Template:WikiDonation
Welcome and thank you for your question about donations! To hide the fundraising banners, please see Wikipedia:Suppress display of the fundraising banner. The Wikimedia Foundation does not track the identity of IP addresses, so it doesn't know your age, income level or whether you donated in the past.
None of the Wikipedia volunteer editors here who add and improve content in articles receive any financial benefit. We all simply contribute our time because we care about building a great encyclopedia for you and innumerable others around the world to use.
If you cannot afford it, no one wants you to donate. Wikipedia is not at risk of shutting down, and the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts the Wikipedia platform and is asking for these donations, is richer than ever.
You are welcome to communicate directly with the donor-relations team by emailing donate@wikimedia.org. Thank you!
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Usage
[edit]In response to a query in WP:Teahouse or HELP:DESK you can simply reply with {{subst:WikiDonation}} or {{subst:HD/Donation}} which will respond with an explanation how to disable fundraising appeals and register an account if need be, for IP editors. It is substituted, so that your version of text stays the same. If you use source mode, you need to manually include a signature.
Motivation
[edit]Opinions about fundraising aside, a large number of users are confused why they keep seeing the fundraising banner, and it's taking away time from helping editors focus on content and community. See the meta discussions meta:Talk:Fundraising and also Wikipedia:Village_pump (WMF)#Regarding the fundraising banners. ~ đŚ Shushugah (he/him ⢠talk) 18:16, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
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