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On May 29, 2022, one of the founders of the RationalWiki website indicated "Currently the donations we get are sparse... We have not done a donation drive in a long time and have not been self-supporting for over a year....".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:Site_support&diff=2457044&oldid=2457020 Difference between revisions of "RationalWiki talk:Site support", Revision as of 17:15, 29 May 2022 (edit) (undo)]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and charity]] and [[Atheist organizations and fundraising]] and [[Atheist fundraising vs. religious fundraising]]

On May 29, 2022, one of the founders of the RationalWiki website indicated "Currently the donations we get are sparse... We have not done a donation drive in a long time and have not been self-supporting for over a year....".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:Site_support&diff=2457044&oldid=2457020 Difference between revisions of "RationalWiki talk:Site support", Revision as of 17:15, 29 May 2022 (edit) (undo)]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and charity]] and [[Atheist organizations and fundraising]] and [[Atheist fundraising vs. religious fundraising]]

In June of 2022, the RationalWiki admin [[GrammarCommie]] said that RationalWiki was "half dead".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2friedeggs&diff=prev&oldid=2460941 Revision as of 03:49, 10 June 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)</ref> In reply, the RationalWiki user 2friedeggs said:  "This site is dying for a reason" and he indicated that GrammarCommie was chasing good faith editors away.  In addition, in June of 2022, RationalWiki user Neiltyson1fan called RationalWiki a "[[zombie]] wiki".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2463835&oldid=2463826 Latest revision as of 10:07, 21 June 2022 (view source), Neiltyson1fan (talk | contribs)]</ref>  On August 15, 2022, RationalWiki User: [[KarmaPolice]] wrote concerning RationalWiki: "...it's quite possible that by say, 2030 the RW 'TimeCube' page may be *only* surviving record of it's existence."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2477921&oldid=2477918 Latest revision as of 19:08, 15 August 2022 (edit) (undo) KarmaPolice (talk | contribs)(→‎Rationalwiki should tone down on the snark.)]</ref>  On November 6, 2022, RationalWiki user Rairyu75 wrote: "See, what I'm trying to ask, in a really roundabout sort of way is... are you all confident this website will continue to exist? Not like into next week, or next month but like, next year, or 5 years from now? Cause I would kinda like to edit this place... and I just can't tell if it would be futile or not. Like fixing the engine of a car that's destined for the scrapheap. I just can't f@cking tell if one day, in the near future, I will type the URL into my search bar and I'll get nothing in response."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:RationalMedia_Foundation&diff=2499178&oldid=2494043 Revision as of 00:56, 6 November 2022 (edit) (undo) Rairyu75 (talk | contribs) (→‎You guys doing okay?: new section)]</ref>

In June of 2022, the RationalWiki admin [[GrammarCommie]] said that RationalWiki was "half dead".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2friedeggs&diff=prev&oldid=2460941 Revision as of 03:49, 10 June 2022 (edit) (undo) GrammarCommie (talk | contribs)</ref> In reply, the RationalWiki user 2friedeggs said:  "This site is dying for a reason" and he indicated that GrammarCommie was chasing good faith editors away.  In addition, in June of 2022, RationalWiki user Neiltyson1fan called RationalWiki a "[[zombie]] wiki".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation&diff=2463835&oldid=2463826 Latest revision as of 10:07, 21 June 2022 (view source), Neiltyson1fan (talk | contribs)]</ref>  On August 15, 2022, RationalWiki User: KarmaPolice wrote concerning RationalWiki: "...it's quite possible that by say, 2030 the RW 'TimeCube' page may be *only* surviving record of it's existence."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2477921&oldid=2477918 Latest revision as of 19:08, 15 August 2022 (edit) (undo) KarmaPolice (talk | contribs)(→‎Rationalwiki should tone down on the snark.)]</ref>  On November 6, 2022, RationalWiki user Rairyu75 wrote: "See, what I'm trying to ask, in a really roundabout sort of way is... are you all confident this website will continue to exist? Not like into next week, or next month but like, next year, or 5 years from now? Cause I would kinda like to edit this place... and I just can't tell if it would be futile or not. Like fixing the engine of a car that's destined for the scrapheap. I just can't f@cking tell if one day, in the near future, I will type the URL into my search bar and I'll get nothing in response."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:RationalMedia_Foundation&diff=2499178&oldid=2494043 Revision as of 00:56, 6 November 2022 (edit) (undo) Rairyu75 (talk | contribs) (→‎You guys doing okay?: new section)]</ref>

== RationalWiki and loss of Google referral web traffic ==

== RationalWiki and loss of Google referral web traffic ==