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.

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 ...

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.

My one major criticism of modern Wikipedia is that many pages, especially for minor celebrities, end around 2012 or 2013.

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.

Dearest Jimmy Wales,. So we meet again Wales … Yes I know, another holiday season, another reason to poke fun at your silly, scopophobia-inducing banner ads belying the very noble cause of ...

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 ...

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? ... Jimmy Wales’ Wikipedia drive to stay ad-free Ramy Inocencio, ...

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.