On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Ed Summers <ehs@pobox.com> wrote:

On Sep 4, 2014, at 11:20 AM, aaron shaw <aaronshaw@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

So, the more common descriptor for that is "content generated by users" since "data collected from users" usually refers to data about the user. Just one more example of how a non-standard use of language can cause confusion.