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2014-12-15 18:25 GMT-06:00 Megan Hernandez <[email protected]>: > > Hi everyone, > > We are two weeks into the English fundraising campaign. We've had > incredible support from our community of readers these past two weeks and > we are thankful to everyone who has contributed so far. > > We have raised roughly $18 million from 1.6 million readers since we > launched the campaign on December 2nd. This number is preliminary as > donations are still coming in and settling in our accounts. The team is on > track to reach the $20 million campaign goal this month. > > Banners have been showing to all readers these past two weeks. At this > point, we are starting to limit the number of banners each reader sees. We > will run the campaign at a higher traffic level again at the end of > December for a final year-end push. > > Thank you again for your support. I also want to thank everyone on the > fundraising team as well as staff and community members who have worked on > the campaign. We work incredibly hard throughout the entire year, but > there has been exceptional effort the last month. Thank you. > > One of my favorite parts about the campaign is reading the notes from our > readers. Please take a moment to read through some of these comments. And > thank you for making Wikipedia a treasured resource that people are happy > to support :) > > Quotes from Wikipedia readers: > > --I consider Wikipedia one of the few (the only?) big internet company who > are actually trustworthy. I value Wikipedia and I want to support it > > --Wikipedia is too valuable to be taken for granted. Donating is for me an > act of fairness, responsibility, and gratitude. > > --I read a comic about a Wikipedia-Comcast merger. It was terrifying. > > --Keep doing what you are doing. I love Wikipedia. My most visited site by > a mile. Any time I watch a new documentary, nature show, or read a book > about a topic I find fascinating, I always Wikipedia the information. > Irreplaceable! > > --It's so convenient to pop onto the computer (Wikipedia) and find out > almost anything I want to know. Sure beats the old encyclopedias I grew up > with. It's helpful with medical advice and also, at my age, when you can't > think of a name of somebody famous, etc. It makes life easier to find out > RIGHT NOW instead of waiting for your brain to compute the answer 3 days > later. > > --Very helpful! As a nursing student I frequently use Wikipedia to > reference science and engineering topics so I can get a deeper > understanding concepts and extra learning. Ilove it. As a young child in > the early 1960s I thought that computers were going to be giant machines > you could ask any question and get answers, Wikipedia is that machine! It's > wonderful! Just sharing. > > --It's 10pm and I have to write a history essay. I'd love to sit and tell > you about all the times Wikipedia saved my ass by giving me quick start > points on projects. I simply love Wikipedia, keep it up guys! :) > > --It can finish a debate in a couple of clicks > > --Reduces intellectual irritation: Whenever, I encounter a word I don't > know or am fuzzy about, I look it up on Wiki; whenever I need facts to > resolve a political, religious, scientific or technical question, Wiki is > there. > > --Once upon a time far far away I wanted a set of encyclopedias, but, alas > I could not afford them. Wikipedia now fills that void. > > --I visit and utilize Wikipedia multiple times every week, sometimes daily. > Going to Wikipedia has become second nature to me. It is synonymous with > knowledge - there's nothing more profound. I support it with the small > donations I can afford in the hope of setting an example, and so that > others may have the same opportunities I've had. > > --There have been so many ways that the internet has disappointed me in my > hopes that it would improve the human condition. However, there is this one > shining exception, and from my least expected source. Wikipedia is that > best thing that humanity has done with the internet, contributing to both a > common knowledge set and re-learning how to find areas of agreement with > others, instead of just shouting and not listening. > > --i use Wikipedia for 'fact checking" & naming space ships, realizing that > it still a secondary source... but trust the communal effort to gravitate > towards a mostly accurate "centerpoint". The Encyclopedia Galactica of > Trantor in the making...... > > --You've killed the "bar-gument" but that's okay, I'd prefer to be informed > rather than simply louder than the next guy. ;) > > --Most often I turn to Wiki in order to answer a question that my grandson > has asked about life, the universe and everything...in the old days we had > a kids' encyclopedia on the bookshelf, but it became outdated and Wiki has > taken its place. > > --I frequently look things up while watching TV or movies. For example, > while watching Mad Men, I have frequently looked up specific dates or > locations to learn more about what was happening as it was portrayed on the > show. I learned more about the Bay of Pigs, the Kennedy assassination, Viet > Nam, riots, music, movies and general culture of the period. I always know > I can count on Wikipedia to provide a thorough synopsis of whatever it is > I'm looking for. > > --Knowledge is the key to so many locks. Thank you > > --Wikipedia is kinda like having my mom sitting next to me when I was a > kid. She knew everything :) > > > > -- > > Megan Hernandez > > Director of Online Fundraising > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> -- *Atentamente:Iván MartínezCoordinadorWikimanía 2015http://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org <http://wikimedia.mx>Imagina un mundo en donde cada persona del planeta pueda tener acceso libre a la suma total del conocimiento humano. 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