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Wikipedia will be leaving GoDaddy! (self.technology)

submitted ago by wolfeater

Posted on Jimbo Wales talk page:

"Ok, I talked to Sue and we're going to be leaving GoDaddy. She cautioned that since this is a hastily made decision and the staff is REALLY swamped with work right now, and we'll have to choose a new vendor, etc., that you won't see the registrations changing overnight. But we're making the change.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 18:55, 23 December 2011 (UTC)"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales

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[–]alexb00ts 541 points542 points ago

I really hope this brings press.

'Wikipedia leaves goDaddy over SOPA backing' sounds intense.

[–]BATMAN-cucumbers 140 points141 points ago

This has a lot of PR potential.

[–]Dream4eva 16 points17 points ago

Send a message to your networks then, they suck at finding stuff like this on their own.

[–]omglazers 2 points3 points ago

PR wins legislative battles. Without a good PR campaign, all hope for change is dead.

[–]denahom_chikn 45 points46 points ago

Have 10$. Now don't back down from quitting GoDaddy because they "publicly" changed their minds.

[–]pepdek 48 points49 points ago

I heard goDerpy just pulled there sponsorship because of SOPA.

[–]X019 254 points255 points ago

Too late. Piss on them.

[–][deleted] 128 points129 points ago

Wiki leaving would be a large loss for them. These clowns act on numbers only. They still support SOPA, they just have more respect for their bottom line so they're saying otherwise.

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[–][deleted] 61 points62 points ago

Correct, putting Wikipedia on your list of customers is a big deal.

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points ago

How many domains does Wikipedia actually have though?

[–]tommorris 22 points23 points ago

DomainTools says 63.

This comment - http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/no70i/wikipedia_will_be_leaving_godaddy/c3ao86c - has all the ones I've been able to find.

[–]thebootlegsaint 14 points15 points ago

Doesn't the views it gets matter more though? If they one domain but are the #4 most visited site on the net (or whatever they are) isn't that big bucks for GoDaddy?

Vs my photo blog on there which gets no hits. Still moving it though. EAT THAT GODADDY.

[–]empyreanhaze 16 points17 points ago

No, domains don't work that way. The registrar gets $10/year per domain, or whatever. Unless the registrar is also the host of the web site, they get nothing else. And I really doubt GoDaddy hosts all of Wikipedia.

[–]war_whale 4 points5 points ago

Well now they have the honor of not being worthy of hosting Wikipedia.

Which is a pretty big deal.

[–]tommorris 13 points14 points ago

Sure, the PR of having the fifth most popular website in the world publicly announce they are leaving must hurt.

[–]CaptainCaaavemaaan 3 points4 points ago

Domains are pretty much $9-$12 a pop per year, regardless of popularity. So whether it's wikipedia.org or mystupidblog.com, it's all the same cost per year for the domain.

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    [–]alexb00ts 14 points15 points ago

    Well damn, that was quick.

    [–]respeckKnuckles 26 points27 points ago

    the internet generation is used to instant gratification. Anything less is bad business.

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          [–]tommorris 91 points92 points ago

          And it's on Jimmy's twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/jimmy_wales/status/150287579642740736

          [–]svullenballe 60 points61 points ago

          For those unable to go to wikipedia:

          "@jimmy_wales

          Jimmy Wales

          I am proud to announce that the Wikipedia domain names will move away from GoDaddy. Their position on #sopa is unacceptable to us.

          2 hours ago via web

          Retweeted by RGoldmine and 100+ others"

          [–]glinsvad 13 points14 points ago

          Wait, there are people unable to access wikipedia but able to access reddit?

          [–]contradicting_you 38 points39 points ago

          I think svullenballe meant Twitter

          [–]evilpku 2 points3 points ago

          the lazy ones

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              [–]edilsoncr 7 points8 points ago

              Nice catch. But is that really him? If so, he should get that verified badge thingy...

              [–]lussie 37 points38 points ago

              Twitter is no longer providing verified accounts. If you are grandfathered in you get to keep your badge, but they won't verify accounts anymore. The reasoning behind this is that accounts get phished/hacked and users get spammed with stuff that they think is coming from the owner of that verified account, and end up getting scammed/phished themselves/trojaned, etc. Because of that Twitter doesn't want to give "credence" to any one account over another because they don't want people to think that anything those accounts tweet out is more trustworthy than any other account.

              Its a flawed way of fixing the problem, I think, but it is a legitimate issue that was occurring.

              [–]edilsoncr 10 points11 points ago

              I see. Thanks for explaining that.

              [–]jokr004 4 points5 points ago

              They should have just changed it to read "verified to have once been" so they could keep the feature.

              [–]tommorris 2 points3 points ago

              Yes, it's legitimately Jimmy. It's followed by a bunch of Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia editor accounts for a reason. And Jimmy links to it from his user account on the Wikia Community site.

              [–]jccar 741 points742 points ago

              OK folks, with Jimmy taking such a stand and walking the walk, it's time to start forking over some support donations, it's nice to cheer them on, but, if Wikipedia actually does move domains it will be expensive. Help them do it!

              [–]HobbytheWise 480 points481 points ago*

              Well that settles it... I shall return the ipod I bought for myself and donate half of that to Wikipedia.

              Christmas for me has already came, it would seem! (or whatever holiday you want to call it).

              Edit: http://i.imgur.com/3fuKG.png

              Edit2: I appreciate the pm's I have gotten, but I have to reiterate I am not looking for an ipod or anything. If you want to gift me something, pm me some good bands to listen to for when I DO get myself a new ipod.

              Thanks again for the upvotes and the support, but send some of that love wikipedia's way!

              [–]tommorris 154 points155 points ago

              As a Wikipedia admin and volunteer customer service agent, I want to say: thank you for your donation, and the many other donations from people on Reddit. You guys rock. Keep up the fight against SOPA. Gotta go, encyclopedia needs writing. :)

              [–]HobbytheWise 104 points105 points ago

              Thank you, for making homework that much easier...and for making knowledge so easily accessible!

              [–][deleted] 46 points47 points ago*

              This, a million times.

              I just chucked £10 (~$15) their way, and I'm proud to say it's not my first donation, but it's easy to take the work of the Wikimedia Foundation for granted.

              I'm absolutely ecstatic we've managed to leverage the anti-SOPA sentiment here to raise money for a good cause, that is to ensure the continued operation of the Wikimedia projects.

              Thank you, HobbytheWise, for doing your part.

              [–]HobbytheWise 5 points6 points ago*

              Glad to see another donation =)

              [–]jedijome 6 points7 points ago

              Wikipedia's stance on this issue made me donate too. thanks for everything :)

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                [–]Overlooked_point 56 points57 points ago

                Well, shit. I guess at least you can get a Sansa clip...

                [–]HobbytheWise 65 points66 points ago

                Lol :/ I can just pass on having an ipod for right now. Wikipedia will serve me better than a new ipod anyways.

                [–]artvandelay7 141 points142 points ago

                What kind of ipod did you want? I have a black 5G Ipod 30GB, mint condition. I don't use it anymore and would be happy to donate to you.

                [–]HobbytheWise 98 points99 points ago*

                I honestly would love to have any ipod. I had my own for about 6 years....up until it died about 5 months back that is lol.

                I truly appreciate the offer, but I don't need one right now. Maybe it's the fact that I have never been good with receiving gifts, or maybe it's the fact that I am willing to wait till March (my birthday) and buy one then (or both the reasons), but I would just simply feel bad lol.

                If you want, wrap it up and give it to someone you know (or don't know) and say it's from Hobby :p

                [–][deleted] 51 points52 points ago

                What a GGG. I don't have anything to give, but you've inspired me to donate to wiki too. They've made me look good and saved my ass a few times.

                [–]DaFox 2 points3 points ago

                Wikipedia has made me look like a complete ass a couple times, I'm still planning on donating though.

                [–]frontpagedestined 60 points61 points ago

                i love redit.. that shit right there...

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                  [–]Overlooked_point 9 points10 points ago

                  I wasn't really joking. I have a sansa clip + and with rockbox firmware it's awesome.

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                    [–]ThisIsDave 4 points5 points ago

                    My girlfriend isn't a techie, but she loves the Sansa Clip I bought her. No complaints at all. And since she was using a portable CD player with non-rechargeable batteries up until then, it's already paid for itself.

                    I'm thinking about expanding its storage, which is still surprisingly cheap, too.

                    I don't know why anyone would buy an iPod shuffle anymore. The clip is just so much cheaper. The touch seems like the only model where the extra cost might be worth it.

                    [–]inawarminister 7 points8 points ago

                    Also, Sansa Clip has much better sound quality than iPods anyway. And iPod Touch is really nice... as a PDA. :P

                    [–]Mildly_Drunken_Rant 10 points11 points ago

                    There should be a subreddit for people bragging about wiki donations. I'd upvote everything! Take one for yourself, hopefully it transfers into real life Karma

                    [–]Koketa13 5 points6 points ago

                    Wow after getting so used to people saying that they will do something and never following through you have put my faith back in humanity unfortunately I have but one upvote to give

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                      [–]MrFoot 128 points129 points ago

                      Just chucked £10 at them (about $50,000) just as a tiny thank you...

                      [–]Smuglord 77 points78 points ago

                      I just chucked $7.35 Canadian at them (about $25,000 American), which is the cost they'd incur for moving the domain name to Name.com.

                      [–]Ambitionlessness 78 points79 points ago

                      I just threw $10 (about $10 usd)

                      [–]ThisIsBob 43 points44 points ago

                      I sent $10.00, which used to be worth $10.00, but sure isn't any more.

                      [–]5hade 12 points13 points ago

                      I sent $21 USD (about 1 CAD or less than 0 euros). Damn falling from first world problems.

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                        [–]patchbag 51 points52 points ago

                        Remember when we were kids and that joke was reversed.

                        [–]AisoRed 26 points27 points ago

                        This is both funny and sad.

                        [–]duck__man 10 points11 points ago

                        dm;sh 1 USD = 1.02055 CAD

                        [–]Smuglord 1 point2 points ago

                        What does "dm;sh" mean? o_O

                        [–]Athox 20 points21 points ago

                        according to google, it means "darth maul: shadow hunter"

                        didn't really help me. i'm still confused.

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                        [–]duck__man 2 points3 points ago

                        Winner! Although i meant "still higher" but close enough.

                        [–]platypu 6 points7 points ago

                        doesn't matter; sex had

                        [–]warnerrr 6 points7 points ago

                        Did math; shook head?

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                            [–]Smuglord 2 points3 points ago

                            I do, actually. I also remember that I thought the old Turkish lira was bad. (Back then it was something like a million lira to one dollar.)

                            Then came the Zimbabwean dollar, and my discovery of the old Deutschmark of the 1920s and the Hungarian pengo of the late 1940s.

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                              [–]TheVacillate 5 points6 points ago

                              Hell, with the way we've been so tight financially around here, I could only afford $5 USD, but I did it. It's -something-, you know? If everyone did it, it would very quickly add up.

                              [–]serenityunlimited 4 points5 points ago

                              Putting in $10 (about 20 Yen, by my estimate!).

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                                [–]drmoo66 21 points22 points ago

                                I'm sure some registrars would be willing to eat the cost.

                                [–]CrackheadMedic 20 points21 points ago

                                I've been meaning to contribute to Wikipedia well before now, but this was the kick in the ass I needed to hit the "Donate" button.

                                [–]account512 17 points18 points ago

                                I hope my 20 bucks helps them.

                                Good Guy Wikimedia.

                                [–]sinurgy 14 points15 points ago

                                Wikipedia arguably deserves it anyway but taking this stand against SOPA makes it a no brainer! I just donated $20. I know that's not a lot but if we all did that, holy shit!!!

                                [–]thatalbatross 10 points11 points ago*

                                I agree, and you know, I should've done it earlier. They're a FREE service I have used almost every day for years and years now. I can barely afford it but I think I'll give them $20 or so.

                                edit: Just donated $20. :D

                                [–]joshak 12 points13 points ago

                                Good on them. Just donated $50, and I'm not even American.

                                [–]drdoooom 6 points7 points ago

                                Just donated 10$.

                                [–]WorldwideTauren 2 points3 points ago

                                Ditto. Long overdue in general, but especially supporting them in light of their decision here.

                                [–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

                                Posted in the original thread already, but here's the evidence of the £10 donation I pledged. Not my first donation to Wikimedia this year, but this was specifically because of the G* D**** boycott.

                                Great work Jimbo!

                                [–]z0nk 33 points34 points ago

                                if Wikipedia actually does move domains it will be expensive

                                How so? What monetary cost is involved in this? Moving registrars is a very simple, easy thing to do. GoDaddy doesn't host wikipedia, nor does it provide DNS for it. I'd be seriously surprised if the total financial cost of changing registrars would exceed $100.

                                What am I missing here? How many domains do they have registered?

                                [–]BATMAN-cucumbers 52 points53 points ago*

                                I think another angle may be a better fit - positive reinforcement.

                                "Wiki does good, wiki gets the treat. That's a good boy!"

                                I'll go and fork over 5 bucks (the perfect amount, as demonstrated by Louis CK), just cause 10 is too much, but a 100 people giving 3-5 bucks will still show them we support this decision.

                                Edit: yup, 5 bucks in their general direction, under the 'buy a cool guy a beer' limit. Hell, even wrote some of my thoughts in the fundraiser survey, on the off chance it may help them understand a burst in donations today (if that happens), and why their fundraiser campaign is useless on me and perhaps most of the TL;DR generation.

                                [–]chaiguy 24 points25 points ago

                                I agree +1 - I just donated 5 bucks. Thank You.

                                [–]Xzellus 8 points9 points ago

                                As have I, Good call. Here is an upvote as well to the both of you. Happy Holidays!

                                [–]Algernon_Moncrieff 9 points10 points ago

                                Me too and upvotes all around. I sent Wikipedia $20 because I hadn't heard the Louis CK thing in time. Come on Reddit! It feels good to push back and feel something move.

                                [–]Algernon_Moncrieff 29 points30 points ago

                                If you donate to Wikipedia, please take the survey included on the thank you page and tell them you did it because of what they did regarding GoDaddy. You can still do this for a while after donating: go back using the history on your browser.

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                                  [–]estemshorn 14 points15 points ago

                                  they don't have very many, I don't think. Even if you include all of its sister projects it's only about 10 domains.

                                  [–]tommorris 32 points33 points ago*

                                  The main ones are wikipedia.org, wikipedia.com, wikisource.org, wikibooks.org, wikiversity.org, wikinews.org, wikiquote.org, wiktionary.org, wikimedia.org, wikimediafoundation.org, mediawiki.org, wikimania.org.

                                  DomainTools says the Foundation owns 63 domains in all, although I'm not sure what others they own. Some I've been able to work out: wikimediacommons.net, wikiversity.com, wikibooks.com, wikibook.com, wikiquote.com, wikisource.com, wikimedialabs.org, wmflabs.org wikijunior.com (wikijunior is a section on wikibooks), wikidata.org, softwarewikipedia.org, wikipediastats.org, wikipediawiki.com and wikipedia10.com (for the 10th anniversary stuff, presumably).

                                  I do know that there are three misspellings of Wikipedia that were challenged at WIPO - see http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D2011-0911

                                  There's lots more that are owned by chapters or volunteers including toolserver.org, enwp.org, enwn.org, wikinewsie.org, wikimedia.nl, wikimedia.org.uk, wikimedia.org.il, wikimedia.fr, although I don't think many of those are registered through GoDaddy.

                                  (I'm a WP administrator, not some kind of crazy DNS stalker.)

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                                    [–]whateverradar 5 points6 points ago

                                    I just donated because of this move.

                                    [–]diamondsknives 6 points7 points ago

                                    Just contributed a modest $5, and in the survey they offer after the donation I mentioned Reddit and thanked them for taking a stance against SOPA.

                                    [–]triprotic 20 points21 points ago

                                    I donated as soon as I saw the announcement! :D

                                    [–]Boomerchute 9 points10 points ago

                                    Same here -- sent a cool 10 bones their way. I'd love to see a graph of the number of donations vs time today to see how the announcement affected donations.

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                                      [–]ryuk33 74 points75 points ago

                                      Jimmy, you get my hard earned bucks now.

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                                      [–]respeckKnuckles 19 points20 points ago

                                      This particular issue affects all of us. Today, we are all part of captain planet. Thank you for donating.

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                                        [–]sabsmith 66 points67 points ago

                                        Right now I find Jimmy Wales personally appealing.

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                                        [–]Valkyrie44 12 points13 points ago

                                        They should add the SOPA/GoDaddy stuff into those personal appeals.

                                        [–]camycam178 44 points45 points ago

                                        I donated what I could afford, which was 1 dollar. :/

                                        [–]serenityunlimited 10 points11 points ago

                                        Anything is something and better than nothing!

                                        [–]mposha 21 points22 points ago

                                        I donated the last $1.33 in my bank account. Feels good man.

                                        [–]Resinade 7 points8 points ago

                                        I donated $5 wich isn't much either, but honestly if everybody on reddit donated just $1 (wich I know not everybody will) they would make a LOT of money. Every little bit helps, and moving away from Go Daddy won't be free for them so the Internet as a whole thanks you for your contribution for this fight against Go Daddy.

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                                          [–]topheroly 116 points117 points ago

                                          I donated $25 to wikipedia because of this, I suggest others that are able do the same. Proof

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                                          [–]inverso 42 points43 points ago

                                          Ditto.

                                          Talk the talk, walk the walk.

                                          [–]winlifeat 23 points24 points ago

                                          I guess I will be paying Jimmy in seks.

                                          [–]amdinator 27 points28 points ago

                                          $10 for now, being a student. I thought it was the best way for me to support Wikipedia's action against GoDaddy.

                                          [–]wallawalla22 11 points12 points ago

                                          I threw them a Lincoln as a student as well. Any little bit counts though!

                                          [–]Exterminator_Jeff 3 points4 points ago

                                          Me too. I had been meaning to for a while but this settled it. Hopefully I can give more generously in the future

                                          [–]bhasden 18 points19 points ago

                                          I just did the same. Hopefully they don't back out now that GoDaddy has said they don't support SOPA anymore.

                                          [–]Olyeller 7 points8 points ago

                                          Yeah i am worried that because GoDaddy has now issued a formal statement saying they no longer back SOPA that Jimmy n his buddies will be like: "It's ok, I forgive you Godaddy, we all make mistakes, here have some domains, atta good boy" I will rage and then demand my donation back.

                                          [–]fluffdesu 3 points4 points ago

                                          Ditto

                                          [–]AisoRed 5 points6 points ago

                                          I just donated $10 too and I also used twitter to spread the word. http://i.imgur.com/oxyiC.png

                                          [–]duck__man 3 points4 points ago

                                          I donated to Wikipedia before it was cool (I'm internet charity hipster)

                                          [–]AndrewNeo 1 point2 points ago

                                          Before Wikipedia was cool, or before donating to Wikipedia was cool?

                                          [–]synthaxx 5 points6 points ago

                                          €20 from me.

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                                            [–]subser 79 points80 points ago

                                            Wikipedia pledges to leave GoDaddy

                                            GoDaddy backs down from SOPA

                                            You can't explain that

                                            [–]fractorial 26 points27 points ago

                                            aliens

                                            [–]HunterTV 37 points38 points ago

                                            Reddit alien, to be precise.

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                                                [–]evilpigclone 127 points128 points ago

                                                Step 1 - Do what reddit says Step 2 - Recieve donations Step 3 - profit?

                                                do we control the internet now?

                                                [–]longhaireddan 211 points212 points ago

                                                Aw fuck. Did we just become lobbyists?

                                                [–]evilpigclone 95 points96 points ago

                                                I THINK WE DID, WANA GO DO KARATE IN THE GARAGE?

                                                [–]Kieph 33 points34 points ago

                                                YUP.

                                                [–]IDreamtOfRobots 15 points16 points ago

                                                I never NOT want to go do karate in the garage, just for the record.

                                                [–]moddestmouse 27 points28 points ago

                                                Reddit Super PAC

                                                [–]shay626 8 points9 points ago

                                                Why not actually do this?

                                                [–]Bernie_Roscoe 7 points8 points ago

                                                Because the only way for it to operate would be through voting and I fucking hate the hivemind sometimes.

                                                But if anyone wants to start it, I'd like to submit my name for CFO.

                                                [–]Zer_ 12 points13 points ago

                                                No. We are donating as a result of Wikipedia's actions, not to encourage their actions.

                                                [–]longhaireddan 8 points9 points ago

                                                I'm not arguing nor disagreeing, I was only making a joke.

                                                That said though, you could still argue that the order of circumstance isn't necessarily important, in a Pavlovian sense. We're conditioning Wikipedia to believe that they will be rewarded for doing our bidding.

                                                [–]Drumedor 4 points5 points ago

                                                Power! Unlimited Power!

                                                [–]longhaireddan 1 point2 points ago

                                                Posting for a better /r/future!

                                                [–]huber14 6 points7 points ago

                                                I would like to see how much their donations increased because of this.

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                                                  [–]hippye 21 points22 points ago

                                                  Promised I'd donate $10 if they did it, and I delivered.

                                                  [–]akerson 19 points20 points ago

                                                  Donated $20 because of this. Rock on Wikipedia.

                                                  [–]gzrecoil 20 points21 points ago

                                                  Donated $5 to Wikipedia to support the domain name change. Thanks for taking a stand.

                                                  [–]tyrizzle 37 points38 points ago

                                                  Just donated $15 bucks to Wikipedia for this. You support me, I support you.

                                                  [–]renegademaniac 36 points37 points ago

                                                  Shit just got real.

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                                                  [–]earlybird_2ndmouse 9 points10 points ago

                                                  why did you donated negative monies?

                                                  [–]solmakou 2 points3 points ago

                                                  More importantly how, I would love to donate negative monies to a few companies, but I don't think I would stop at $5!

                                                  [–]BillyBuckets 16 points17 points ago

                                                  Putting my money behind this. Donating extra to Wikipedia for their ballsy move.

                                                  [–]Grimms 13 points14 points ago

                                                  http://imgur.com/hWsqR

                                                  Just donated a paltry amount of £5.00 but if we all do this it WILL make a difference.

                                                  [–]nascentt 12 points13 points ago

                                                  417 unread emails? Dude..

                                                  [–]Grimms 4 points5 points ago

                                                  They're mostly spam, I'm ashamed that this is the least congested mailbox, my old Hotmail account has 10,000... Maybe I should dedicate some time to this cause.

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                                                    [–]atxpyro 11 points12 points ago

                                                    i'll bet godaddy talks them out of bailing, with a big 'ol chunk of cash.

                                                    [–]7LayerMagikCookieBar 14 points15 points ago

                                                    Just donated $5, took half a minute ---been using this site for years now---- give back some of your re$pect

                                                    [–]ChetManley 12 points13 points ago

                                                    Donated to wikipedia, something I should have done a long time ago.

                                                    [–]tyrizzle 10 points11 points ago

                                                    Me too. It's shit like this that makes me have to donate.

                                                    [–]Mollrow 24 points25 points ago

                                                    Donated $20 for this.

                                                    [–]metroid23 11 points12 points ago

                                                    Donated!

                                                    Money where mouth is and all that.

                                                    [–]CubedRoot 11 points12 points ago

                                                    I believe I will donate some funds to wikipedia to help them pay for this.

                                                    [–]demechman 11 points12 points ago

                                                    Monies donated!

                                                    [–]bquintb 12 points13 points ago

                                                    Jimbo, I said if wikipedia somehow demonstrated that it's against sopa i would donate.

                                                    I just fulfilled my promise. you guys rock!

                                                    [–]synimbricate_samael 11 points12 points ago

                                                    Guess who just decided to donate money to Wikipedia for leaving GoDaddy! MEEEEE. Have 5$, Jimbo.

                                                    [–]sonQUAALUDE 26 points27 points ago

                                                    HELL YEAH JIMMY TAKE MY MONEY

                                                    seriously, Wikipedia fucking rules let fund that fucker up

                                                    [–]sonQUAALUDE 19 points20 points ago*

                                                    it might seem cheesy that them following through on a cause I happen to be passionate about is what made me donate, rather than them just doing their job which happens to be one of the most important creations of this century and is absolutely free... but whatever, as a human monkey I am prone to this sort of behavior.

                                                    I had always read into net gossip about the wackiness of wikipedia culture and that gave me a bad vibe, along with those terrible 'personal pleas'. But seeing Jimmy on Colbert a few weeks ago was really informative, and hearing his thoughts on the legacy of the Internet to humanity was awesome.

                                                    Now that so much of the web is getting eaten up by cynical, for-profit corporate tiered bullshit, sites like Wikipedia are becoming less of the norm, and it's easy to forget that. But if sites like Wikipedia die out, so does the free web, and it's a short trip from there to 500 bullshit channels and nothing on. Can't let that happen man.

                                                    TL;DR - I'm going to donate $25 a month, and I'm a broke ass college kid. Step it up people. If we can make stupid Louis C.K. filthy rich, let's buy Jimmy some god damn servers!

                                                    [–]SirWinstonFurchill 6 points7 points ago

                                                    I like your idea of doing a certain amount per month - I think I'm going to start that, too. $25 is manageable, and if a student like you and an independent artist like me can do it, there really isn't much of an excuse.

                                                    I wonder if I could make something & sell it, donating the total sale to Wikipedia.... Hmm... You may have inadvertently given me an idea I'm going to ask them about after the holidays (cuz everyone needs a break from their work sometimes)

                                                    [–]brooklynerd 15 points16 points ago

                                                    Just sent $20 to WMF for this. Hope Jimmy doesn't flip-flop as well

                                                    [–]MikeyNoRikey 6 points7 points ago

                                                    awesome news!

                                                    [–]SanguineHaze 8 points9 points ago

                                                    Well that makes me grin from ear to ear.

                                                    [–]ThatComicGuy 6 points7 points ago

                                                    This good sir. Is reddit at its finest

                                                    [–]weatheredweb 8 points9 points ago

                                                    Just donated too. Money well spent.

                                                    [–]skinthatcat 7 points8 points ago

                                                    Donated $5. Go go, reddit! I almost feel like I have a voice all of a sudden.

                                                    [–]berserkering 8 points9 points ago

                                                    I don't have much money but I find myself using Wikipedia daily and I'm vehemently against SOPA. I think Wikipedia has clearly earned my donation, no matter how small. I just spent 5 dollars on an indie game the other day, I can donate 5 more to Wiki.

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                                                    [–]UnnamedArtist 7 points8 points ago

                                                    I'll be donating to Wikipedia because of this.

                                                    [–]cleverplayonwords 3 points4 points ago

                                                    Wow, It's refreshing to see action, especially from such a large entity. Wiki has shown a huge amount of integrity on this one.

                                                    [–]Anthonydiv 5 points6 points ago

                                                    Looks like I'll be making another donation to wikipedia.

                                                    [–]xroni 3 points4 points ago

                                                    Donated 25€. I'm from Europe but can't stand the idea of SOPA being approved. I'm totally with you guys, everyone should have the right on freedom of communication. Go wikipedia!!

                                                    [–]awefjio44 7 points8 points ago

                                                    Donated $20 CAD.

                                                    [–]AmIHigh 6 points7 points ago

                                                    Another $10 for them!

                                                    [–]stefincognito 3 points4 points ago

                                                    Donated already. Donating again2 .

                                                    [–]gaberino 5 points6 points ago

                                                    donated $50 to Wikipedia. That's $50 more dollars than I will ever contribute to a political representative.

                                                    [–]thelastbaron 4 points5 points ago*

                                                    I'm just catching up on this past hour's developments all at once... can somebody clarify the order of events? Did Jimmy Wales make this announcement before or after GoDaddy announced they were reversing their position? Do you think it will make a difference?

                                                    I think even if GoDaddy is sincere with their reversal (though it really just seems kind of shallow) Wikipedia should still move its domain out of principle at this point. I would really hate to see Jimmy go "oh, never mind, they backed down".

                                                    [–]thevoiceless 5 points6 points ago

                                                    It was announced before the flip-flop

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                                                      [–]toomanytickets 4 points5 points ago

                                                      I remember being able to look at lists of donations along with comments from users for Wikipedia. Does this still exist?

                                                      [–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

                                                      This is a great thing even after they retracted their support it still sends a strong message. And if go daddy goes belly up then that bill will die knowing that any support of it will result in corporate suicide.

                                                      [–]catpuke 3 points4 points ago

                                                      Well done Jimmy and the Wikipedia foundation.

                                                      [–]DonMexico 2 points3 points ago

                                                      i am definitely going to donate. this is epic!

                                                      [–]minusthechris 1 point2 points ago

                                                      Threw in $25 with a note of thanks for standing up against SOPA (& being badass in general).

                                                      Thinking about it, I should probably do this more often...

                                                      [–]todjunior 7 points8 points ago

                                                      Do you think they'll stay since GoDaddy agreed to end their backing of SOPA?

                                                      Personally, I hope they still leave.

                                                      [–]m22nyc25 2 points3 points ago

                                                      lol reddit is going to cause godaddy to go under.

                                                      [–]mlima1 4 points5 points ago

                                                      GOOOOOO JIMBO GO! Great news!

                                                      [–]mesh1 2 points3 points ago

                                                      BraFuckingVo! Much respect Mr. Wales and please, please, take my money!! Come on reddit lets do the right thing and donate some moneys.

                                                      [–]QuickTactical 4 points5 points ago

                                                      I finally donated to them. Good move on their part.

                                                      [–]snoodsispro 4 points5 points ago

                                                      This shows that wikipedia DOES care about their users and listens to us. This is GREAT.

                                                      [–]captain_cautious 2 points3 points ago

                                                      I had put of donating for the longest time. I meant to, but it just became one of those things that "I'll do eventually." Well not anymore

                                                      [–]radagast_bd 2 points3 points ago

                                                      ftfw.

                                                      [–]goodwill369 2 points3 points ago

                                                      This is fantastic news! I love Wikipedia!

                                                      [–]Captcha_Imagination 2 points3 points ago

                                                      Wales for president

                                                      [–]denidzo 2 points3 points ago

                                                      Just donated for the first time. I applaud them for standing by their convictions.

                                                      [–]whynotjoin 2 points3 points ago

                                                      Wikipedia just got a fiver from me. Glad they took a stand against SOPA.

                                                      [–]lurkerinmyheart 2 points3 points ago

                                                      This is huge. REDDIT, you be huge.

                                                      [–]keeponchoolgin 2 points3 points ago

                                                      donated 20 bux because they did this.

                                                      [–]Vehemoth 1 point2 points ago

                                                      I'm donating a good chunk of money once the transfer finishes.

                                                      [–]jedijome 2 points3 points ago

                                                      Them leaving GoDaddy and being against SOPA is what convinced me to donate to them. Hope they stay GGG

                                                      [–]spamthief 2 points3 points ago

                                                      I've been really living from paycheck to paycheck for a while, and love Wikipedia - very grateful for all the work you do. Things always seem so stretched that I haven't made a donation. This principle centered move inspired me to fork over my $10!

                                                      [–]Thwacky 1 point2 points ago

                                                      Good on ya, Wiki. Donation for you.

                                                      [–]edilsoncr 1 point2 points ago

                                                      You could've provided the diff...

                                                      [–]MrJeinu 1 point2 points ago

                                                      So they're still leaving regardless of GD's little flipflop? I think I'll actually donate this year!

                                                      [–]Eatjerpoo 0 points1 point ago

                                                      Is there a list of "high ranking" websites that support SOPA?

                                                      [–]rownin 1 point2 points ago

                                                      It's for teh best, keep up the good work getting kids thru college wiki!

                                                      [–]reformed_PUA 0 points1 point ago

                                                      Shit, where's my HostGator Affiliate link when I need it most?

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