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From: Siji Sunny <sijisunny@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers at mm.ilug-bom.org.in>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:38:23 +0530
Subject: [ILUG-BOM] A personal appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
I know every one might have read this since it's in wikipedia.So it's a
gentle reminder to all who hasn't contributed yet.
"Google might have close to a million servers. Yahoo has something like
13,000 staff. We have 679 servers and 95 staff.
Wikipedia is the #5 site on the web and serves 450 million different people
every month ? with billions of page views.
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.
When I founded Wikipedia, I could have made it into a for-profit company
with advertising banners, 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.
If everyone reading this donated ?100, we would only have to fundraise for
one day a year. But not everyone can or will donate. And that's fine. Each
year just enough people decide to give.
This year, please consider making a donation of ?100, ?200, ?300 or
whatever you can to protect and sustain Wikipedia.
Thanks,
*Jimmy Wales*
Wikipedia Founder
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Siji Sunny
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