Wikipedia Co-Founder Seeks to Start Over

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    After the astonishing success of the Wikipedia.org project, they say it's co-founder is looking to start over on a new project. If it were me, I'd probably be spending my life somewere down the beach, well it looks like people are different. What could possibly make you do the same thing, if you were Larry Sanger?

    Read the full article here.
    http://www.physorg.com/news94060530.html
     
    Clive, Mar 25, 2007 IP
  2. Phynder

    Phynder Well-Known Member

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    Living on the beach as a homeless person?? Wikipedia makes no money, so you wouldn't be able to do anything other than panhandle on the beach...
     
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  3. Clive

    Clive Web Developer

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    Oh yes it does.. Even if it isn't spoken into our faces, Wiki is still making money, be it in the background. It does get huge traffic, and that rings a bell. To me.
     
    Clive, Mar 25, 2007 IP
  4. grg

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    Could you tell how?
     
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  5. Clive

    Clive Web Developer

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    Because Wikipedia project is run by a non-profit organization, that leads us to thinking about donations, first of all. Although it's not too costly to run a website like that, funds still need to be risen in order to keep it up. Non-profits are getting well with donation campaigns, grants, sponsorships all those mean money. And this is just what we are allowed to know for starters.
     
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    Just because somethings non-profit that doesn't mean it's really non-profit.
     
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    Phynder Well-Known Member

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  8. bix

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    Wikipedia has no ads! All of its money comes from donations, and its a charitable foundation so he can't get much money from it.
     
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  9. Your Content

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    Are you kidding?

    You should paid attention to the amount of money they raise every donation time.

    I just can't believe they need all that money to keep running servers and such because many people contribute with their own servers, software and non-paid job.
     
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    non for profit just means then spend every dime they make....it the company makes more, the advertise more or the CEO and employees make more, etc...as long as everything 0$'s out in the end, you are non for profit.
     
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    like universities. all revenue, grants, etc must go back into developing the university.

    non profit does not mean no revenue.
     
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    I saw on there a couple of months ago a counter with how much they raised, lets put it this way, they raised it quicker than the owner of million dollar homepage
     
    mattonline, Mar 26, 2007 IP