Omnipresent banner ads featuring the icy stare of Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales get most of the credit for what the site calls its "shortest fundraiser in Wikimedia history." Indeed, Operation ...

Remember Wikipedia’s black banner ads that asked for money to keep the lights on at the not-for-profit online encyclopedia? ... Jimmy Wales’ Wikipedia drive to stay ad-free Ramy Inocencio, ...

Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder No longer will an image of Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales stare intensely back at you when browsing the free encyclopedia, for the site has reached its latest fund ...

Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. ... But as the years past, its campaigns have evolved into a banner that pops up temporarily on the first Wikipedia page the user visits.

If you use Wikipedia on any kind of regular basis, you've seen the banner: "A personal appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales," accompanied by the ponderous mug of Wales himself, staring ...

Jimmy Wales on Why Wikipedia Is Still So Good. By Benjamin Hart, staff editor at Intelligencer who joined New York in 2017. Dec. 2, 2024. save d. Save this article to read it later.

Founder of Wikipedia starting new fund raising drive to keep site free. The 2010 fund drive raised $16 million in 50 days from 500,000 people. Jimmy Wales: "It's a temple for the mind.

Remember Wikipedia’s black banner ads that asked for money to keep the lights on at the not-for-profit online encyclopedia? Expect more of those.

Founder of Wikipedia starting new fund raising drive to keep site free. The 2010 fund drive raised $16 million in 50 days from 500,000 people. Jimmy Wales: "It's a temple for the mind.

Remember Wikipedia's black banner ads that asked for money to keep the lights ... We like to keep it ad free," said co-founder Jimmy Wales to CNN's Richard Quest.Loyal users of the crowd-sourced ...