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Ever wonder how Wikipedia can cover so many topics so well? |
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It’s almost impossible to believe that Wikipedia could exist -- with all content created entirely by volunteers. |
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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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The tech, personnel and legal infrastructure that supports it all is paid for by all these tiny little donations, just individuals giving {{AppealAmountSwitch|language=en|country={{{country}}}|amount=all|$5, €10, ¥1000}} or whatever they can. Please join us by pitching in now! |
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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 $5, $20 or $50. Please pitch in. |
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I’ve contributed to hundreds of articles about snails and other invertebrate animals. Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve been a total nerd about sea shells and land snails. They’re my passion. And on Wikipedia, I get to share my weird passion with the world. |
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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 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. |
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Wikipedia is truly staggering because it’s the 5th most consulted website in the world. Google might have close to a million servers. Wikipedia has only 679. Yahoo has something like 13,000 staff. Wikipedia? Just 95. |
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Wikipedia is the #5 site on the web and serves 450 million different people every month – with billions of page views. |
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Please donate today to protect and sustain Wikipedia. Do it for whatever weird thing you love. |
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Revision as of 21:35, 1 December 2011
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, $20 or $50. 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