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		rory096 on March 15, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wikimedia director on commercial use of Wikipedia How does forking over cash help with the burden on said volunteer infrastructure? Is there any relationship at all between Wikimedia's monetary expenditures and editor effort expended?

rickycook on March 15, 2018 | [–]

hiring developers to help develop software to make editing easier. wikimedia has stated this as one of their uses for donations in the past afaik

yjftsjthsd-h on March 15, 2018 | [–]

That kinda sounds like a failing on Wikipedia's end.

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