Comment by gruez
9 hours ago
Of all the controversial stuff that WMF does, "funding photographers to take royalty free photos for use on wikipedia" seems fairly low down the list.
9 hours ago
Of all the controversial stuff that WMF does, "funding photographers to take royalty free photos for use on wikipedia" seems fairly low down the list.
What's at the top of the list?
One of WMF's more controversial expenditures was its $4.5 million "Knowledge Equity Fund", a grant program that tries to fight racial inequity. The recipients don't have to participate in Wikipedia or anything.
They may be noble causes, but it's not how many Wikipedia donors expected their funds to be used, after seeing the donation banners begging for funds to keep Wikipedia running.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Equity_Fund
As stupid as that was, they at least put a stop to it. It hasn't been a thing for several years now.
Union busting as per TFA is a candidate for sure.