Talk:Jimmy Wales/@comment-5419775-20121213001006

This article says a lot of things that are, well, baseless.

There is no reason to believe that Jimmy Wales is a "dictator" and that social democratic liberals have very little influence on Wikipedia. There are entire pages on Wikipedia about criticisms of libertarianism, capitalism, and anarcho-capitalism. I also have not seen any evidence for Jimmy Wales being a cult figure, or Wikipedia having a conservative bias. From my observations, Wikipedia is neutral. The idea that Wikipedia is biased towards Libertarianism has no empirical evidence.

"He puts messages onto the top of Wikipedia pages asking readers for a little cash but are we sure we want to give him any? He won't give us a say in how our money is used and that's not very nice is it?."

The money is used to fund Wikipedia. Wikipedia is free and does not run any advertisements for the purpose of eliminating bias, so of course money to fund Wikipedia has to come from somewhere. As for options as for what your money will be spent on, I don't see what options Wikipedia could possibly give you. The fundraisers are run for the purpose of generating income for Wikipedia so that it can stay up and running. What sort of options do you want? Besides, you already have options for what your money will be spent on. If you don't want to fund Wikipedia, spend your money on something else. However, I would advise donating money to Wikipedia, as it is a good way to get free, easy access to information.