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It is something we all take for too much for granted. ''Everything'' about the Wikimedia foundation is ''extraordinary''. The whole thing is crowd-sourced, crowd-coded, crowd-written and supported by purely by volunteers. No advertising, no selling of your data to Russian election fixers. | It is something we all take for too much for granted. ''Everything'' about the Wikimedia foundation is ''extraordinary''. The whole thing is crowd-sourced, crowd-coded, crowd-written and supported by purely by volunteers. No advertising, no selling of your data to Russian election fixers. | ||
Plus, it is hands-down, ''the best'' web editing software there is out there. | Plus, it is hands-down, ''the best'' web editing software there is out there. It is open-source, it is crowd-sourced, it is non-commercial, and it is ''amazing''. Yes, it’s the same one Wikipedia runs on. | ||
So, why don’t we use it on the [[JC]]? WE DO. | So, why don’t we use it on the [[JC]]? WE DO. | ||
But, as Wiktionary illustrates,<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/money_doesn%27t_grow_on_trees.</ref> the money you need to run servers doesn’t grow on trees. Wikimedia foundation needs donors to keep the lights on. You could be one. So if you like this site, and you like the fact that curmudgeonly old bastards like me can spill all my opinions in a safe space, without fear or favour, then support the foundation that makes all this possible. [[MediaWiki]]. Go, right now, and donate some money to the Wikimedia Foundation. | |||
But, as Wiktionary illustrates,<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/money_doesn%27t_grow_on_trees.</ref> the money you need to run servers doesn’t grow on trees. Wikimedia foundation needs donors to keep the lights on. You could be one. Go, right now, and donate some money to the Wikimedia Foundation. | |||
https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php? | https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php? | ||
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