User:The Quixotic Potato/wmf

A big thank you to Guy Macon for doing the research. &#40;&#40;&#40;The Quixotic Potato&#41;&#41;&#41; (talk) 19:09, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

The Elephant In The Room
Today the WMF is spending 300 times as much (52596782 ÷ 177670 ≈ 296) to accomplish basically the same job it was accomplishing just fine ten years ago.

I could accept a 10X increase, but 300X? How can anyone justify something like that? I would really like to see someone argue that the WMF is accomplishing three hundred times more than it accomplished ten years ago.



Comments welcome. --Guy Macon (talk) 15:50, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Wow. Just wow. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 16:18, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Believe it or not, I found someone who thinks that that 300X spending increase was a great idea, and is advocating even more spending. See User talk:Jimbo Wales/Archive 209.

Interesting information: --Guy Macon (talk) 20:44, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Assessing endowment performance (Vanguard, PDF)
 * Wikipedia has a ton of money. So why is it begging you to donate yours? (The Washington Post)
 * Wikipedia fundraising drive: Should you donate money to the Wikimedia Foundation? (International Business Times)