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Emily Blanchard Talent Acquisition Team Wikimedia Foundation eblanchard@wikimedia. <[email protected]>org Follow us on Twitter @wikimediaatwork http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home Become a Contributor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse Join Us: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Work_with_us Developers Join the Fun: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Communication *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share inthe sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!* On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Ivan Martínez <[email protected]> wrote: > > What a wonderful news, Megan! > We will sharing with our social media channels this inspiring quotes. > > 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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