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Emperor
Nice story. Donations of time or money to Wikipedia are also donations to Wikia, a for-profit company.
The silly thing is, Wikia makes so little money that Jimmy would probably be better off selling it and focusing on Wikipedia.
Have you explained “nofollow†recently?
I don't know what their agreement might look like, but it's probable that venture capitalists are the majority owners of Wikia. And if you're offering to buy it, I wouldn't be too surprised if they'd like to get rid of it hardly any premium above book value.
(Not a criticism of Jimbo or anyone else--these ventures are much more often losers than winners--but the winners are sometimes very big winners. Was it crazy to invest in a project led by one who (co-)founded one of the top ten websites on the internet? Probably not--you'd be surprised at the projects who scored financing before the credit crisis. Some of the winners are surprising. I mean,
Twitter!? But at this point, I think a rational investor would conclude that Wikia isn't going to be one of those winners.)