[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation annual plan published

Hi all, The figures in the Annual Plan make interesting reading when contrasted with the fundraising banner a proportion of Wikipedia readers in the UK were shown today. It said, *To all our readers in the UK,* *Please don't scroll past this. This Wednesday, for the 1st time recently, we humbly ask you to defend Wikipedia's independence. 98% of our readers don't give; they look the other way. If you donate just £2, or whatever you can, Wikipedia could keep thriving. Most people donate because Wikipedia is useful. If Wikipedia has given you £2 worth of knowledge, take a minute to donate. Our community of volunteer editors ensures that the information you read here is evidence-based and reliant on facts. If you are one of our rare donors, you have our gratitude, and we warmly thank you. Your donation matters.* Similar fundraising banners are also being shown to readers in Japan, where the month-long campaign has just kicked off. So at the same time as readers in the UK and Japan are told that money is needed today to "defend Wikipedia's independence", the WMF plans to increase its annual spending by $38 million, mostly to benefit its "Thriving Movement focus area". (The WMF has also just exceeded its own published revenue year goals for the 2020/2021 year by at least $50 million.) I am appalled at the lack of correspondence between the banner texts and actual spending plans. Andreas On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 10:20 PM Mike Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net> wrote: