On Sep 4, 2014, at 11:20 AM, aaron shaw <aaronshaw(a)northwestern.edu> wrote:
Sorry Ed, I don't think we all know that. In fact,
I'm unaware of any way in which Wikimedia makes money based on data collected from its
users. To my knowledge, the Foundation is supported almost entirely through private
donations[1].
Ok, try this on for size:
An edit to a Wikipedia article is data collected from its users. WMF receives millions of
dollars of donations a year because of this data, and its accessibility.
//Ed