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WIKIMEDIA (WIKIPEDIA) Message from Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia ... September 2022 Original article: Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess | ||
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Dear Peter,
My name is Jimmy Wales, and I'm the founder of Wikipedia. About a year ago, you donated $10 to keep Wikipedia online for yourself and millions of people around the world. You made a generous donation to Wikipedia from the email address peterbnyc@gmail.com. Each year, fewer than 2% of our readers choose to support our work, so I’m particularly grateful to special donors like you who give time and again. Regular donations are the lifeblood of our work. Thanks to you, Wikipedia delivers more knowledge to more readers every year.
Will you renew your solidarity with a $10 donation? We now accept, GPay, Amazon pay and Apple Pay!
This is awkward to admit, but I have to be honest: 98% of our readers don't give; they simply look the other way when we ask for an annual donation. We choose not to charge a subscription fee, but that doesn't mean we don't need support from our readers. We don't send a fundraising email every month. We respectfully ask for just one donation this year so that Wikipedia may continue to move forward and offer knowledge to the world.
If all our past donors gave a small amount today, our fundraiser would be over. Unfortunately, most people will ignore this message. We have no choice but to turn to you: please renew your gift to ensure that Wikipedia remains independent, ad-free, and thriving for years to come.
We're a non-profit. That means we aren't selling the articles that millions of people read on Wikipedia each day. We don't profit from the knowledge you seek. In fact, we firmly believe that knowledge should exist outside of the realm of supply and demand. That's hardly a given nowadays; so much of the world's digital knowledge is driven by profit.
Wikipedia is different in that it doesn't belong to the highest bidder, the advertisers, or corporations. It belongs to you, the readers, editors, and donors. You're our community, our family. You're the reason we exist. The fate of Wikipedia rests in your hands and we wouldn't have it any other way.
It's readers like you who safeguard our non-profit mission. You help us maintain our integrity, quality, and accessibility. Today, please consider giving again, or even increasing your gift, to keep Wikipedia free and independent.
Now is the time we ask: can we count on you to renew your solidarity with a small donation? It will keep Wikipedia online, ad-free, and growing for years to come.
https://donate.wikimedia.org
Thanks,
Jimmy Wales
Founder of Wikipedia
Renew your donation: $10
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42% of your gift will be used to sustain and improve Wikipedia and our other online free knowledge projects.
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31% of your gift will be used to support the volunteers who share their knowledge with you for free every day.
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