Wikipedia is much deeper and nuanced than imagined

Well yes, hosting is cheap. The majority of expenses for any company comes from employee salaries, payments to vendors and professional services, and you can see exactly that in Wikimedia's balance sheet. So what's the point this piece is trying to make exactly?

Re: Wikipedia is much deeper and nuanced than imagined

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Post by jiofj » Wed, Sep 06, 2023, 2:12 PM UTC

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Post by tempest_ » Wed, Sep 06, 2023, 2:12 PM UTC

joelhaasnoot wrote: post #2

Direct costs maybe but how much of the staff cost is staff required to make the site run?

Even staff is not that high.

They have long ago eclipsed the cost of running it and now donate/fund causes that are in line with their views.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/26/Wikim...

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Sep 06, 2023, 2:13 PM UTC

joelhaasnoot wrote: post #2

Direct costs maybe but how much of the staff cost is staff required to make the site run?

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Post by moralestapia » Wed, Sep 06, 2023, 2:13 PM UTC

joelhaasnoot wrote: post #2

Direct costs maybe but how much of the staff cost is staff required to make the site run?

You mean how much they pay to Wikipedia's contributors?

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Post by numbsafari » Wed, Sep 06, 2023, 2:14 PM UTC

moralestapia wrote: post #8

joelhaasnoot wrote: post #2

Direct costs maybe but how much of the staff cost is staff required to make the site run?

You mean how much they pay to Wikipedia's contributors?

Pretty sure they meant the people who write the software and operate the systems that actually host the site.

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Post by altcognito » Wed, Sep 06, 2023, 2:14 PM UTC

paxys wrote: post #4

Well yes, hosting is cheap. The majority of expenses for any company comes from employee salaries, payments to vendors and professional services, and you can see exactly that in Wikimedia's balance sheet. So what's the point this piece is trying to make exactly?

Its not the piece, it’s the editorialized headline. (Now fixed)