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12-15-2009, 10:08 AM
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Goblin Swordman
In-Game Name: yummy
Current Level: skewl
Posts: 463
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Donate to wikipedia
if you've used it and loved it, it's time to show your appreciation.
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An appeal from Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales
Today, I am asking you to make a donation to support Wikipedia.
I started Wikipedia in 2001, and over the past eight years, I've been amazed and humbled to see hundreds of thousands of volunteers join with me to build the largest encyclopedia in human history.
Wikipedia isn't a commercial website. It's a community creation, entirely written and funded by people like you. More than 340 million people use Wikipedia every month - almost a third of the Internet-connected world. You are part of our community.
I believe in us. I believe that Wikipedia keeps getting better. That's the whole idea. One person writes something, somebody improves it a little, and it keeps getting better, over time. If you find it useful today, imagine how much we can achieve together in 5, 10, 20 years.
Wikipedia is about the power of people like us to do extraordinary things. People like us write Wikipedia, one word at a time. People like us fund it. It's proof of our collective potential to change the world.
We need to protect the space where this important work happens. We need to protect Wikipedia. We want to keep it free of charge and free of advertising. We want to keep it open – you can use the information in Wikipedia any way you want. We want to keep it growing – spreading knowledge everywhere, and inviting participation from everyone.
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization I created in 2003 to operate, grow, nurture, and protect Wikipedia. For ten million US dollars a year and with a staff of fewer than 35 people, it runs the fifth most-read website in the entire world. I'm asking for your help so we can continue our work.
Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet has free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s where we’re headed. And with your help, we will get there.
Thank you for using Wikipedia. You're part of this story: please make a donation today.
Jimmy Wales
Founder, Wikipedia
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Last edited by lamchopz; 12-16-2009 at 08:17 AM..
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12-16-2009, 08:19 AM
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Goblin Swordman
In-Game Name: yummy
Current Level: skewl
Posts: 463
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Updated with the formal statement from the CEO.
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12-16-2009, 01:32 PM
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Lizardman
In-Game Name: Jikanu
Current Level: 46
Server: Teva
Posts: 716
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Cool.
Also, long-time-no-see, lam.
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12-16-2009, 09:17 PM
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Blaaaaaah 2 u 2
In-Game Name: Hraesvelg
Current Level: 6X
Server: Teva
Posts: 1,960
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Can you imagine what wiki's bandwidth bills must look like?
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12-17-2009, 03:34 PM
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Goblin Swordman
In-Game Name: yummy
Current Level: skewl
Posts: 463
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Originally Posted by Jikanu
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Cool.
Also, long-time-no-see, lam.
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Indeed.
I don't come around here often any more. Hope life's been treating you well.
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