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== Wikipedia is still not on the market == |
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This is it. Just a few days left. |
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We’re at the time of year when people all over the world come together to sustain and protect Wikipedia. |
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Thank you for considering a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects. |
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If everyone reading this donated {{AppealAmountSwitch|language=en|country={{{country}}}|amount=$5|$5}}, we could end the fundraiser today. Not everyone can or will donate. And that’s fine, because each year just enough people support Wikipedia with a small donation. Please make a donation of {{AppealAmountSwitch|language=en|country={{{country}}}|amount=all|$5, €10, ¥1000}} or whatever you can to help us reach our goal before the end of the year. |
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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. |
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Google might have close to a million servers. Yahoo has something like 13,000 staff. We have 679 servers and 95 staff. |
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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. |
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Wikipedia is the #5 site on the web and serves 470 million different people every month – with billions of page views. |
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If Wikipedia has given you useful knowledge this year, please give back. There are no small contributions: every edit counts, every donation counts. |
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Commerce is fine. Advertising is not evil. But it doesn't belong here. Not in 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. |
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Thank you. |
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When I founded Wikipedia, I could have made it into a for-profit company with advertising, 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. |
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This year, please consider making a donation to protect and sustain Wikipedia. |
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Thanks, |
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'''Jimmy Wales''' <br/> |
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Wikipedia Founder |
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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.