[Nebasuke]

I think it's a bit worse than that though.

Why does an organisation that has more than enough money to achieve its current and long term goals, appeal to their site visitors that they really need more money? The ads are in my opinion dishonest and emotionally manipulative, and have actively put me off supporting Wikimedia as a foundation.

[20after4]

What I'd like to see happen (though it's extremely unlikely) would be to rely less on emotionally charged banners thanks to the new revenue provided by the enterprise product.

But the current fundraising strategy works extremely well so I really can't see it changing it at all.

Full disclosure: Until very recently I was employed by Wikimedia as a Release Engineer. I was there for 7 years, however, I left for a new opportunity in February of this year.

I am not a fan of the direction the organization seems to be headed. During the past few years there has been rapid growth and increased corporate culture. Seems to be kind of similar to what happened with the Mozilla foundation and that really hasn't worked out well for them so I am not entirely optimistic about the future of Wikipedia and the free knowledge movement in general.

[endisneigh]

Goals can be expanded to infinity, uncertainty and inflation is always a thing, thus the need to diversify revenue streams to ensure survival and sustainability.

[marcinzm]

>Goals can be expanded to infinity

And thus diluting and losing sight of their original goals. This isn't a corporation driven inherently by eternal desire for more profit.

[endisneigh]

Sure, but goals change as the world does.

[robonerd]

Wikipedia tells me the last time a new Wikimedia project was launched was Wikidata, 10 years ago in 2012.