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From Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales

I’m a volunteer.

I don’t get paid a cent for my work at Wikipedia, and neither do our thousands of other volunteer authors and editors. When I founded Wikipedia, I could have made it into a for-profit company with advertising banners, but I decided to do something different.

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. It is a unique human project, the first of its kind in history. It is a humanitarian project to bring a free encyclopedia to every single person on the planet.

Every single person.

If all of Wikipedia’s 400 million users would donate 1 Euro each, we would have 20 times the amount of money we need. We’re a small organization, and I’ve worked hard over the years to keep us lean and tight. We fulfill our mission, and leave waste to others.

To do this without resorting to advertising, we need you. It is you who keep this dream alive. It is you who have created Wikipedia. It is you who believe that a place of calm reflection and learning is worth having.

This year, please consider making a donation of 20, 35, 50 Euro or whatever you can to protect and sustain Wikipedia.

Thanks,

Jimmy Wales
Wikipedia Founder

Wikipedia should stay accessible for everyone and for free.

Of course, Wikipedia is not a 100% perfect substitute for lexica or other scientific research material, BUT it is a good source for common information.

Besides, in the long run, it could work as an encyclopedia of accurate information online.

Save paper prints of b-class sources, help to make wikipedia work.

Knowledge is for sharing. Please keep the service available to everyone in this world for free.

Agree? Be involved and donate!

https://spenden.wikimedia.de/spenden/spende.php

Yuna Cho