No Wikipedia, I Won’t Be Making a Donation.

Try asking nicely next time.

⭐ Robert Jameson
Bob's Economics
Published in
3 min readNov 7, 2022

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Wikipedia logo by Nohat. Source: Wikipedia. CC 3.0

On a recent visit to Wikipedia, I was greeted by this rather snooty pop-up message:

This isn’t a paywall.
We’ll cut to the chase: 98% of Wikipedia’s readers don’t give; they simply look away. All we ask is £2, or whatever seems right to you this Wednesday, before you get back to your article.
GIVE NOW

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⭐ Robert Jameson
Bob's Economics

Tech Writer. Philosopher. Economist. Basic Income Advocate.