How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects
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Since the beginning of 2024, the demand for the content created by the Wikimedia volunteer community – especially for the 144 million images, videos, and other files on Wikimedia Commons – has grow…
  • @fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    -2•6 days ago

    To be clear, network costs represent a tiny fraction of WMF’s expenses. Much of WMF’s budget goes to social programs, not technical upkeep.