Why Wikipedia need donation?

Why Wikipedia - a million dollar company is asking users in India to donate?

Even if you search something on Google, there’s a 90 percent chance that the first link the search engine shows is going to be that of a Wikipedia page. And that’s how the information portal is recognised all over the globe.

However, in order to continue running its operations, the ‘free online encyclopaedia’ recently sent out a notification asking for donations from Indian users.

India is one of Wikipedia's driving markets. In 2019, the quantity of Indian guests on Wikipedia was more than 771 million – its fifth-biggest number as far as site visits. 

The world's seventh-biggest site is hoping to guard its autonomy and feels that commercializing the site will be an extraordinary misfortune for its perusers. 

Despite the fact that Wikipedia is a free site, the entirety of the substance on it is gathered, overseen and altered by a gathering of volunteers far and wide. There is considerable capital that is required to run the site activities, and that is the reason it is looking for money related assistance.

In the notification posted by the platform, Wikipedia said that it is willing to accept donations as low as Rs 150, although users can opt to pay even more.

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