leave waste to others = ? Does it mean "we (wiki) don't have waste then?"

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When I founded Wikipedia, I could have made it into a for-profit company with advertising banners, but I decided to do something different. We’ve worked hard over the years to keep it lean and tight. We fulfill our mission, and leave waste to others.

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They are a non profit. They don't sell advertising to sustain itself.

So they are fulfilling their "mission" and leaving all the advertising issues to other info sites.

Study their "mission" to fully understand this

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PUNKEY wrote:

They are a non profit. They don't sell advertising to sustain itself.

So they are fulfilling their "mission" and leaving all the advertising issues to other info sites.

Study their "mission" to fully understand this

The mission - improving knowledge and removing misunderstanding to build a civilized global society? In that case, advertising is waste here indeed.

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leave waste to others = ? Does it mean "we (wiki) don't have waste then?"

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