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:Too add onto this, past contributors literally did not ask to be paid for their efforts, and did this because they wanted to. I know I did. You're not introducing the idea that past contributors would be paid, which could then create a divide between past contributors and future contributors. This all-around feels like a terrible idea that could, again, be fixed simply by making a Kofi more accessible, or creating a Patreon, which are much less intrusive methods, and I believe you should attempt before trying to go fully into ads. [[User:Schism|Schism]] ([[User talk:Schism|talk]]) 07:42, 29 July 2024 (CEST) | :Too add onto this, past contributors literally did not ask to be paid for their efforts, and did this because they wanted to. I know I did. You're not introducing the idea that past contributors would be paid, which could then create a divide between past contributors and future contributors. This all-around feels like a terrible idea that could, again, be fixed simply by making a Kofi more accessible, or creating a Patreon, which are much less intrusive methods, and I believe you should attempt before trying to go fully into ads. [[User:Schism|Schism]] ([[User talk:Schism|talk]]) 07:42, 29 July 2024 (CEST) | ||
::No, it's not about hosting fees. Those are very small compared to what ads could make. It's mainly about 1. me working on the wiki full-time going forth and being paid a proper salary for it, and 2. fair compensation for those who contributed in the past because the wiki wouldn't be where it is now without them. | |||
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::We took Ko-Fi donations to cover the hosting fees for 2024, and already reached the goal a while ago, since it was just 600 bucks for 12 months. Those will be refunded if this goal pans out. Some may be surprised to hear the wiki only costs 50 bucks a month and serves millions of people with good performance. Other wiki admins have told me this is "seriously impressive." I think I tend to under-value my own work. I've already been running the site like a fairly high-grade professional the whole time, but didn't ask for anything because it's still a community effort in the end of the day. Being able to do this full-time would be really nice though. I'll be improving MediaWiki extensions, bringing Nginx modules on Debian up to date, writing detailed technical documentation, etc., so the whole MediaWiki community will benefit from these things as well as a side-effect. [[User:Taylan|Taylan]] ([[User talk:Taylan|talk]]) 10:41, 29 July 2024 (CEST) | |||