the Silvo combo.

 

[Jenga]

I had a classmate in medical school who passed his board examinations using Wikipedia as one of his main sources for study material. He got his M.D. thanks to wikis. Wasn't a dumbass, either; got into a top 3 ophthalmology residency.

I use it myself all the time at work when I want to refresh my memory on a drug mechanism, or learn about certain anatomy (great source for vasculature origins and branches) before an operation. Much faster using one of the million computers around the hospital than fumbling through my smartphone.

Almost felt obliged to donate $20 given how much I use it.

you're gonna murder someone one day if some bored teenagers feels like vandalizing

 

[McLovin]

They are an amazing resource. If I had money to spare I totally would donate to them.

 

[bluemax]

Wikipedia and NPR are the two charities I donate to every year that I guess I would categorize as non-humanitarian. Worthy causes for sure. NPR's funding is more important than ever now that the government cut funding so they could save .00000001% on their deficit.

NPR doesn't actually need your money as they want you to believe. Donating to your local college radio station would be a better use of your money than donating to NPR.

 

[Hitokage]

NPR doesn't actually need your money as they want you to believe. Donating to your local college radio station would be a better use of your money than donating to NPR.

Not exactly. You donate to your local NPR affiliate which in turn uses that money to buy NPR programming. Government money also goes to affiliates and many markets most certainly need it.

 

[AAK]

People can donate, just sacrifice something to keep this valuable resource alive. I was planning on getting Limbo since it's on sale on PSN but then I told myself to use that money which would have gone towards buying that on PSN, to Wikipedia instead. I think it's a fair sacrifice.

 

[Magni]

Sat on the toilet and seeing this actually aided my pooing.

Amazing

EDIT: I mean fucking look at this. TIME is running a story on how to "Remove Jimmy Wale's face from wikipedia" and has a link to code that does it.

http://techland.time.com/2011/11/22/remove-jimmy-wales-face-from-wikipedia-in-three-easy-steps/

Jesus fucking christ.

This is pathetic. TIME should be ashamed of themselves, I'm boycotting them, not like it'll be too hard.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

I'll donate to this and WNYC. Happy to do it.

 

[J. M. Romeo]

Very much late, but this is exactly what I have been hearing in my head every time that dude's pic showed up.

 

[ReBurn]

Wiki is worth donating to. They used to have some really self-righteous mods that made contributing a pain. I don't know if they still do or not.

 

[Chuck (Old)]

I'd feel guilty not donating to Wikipedia.

 

[Awesome Animals]

you're gonna murder someone one day if some bored teenagers feels like vandalizing

I'm sure that since he is only refreshing his memory, and not learning from Wikipedia, he is going to know enough about the subject to know what is vandalized material and what is legitimate material.

 

[Datrio]

A fun fact from the "early days" of Wikipedia. ONCE there was an ad on Wikipedia. In the same place where there is now the donation message, we had a single text link (which we called a message from our sponsor). It wasn't any big company - some fairly small US startup from what I remember.

Their site went down in less than 30 seconds after receiving 4000 hits from us. We didn't try again.

Having targeted ads won't give us as much money, as non-targeted ads would bring (and targeted ads would be terrible - reading an article on one company, where another advertises in the top bar). Non-targeted ads would be the way to go, but only the top companies would be able to pay for them and maintain their own servers to still work. And after some time the ads wouldn't be clicked on as often.

Personally, I'd rather see some stupid messages two months in a year, than having ads. But I understand if others have a different opinion.

 

[The Elite]

I think someone from here should donate them better banners.

The ones they are using are hideous. No wonder people are trying to remove them.

 

[CHEEZMO™]

I think someone from here should donate them better banners.

The ones they are using are hideous. No wonder people are trying to remove them.

If people want to remove it then they can just click the little X in the top right.

Entitled idiots.*

*Edit: Not directed at you.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Now would be a great time for some enterprising young entrepeneur to create a rival wikipedia site, but better. You know, like from Facebook to Myspace?

Wasn't that what Wikia and the countless other wikis were meant to be?

 

[HammerOfThor]

Why dont they just use Google ads? How would that sacrifice any independence? It would be less annoying than those begging for money banners.

 

[The Elite]

If people want to remove it then they can just click the little X in the top right.

Entitled idiots.*

*Edit: Not directed at you.

If they need money, I see no issues with them asking for it. I just think the banners themselves are off putting. I'm not sure how to fix them but someone with better design sense might be able to come up with something simple but not so off-putting to the eye.

I think those pictures have to go.

 

[CHEEZMO™]

I think those pictures have to go.

Then click that small X in the top right of the banner and you will never see them again.

 

[diffusionx]

Kind of sad that people actually want to see more ads. As if we don't get them enough in our life.

Wikipedia is free. It is maintained by users. Users made it what it is. But now they should take their users' hard work and sell it to advertisers through Google like some piece of shit site like Huffington Post?

Of course users should fund it. It's the only thing that makes sense.

 

[The Elite]

Then click that small X in the top right of the banner and you will never see them again.

I know that. I'm saying that they need a better campaign to raise money. The current banner is ugly.

 

[D4Danger]

I know that. I'm saying that they need a better campaign to raise money. The current banner is ugly.

 

[MrHicks]

dramatica asking for donations does it better

http://images.encyclopediadramatica...money_banner.png/800px-Jimmy_money_banner.png

 

[The Elite]

That's what I'm talking about.

 

[flintstryker]

It saddens me to see people acting offended that the guy is asking for Donation for such an incredible resource of information were I not a student and broke I would gladly donate.


This website is probably one of the most important thing to come from the internet and the fact that people takes it for granted is seriously saddening.

 

[MrHicks]

It saddens me to see people acting offended that the guy is asking for Donation for such an incredible resource of information were I not a student and broke I would gladly donate.


This website is probably one of the most important thing to come from the internet and the fact that people takes it for granted is seriously saddening.

nobody is offended
people just parody/make fun of jimbo

 

[Wario64]

Now the dude appears on the bottom and it follows me until I click the X

 

[Trent Strong]

Made my donation. Wikipedia is an incredible resource.

 

[cory.]

Did anyone else get a pop-up banner at the bottom yet?
I'll remember to donate the next time I get some extra money, it would be extremely fucked up if we managed to lose it.

 

[Purkake4]

They have a creepy grinning lady now.

 

[Salazar]

They have a creepy grinning lady now.

I think a context has been established whereby any face that they put there will be described as creepy.

 

[ReBurn]

18,000 edits? Can you put that on a resume? It would certainly give your prospective employer an idea of how productive you would be at work.

 

[fanboi]

18,000 edits? Can you put that on a resume? It would certainly give your prospective employer an idea of how productive you would be at work.

Not at all?
Since she would be on wikipedia editing all the time.

 

[akira28]

It might be a good thing for Wikipedia to go away.

 

[akachan ningen]

just sell it already. enough is enough.

 

[LiQuid!]

Guarantee at least 17,800 of her edits were about anime.

 

[akira28]

I would probably trust them less if they became a corporate entity or owned by a media company or something. We need to save our public libraries more than we need to save Wikipedia.

 

[Kentpaul]

Not donating, if they want my cash make wiki a pay for subscriptions site.

 

[ReBurn]

Not at all?
Since she would be on wikipedia editing all the time.

My point exactly. I wonder how long she's been at it?

 

[Scrow]

just donated $10

 

[Salazar]

I wonder how long she's been at it?

That's quite a personal question.

 

[BGBW]

You're telling me you're not browsing the web with this extension?
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/idkjdjficifbfjjkdkiimioljbloddpl

 

[Kentpaul]

Imagine a world without Wikipedia, where people still use Microsoft Encarta...

now donate some money

I loved the time without wiki, having to explore awesome sites to get the info i wanted.

Now with wiki/cracked/facebook/neogaf i never visit other webistes.

 

[LuchaShaq]

I'd rather have random scantily clad women banners for porn site ads than jim's face or no wikipedia.

 

[Purkake4]

I loved the time without wiki, having to explore awesome sites to get the info i wanted.

Now with wiki/cracked/facebook/neogaf i never visit other webistes.

/firstworldproblems

 

[Xavien]

Donated, Wikipedia deserves to be neutral.

I've learned so much from it over the past few years.

 

[Jenga]

I'm sure that since he is only refreshing his memory, and not learning from Wikipedia, he is going to know enough about the subject to know what is vandalized material and what is legitimate material.

For his sake I do. You know, it used to be that vandalizations on WP was to be subtle. Switching around numbers and words etc to avoid detection.

 

[ScOULaris]

LOL @ today's Wiki pleading pic:

 

[Jasoco]

Yours is better than the one I happened upon:

Before last year they just had a donation bar. Did that not work out? Because stooping to begging seems strange if politely asking for donations was working fine. Now they mix it up with a new "personal appeal" every day from different people.

I parodied last years on my own forum. The members got a kick out of it.

 

[kurtrussell]

Yes! Donate now, so you can save the home of such treasured pieces of information as:

List of Pokemon Episodes

List of The Simpsons Books

List of actors considered for the role of James Bond

Profanity in Science Fiction

List of Alcatraz Escape Attempts

My God! If this site ever disappeared, it could impact our cultural and scientific understanding as a species to the point where it set civilisation back 500 years! DONATE PEOPLE! NOAW!!!11!