Wikipedia: On the brink? Or crying wolf?
NetworkWorld.com, MA - 24 minutes ago
By Paul McNamara on Sat, 02/10/2007 - 5:37am. Florence Devouard, chairwoman of the Wikimedia Foundation, has touched off a tempest with her suggestion in a ...

Wikipedia Asks, 'Buddy Can You Spare a Dime'
Cleveland Leader, OH - 25 minutes ago
Wikipedia, the encyclopedia that has helped revolutionize the web by allowing users to add their facts on articles, raised some eyebrows when Chairwomen ...

Florence Devouard, chairwoman of the Wikimedia Foundation, has touched off a tempest with her suggestion in a talk at the Lift07 conference that Wikipedia has funding for only another quarter and "might disappear" if donations don't pick up.

Dire stuff ... if true.



http://Sempron.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/...-or-crying-wolf

Wikipedia On the Brink? Or Crying Wolf?
Slashdot - 1 hour ago
netbuzz writes "Might Wikipedia 'disappear' three or four months from now absent a major infusion of cash donations? The suggestion has been made by ...

netbuzz writes "Might Wikipedia 'disappear' three or four months from now absent a major infusion of cash donations? The suggestion has been made by Florence Devouard, chairwoman of the Wikimedia Foundation. And while her spokesperson has since backpedaled off that dire prediction, there can be little doubt that the encyclopedia anyone can edit could use a few more benefactors to go along with ...

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...515233&from=rss

Wikipedia to disappear ?
Side-Line, Belgium - 19 minutes ago
I just happen to read a post on Mathew Ingram's blog where he ask whether Wikipedia is about to disappear. The post was kind of inevitable as it was a ...

Wikipedia is running out of cash
Inquirer, UK - 1 hour ago
By Nick Farrell: Sunday 11 February 2007, 23:09. ONLINE encyclopaedia Wikipedia might have to close because it only has enough funding for another four ...

ONLINE encyclopaedia Wikipedia might have to close because it only has enough funding for another four months.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...x?article=37566

Wikipedia is running out of cash
Inquirer, UK - 3 hours ago
By Nick Farrell: Sunday 11 February 2007, 23:09. ONLINE encyclopaedia Wikipedia might have to close because it only has enough funding for another four ...

<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=wNT4VTFPBYEJ&imgurl=digital-lifestyles.info/copy_images/wikipedia-money-problems-lg.jpg width=45 height=80 alt="" border=1>Wikipedia To Run Out Of Money?
Digital-Lifestyles.Info, UK - 58 minutes ago
Last week at the LIFT07 conference in Geneva, Florence Devouard, chairwoman of Wikimedia, the organisation behind the ubiquitous, editable-by-all online ...

Would You Miss Wikipedia?
WebProNews, KY - 25 minutes ago
Jason "I love SEO" Calacanis brings to light, news that Wikipedia has only enough funds to last 3-4 months. He believes that a few hard-core Wikipedians are ...

Jason "I love SEO" Calacanis brings to light, news that Wikipedia has only enough funds to last 3-4 months. He believes that a few hard-core Wikipedians are being stubborn, by not considering advertising on the site . I find it really ironic that a certain percentage (and I'm not gonna give percentages anymore :-) of the Wikipedia core team feel that they should decide for the entire ...

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...-miss-wikipedia

Does Wikipedia have a cash crisis?
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 47 minutes ago
By Jemima Kiss / Digital Digest 05:12pm. Wikipedia, the twelfth most popular website in the world, has been the subject of wildfire speculation about its ...

I see that the rumor that wikipedia could "shut within 3-4 months"



http://rozo.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/12/...thin-3-4-months

Wikipedia's Cloudy Financial Future
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - 1 hour ago
Florence Nibart-Devouard, chairwoman of the Wikimedia Foundation, set off a firestorm last week by painting what many bloggers considered to be a fairly ...

The monetization of Wikipedia has been the subject of much debate, and even a little venom spitting, for the past several months. With reports surfacing that funding for the user-edited encyclopedia may be running out, will Wikians finally embrace an ad-supported business model? According to Alexa, Wikipedia is the twelfth most popular site on the entire Internet. Within six months, however, ...

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...n-its-last-legs

The financial future of Wikipedia: a big question mark
Bigmouthmedia News, UK - 23 minutes ago
Wikipedia, the hugely popular online encyclopaedia which can be edited by anyone with internet access, has hinted that it's facing severe financial ...

You don't mean to say it's just another wikipublicity stunt ???

Say it ain't so, Jimbo !!!

Jonny

Wikipedia-Hebrew calls collapse scare an exaggeration
Ha'aretz, Israel - 22 minutes ago
By Lior Haner. A chain reaction of responses echoed around the world after Florence Devouard, chair of the Wikimedia Foundation, was quoted by a blogger as ...

A chain reaction of responses echoed around the world after Florence Devouard, chair of the Wikimedia Foundation, was quoted by a blogger as saying at the Lift '07 conference in Geneva that "Wikipedia would run out of money in three to four months."

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...ges/826198.html

Florence Devouard, chairwoman of the Wikimedia Foundation, has touched off a tempest with her suggestion in a talk at the Lift07 conference that Wikipedia has funding for only another quarter and "might disappear" if donations don't pick up.

Dire stuff ... if true.



http://RumWalker.newsvine.com/_news/2007/0...-or-crying-wolf