Comments on: Nobody notices when it’s not broken: New database servers deployed

By: Luciano

Luciano — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:15:28 +0000

Señores Wikimedia, estoy interesado en ayudarlos a ustedes, pero no tengo tarjeta de credito, ni tampoco cuenta bancaria, me gustaria hacerlo en efectivo, sera que pueden ayudarme?

By: marc

marc — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:04:47 +0000

@james wikimedia is an organization and putting google adsense is only for people who are greedy enough to make internet a juice. Btw congrats for new servers

By: hashar

hashar — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:20:16 +0000

Congratulations ops!!

By: Moshe Eshel

Moshe Eshel — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:13:08 +0000

Well done!

on too many occasions good work goes unnoticed, thanks for letting us (me) know about this.
It looks like you charged into this well prepared and executed without a hickup. I’m quite jealous.
Seems like the donation money is going to good causes, and well spent.

All the best,
Moshe Eshel

By: Sub

Sub — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:06:42 +0000

@James: I use MediaWiki for my own website project. Since I am so happy with the (free, light, fast, stable and properly maintained) software I am glad to donate a few bucks.

With ads, nobody would donate. Just [x] Jimmy away if he annoys you.

By: Anto

Anto — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:45:27 +0000

@James : I’ve been SO not pissed of by the donation request that I’ve just doned 20 bucks.The guys here just deserve it. I use Wikipedia all day long (I’m an IT consultant) and I know how all the people at Wikipedia need money to make things work. A donation every now and then for a reliable source of information available 24/7 with no commercial affiliation whatsoever, what can I say more ?

By: NaBUru38

NaBUru38 — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:26:55 +0000

Hello, James! Currently, Wikimedia doesn’t need advertising. So the bosses hear what Wikimedia users and editors think to act. And lots of us believe that having no advertising helps to show that the project is non-profit and totally neutral. I’m sure that lots of people would prefer to see small advertisements around the year over having a huge donation advertisement a few weeks a year. But that preference is weaker than the strive for indenpendency. I hope that you understood the decision. Good luck!

By: James

James — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:23:50 +0000

Hi Guys,
I read with interest that Wikipedia is asking for donation. For goodness sakes, put some google ads on your site lah. Sure, there will be people clicking on the ads and you will earn money for your operations that way.

And it will be willing people doing that. Just going and asking for donations is gonna piss people off and they may not return to your site, think about it