Once a year at this time I donate to Wikipedia.

I don't use Wikipedia either. There are far more reliable sources - although in fairness I don't 100% trust any source, even scientific journals, so I get info from lots of sources.

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A couple of my friends think I’m daft/soft. “They’ve got tons of money, you haven’t”. Fair comment.

It’s just that I use their site (a lot). And trust their impartiality.

Do YOU donate?
What are your thoughts on this?

Yes I know we can all choose whether/where to donate but my question is only concerning Wikipedia.

FGT2 Please don't trust Wikipedia - anyone can edit any entry at any time, so whoever wishes to can put lies or biased info on there. I was a librarian at an FE College, and we always made students aware that they should never trust any fact from Wikipedia - and that most academic institutions will not accept it as a reference for assignments etc.

Ah thanks for all your responses! I feel better about continuing to donate now. 😁

I donate to Wiki when they ask me to annually. I use the site fairly regularly.

OH donates every now and again. We don’t donate to the Guardian as we buy the actual newspaper.

£2 monthly donated here too- seems a small price to pay for the use we get from it.

wiki is not always accurate

Yes I donate as well, just a couple of pounds. As I like to use it too.

Yes I donate too. It's only a few pounds and I use the service a lot so it only seems fair.

I donate £1 a month.

I used it quite a lot so yes, I donate.

Yes, I donate a small sum every year, with so much AI generated content on the internet it's good to have a more grounded source

Yes, I donate when I receive an email asking me to.

I donate when asked as I use Wiki quite a bit. I use it mainly for trivial information like; "Was the actor I just saw in a TV series in Grange Hill as a child?"

For more serious stuff I would seek source material.

I use it all the time and donate £2 every month. It’s not a lot but I hope other people do as well.

👍 Yes I donate: wiki does tell you when a subject is not an adequately reliable source and "be wary".

I do donate, but I don't 100% trust everything on there exactly for the reason Marydoll states, but it's a very useful starting point.

The use of Wikipedia as a primary source of information was not allowed in my school.

One of the reasons given was, as a user-generated source, it can be edited by anyone at any time, and any information it contains at a particular time could be vandalism, a work in progress, or simply incorrect.

For those reasons, I hardly ever use it, there are more accurate sources to be found.

Yes I donate to Wikipedia too. I use it daily so why shouldn't I? I ❤️ everything they stand for.

Yes, I donate, usually annually when they ask.

I do too, just at random times.

Me too. Not a lot, but every little helps.

A yes here, I value them.

I donate as well

I donate to wiki because like others I use it a lot. Only fair ✅