Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia from the Wikimedia Foundation
I just donated to Wikipedia’s latest fund raising attempt. Being one of my primary resources for information, and an authority on almost any subject under, including and above the Sun, I feel the donation is well worth doing. I recommend anyone who can afford to make the donation and values the information and functionality Wikipedia provides, makes a donation, however small to the Wikimedia Foundation.
I donated £10.00 GBP, and received the following e-mail. I am tempted to donate more.
Dear Jordan,
Thank you for your gift of GBP 10.00 to the Wikimedia Foundation,
received on December 14, 2009.Your donation celebrates everything Wikipedia stands for: the power of
information, freedom, sharing, learning and discovery. Thank you so
much for helping keep Wikipedia freely available for its 330 million
readers around the world.Many people love Wikipedia, but surprisingly few know it’s run by a
non-profit. Please help us spread the word, by forwarding this e-mail
to a few of your friends.If you have questions about your donation, please send a message to
donate@wikimedia.org. To learn more about the Wikimedia Foundation,
visit our blog at http://blog.wikimedia.org/ or our website at
http://wikimediafoundation.org/. Or, follow us at
http://twitter.com/wikimedia, http://identi.ca//wikimedia, or
http://bit.ly/wikiFacebook.And again, thank you. I’m really, really happy to have
your help.Sincerely Yours,
Sue Gardner
Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation
When donating, you are asked to provide a public comment to go alongside the record of your donation if you so wish. I, along with many, took this opportunity to state my appreciation and thanks for Wikipedia project, and the Wikimedia Foundation in general.
I use Wikipedia almost daily. It is by far my most used Internet information resource.
