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I don't think you deserved the many downvotes you received. It's not like you were trolling. People here just downvote things they disagree with. Personally, I think Google should donate a decent amount to WP because Freebase relies on it. Without WP, Freebase would have been useless. (Disclaimer: I have no idea if Google actually donated.)

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Google donated $2 million in early 2010:

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia...

Thanks for the link and the info. It would seem Google is on top of this situation. :)

Thanks, I appreciate that. I wasn't trying to troll at all. It's simply a reality that it takes a certain amount of resources to keep Wikipedia running. If a large donation is more favorable than purchasing them -- then by all means that's the route to go. I simply meant that I would hate to see something like WP suffer if the situation came about where donations aren't enough to keep it running.

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