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Wikipedia Founder Releases Personal Appeal

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the give-the-gift-of-knowledge dept.

brian0918 writes "In an apparent reply to the low turnout for their fourth quarter fundraiser, Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales has just released a personal appeal for donations to the Wikimedia Foundation. 'Wikipedia is soon to enter our 6th year online, and I want to take a moment to ask you for your help in continuing our mission. Wikipedia is facing new challenges and encountering new opportunities, and both are going to require major funds.'" The fund drive will run until Friday, January 6th.

8 of 444 comments (clear)

  1. Donate, I did! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I made a genarous donation.

    Then I went back and edited it. Now Wikipedia owes me money!

    1. Re:Donate, I did! by eclectro · · Score: 3, Funny

      you will honestly need the money to finish College first.

      Gee, what college sent you the mail-order degree? He should graduate from the eighth grade first.

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  2. Fund-raising suggestion by Tsar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps he should call well-known philanthropist and First Amendment Center founder John Seigenthaler and ask him to help spread the word!

  3. Jan 6th? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The fund drive will run until Friday, January 6th.

    Why do fund drives have a time limit? What, are they going to reject donations on the 7th?

  4. Re:How can they survive non-commercially? by ceejayoz · · Score: 4, Funny

    And what else is rising? Oh, right, article count.

  5. I donated 2 cents by Millenniumman · · Score: 3, Funny
    I donated $0.02. For my comment I wrote: "Here's my two cents."

    I think I'm funny.

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  6. Re:Low turnout? Shortfall? by brian0918 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "And I hope to win the lottery. But hopes are not expectations."

    Quite the rebuttal.

  7. Editing the budget? by MattWhitworth · · Score: 2, Funny

    The worrying thing is that I can edit the next quarter's budget - perhaps putting 'Ferrari for Jimbo Wales' as one of the items. Not a good idea I don't think!