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== Wikipedia is still not on the market ==
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Google and Yahoo have thousands of servers and staff people. We have about 800 servers and not quite 150 staff.
 
Thank you for considering a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects.
Wikipedia is the #5 site on the web and serves 450 million different people every month – with billions of page views.
Commerce is fine. Advertising is not evil. But it doesn't belong here. Not in Wikipedia.
 
We invite you to reflect on the number of times you visited Wikipedia in the past year. If the knowledge you gained here was valuable, please join the 2% of readers who donate to the nonprofit that supports Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is something special. It is like a library or a public park. It is like a temple for the mind. It is a place we can all go to think, to learn, to share our knowledge with others.
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.
 
It is hard to know what to trust online these days. Wikipedia is different: not perfect, but also not here to make a profit or to push a particular perspective. It is written by everyone, together, because they want to help create a free repository of high-quality information.
If everyone reading this donated {{AppealAmountSwitch|language=en|country={{{country}}}|amount=$5|$5}}, we would only have to fundraise for one day a year. But not everyone can or will donate. And that's fine. Each year just enough people decide to give.
 
If Wikipedia has given you useful knowledge this year, please give back. There are no small contributions: every edit counts, every donation counts.
This year, please consider making a donation of {{AppealAmountSwitch|language=en|country={{{country}}}|amount=all|$5, $20, $50}} or whatever you can to protect and sustain Wikipedia.
 
Thank you.
Thanks,
 
'''Jimmy Wales''' <br/>
Wikipedia Founder
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We are trying to make it easy for people in every country to donate. Please let us know how we could make it easier for you. Send your suggestions to: [mailto:problemsdonating@wikimedia.org problemsdonating@wikimedia.org].

Latest revision as of 17:28, 28 November 2023

Wikipedia is still not on the market

Thank you for considering a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects.

We invite you to reflect on the number of times you visited Wikipedia in the past year. If the knowledge you gained here was valuable, please join the 2% of readers who donate to the nonprofit that supports Wikipedia.

It is hard to know what to trust online these days. Wikipedia is different: not perfect, but also not here to make a profit or to push a particular perspective. It is written by everyone, together, because they want to help create a free repository of high-quality information.

If Wikipedia has given you useful knowledge this year, please give back. There are no small contributions: every edit counts, every donation counts.

Thank you.

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