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== From Wikipedia author Susan Hewitt == |
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Google might have close to a million servers. Yahoo has something like 13,000 staff. Wikipedia only has 400 servers and 73 staff. |
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Ever wonder how Wikipedia can cover so many topics so well? |
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Wikipedia is the #5 site on the web and serves 454 million different people every month – all powered by donations from readers. |
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Ever since I was a girl, I’ve been a total nerd about seashells and snails. I’d bring home all sorts of creatures. My mother wasn’t too thrilled. I’ve contributed to hundreds of articles about gastropods. Now multiply that by 100,000 editors. That's how we got to 15 million articles. |
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For this to keep working, we volunteers need a stable infrastructure on which to work: servers, tech staff, a legal team to protect our independence and more. |
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I think people who benefit from it a lot, and can afford it, maybe would feel a moral obligation to kick in at least a couple bucks if they knew what was needed. |
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Wikipedia is the #5 website in the world, but its infrastructure is maintained by a small non-profit -- all paid for by donations, just individuals giving {{AppealAmountSwitch|language=en|country={{{country}}}|amount=all|$5, €10, ¥1000}}. Please pitch in. |
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How about pitching in a couple bucks today? – or 5 or 20! |
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Wikipedia works because there’s this unspoken light inside all of us that comes from the desire to help educate, to help share knowledge. And that’s what makes Wikipedia so magical. |
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Please keep this garden of knowledge growing by making a contribution today. |
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If you benefit from Wikipedia, please consider kicking in at least a small amount of cash to support it if you can. |
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Latest revision as of 20:15, 28 February 2019
From Wikipedia author Susan Hewitt
Ever wonder how Wikipedia can cover so many topics so well?
Ever since I was a girl, I’ve been a total nerd about seashells and snails. I’d bring home all sorts of creatures. My mother wasn’t too thrilled. I’ve contributed to hundreds of articles about gastropods. Now multiply that by 100,000 editors. That's how we got to 15 million articles.
For this to keep working, we volunteers need a stable infrastructure on which to work: servers, tech staff, a legal team to protect our independence and more.
Wikipedia is the #5 website in the world, but its infrastructure is maintained by a small non-profit -- all paid for by donations, just individuals giving $5, €10, ¥1000. Please pitch in.
Wikipedia works because there’s this unspoken light inside all of us that comes from the desire to help educate, to help share knowledge. And that’s what makes Wikipedia so magical.
If you stop and think for even a second, you’ll realize how fabulous it is to get this information without a paywall, and to not have to read ads. It’s like a voice of sanity in a crazy, consumerist world.
If you benefit from Wikipedia, please consider kicking in at least a small amount of cash to support it if you can.
Thanks,
Susan Hewitt
Wikipedia Author