I have forwarded this to our list. Very motivational. :)
Thank you, Megan
2013/12/8 ENWP Pine deyntest...@hotmail.com
Thanks very much, Megan. It's very nice to hear this.
Pine
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 19:42:06 -0800
From: Megan Hernandez mhernan...@wikimedia.org
To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Readers love you
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Hi everyone,
Each year that we run the fundraiser, readers write in really lovely
notes.
Please take two minutes to listen to our readers.
Enjoy!
The story I like to tell is that whilst I had heard of Wikipedia but only
looked at it a few times thereafter, when the 2004 Tsunami occurred the
day
after Christmas, mainstream news organisations (TV, newspapers) were all
away from their offices. That day I turned to Wikipedia to try to
understand the scale of the event. It was Wiki editors 'on the ground'
that
created the sort of information and coverage usually considered the
province of rolling news organisations only. This I now dub my 'Wiki
Epiphany'.
Wikipedia is an amazing service. Almost always, I am able to find
information on subjects I am interested in. Thanks and Kudos to all staff
and volunteers!!
My world has been opened up time and time again by Wikipedia. From
studying
Detroit and computer programming to finding unbiased information on
America's history, Wikipedia has been a beacon of free speech and
information for over ten years. Sometimes, I just sit in awe of the fact
that the greatest accomplishment of man was assembled mostly by
volunteers,
people who just wanted to make the world a better place.
Its made life easier for me and expanded my knowledge by allowing me to
more easily find trusted and verified information on the internet. It
organizes all the noise out there on the web and gives a great concise to
the point fact summary of what I want to know. Thank you and thank you to
the millions of volunteer editors. Wikipedia is a necessity in my life
and
not just a luxury.
Wikipedia is a source of unbiased information. The caveats and notes from
the editors alert to questionable information. The links within the
articles are amazingly helpful and have led me on wonderful information
expeditions.
I'd like to thank the entire staff of wikipedia and its editors for my
high
school graduation.
It's impossible to put in words. I cannot imagine Planet Earth without it
[Wikipedia]. It has changed my life forever.
My 17 year old son uses you constantly. You have made him a smarter human
being.
You guys are ^^%$#* unbelievably awesome, keep it up!
web sites like Wikipedia are invaluable and I felt it my duty to try help
even if only a tad.
so much of the Internet has turned into self serving and unreliable
junque;
so I am very, very grateful for the Wiki resource.
I regard W as the best and most reliable source of information
available
anywhere. I don't know how you do it so please keep on with your
Excellence
}i{ That;s a butterfly for you
This is one of the best things on the internet. It goes back to the
original development of the internet and has remained ethical and true to
its origins. There appears to be no discrimination and it is available to
everyone at no cost.
I am 60 years old and I am still so cruious and interested in so many
things. Wikipedia gives me reasonable information whenever I may want it.
I use wikipedia all the time and credit it more toward my education than
college did!
It's nice to see humanity get together without any external forces for a
common good!
I am inspired by the high quality of Wikipedia and the high ideals of its
founder and its myriad contributors and editors. What a magnificent
collaborative human achievement you are building!
It has simultaneously answered and given me more questions than I can
comprehend.
This represents to me what college should be like. Free and collective
knowledge by and for all.
When I want to know something, I google it and 99% of the time Wikipedia
has what I want to know. Even drinking arguments, about what Biff from
Back
to the Future is doing now, are solved by Wikipedia. It's all there.
Without Wikipedia I would be about 30% less intelligent. :(
it is like a gift from the gods of knowledge
I am a teacher and a writer, and I am amazed how often Wikipedia is
useful
to me. I consider Wikipedia to be one of the great democratic projects
maybe ever, and it is one of the reasons why I try to stay optimistic
about
the world. Thank you.
I honestly feel like the next generation of humans in general, will be
much
smarter than the previous because of this site. Well, at least they will
know a whole lot more
