"The Wikipedia Hustle"
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Many major Tech organizations accept donations for one thing... then use that money for something completely different. Mozilla. Wikipedia. The Linux Foundation. It's... ridiculous.
Be sure to read the Wiki Piggy Bank article first:
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4458111/the-wiki-piggy-bank
"The Wikipedia Hustle"
I'm ashamed that I was a contributor of Wikipedia in the early years. Later I had the urge to correct a typo or do a better style of a reference or to add a category when I visited the site, but I resisted. I haven't logged in for at least 10 years and I exclude Wikipedia in my internet searches. I only check on Wikipedia to see if another source is either copying them or vice versa.
Wikipedia might be okay to learn about a species but also maybe the particular article you are reading is false. Anything slightly political on Wikipedia is just garbage and the administrators are defending it.