[Foundation-l] Remarks on Wikimedia's fundraiser

[SlimVirgin]

On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 03:12, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6 March 2011 04:03, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mar 5, 2011, at 4:30 PM, SlimVirgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> The attraction of Wikipedia -- to editors, readers, and donors -- was
>>> that it was run on a shoestring by a bunch of volunteers, for the
>>> benefit of other people.
>
>> I sincerely doubt that poverty is anyones attraction to wikipedia.
>
>
> Indeed. That claim's a definite "citation needed".
>
Well, perhaps someone could answer the question. Why does the
Foundation need so much extra money every year?

Sarah