$46M isn't all that much money compared with other websites as popular as wikipedia.
You are of course free to stop using wikipedia if you can't handle the fact that they ask for donations every now and then.
You are of course free to stop using wikipedia if you can't handle the fact that they ask for donations every now and then.
From the SCFs on Page 3 of your link, staff costs in FY2013 were $15.98M and staff costs in FY2014 were $19.98M. This is only an increase of 25%. I'll take your word on the traffic stats but your assertion that staff cost has more than doubled is easily disproven.
They're static?
http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesPageViewsMonthlyAllProje...
Sept 2014 - 23.1B views
Sept 2013 - 17.9B
Sept 2012 - 19.1B
Sept 2011 - 15.8B
Sept 2010 - 14.5B
Sept 2009 - 11.8B
Sept 2008 - 10.6B