[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : [Press Trust of India] : "India ranks number six in donation to Wikipedia/ Wikimedia"

[CherianTinu Abraham]

India's largest news agency "Press Trust of India" also wrote on this and it
was carried by other news channels
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*"India ranks number six in donation to Wikipedia/ Wikimedia"*

*Hindustan Times :*
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/675576.aspx
*Yahoo News *:
http://my.news.yahoo.com/india-ranks-number-six-donation-wikipedia-wikimedia-20110319-102400-717.html

*Zee News :* http://www.zeenews.com/news694431.html

*Nearly 10,488 people from India donated USD 193,657.88 to Wikimedia
Foundation/Wikimedia, during the annual fund raising making India as the
sixth large donor to the organisation. *
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*United States ranked first with 328691 donors donating USD 10,038,417.59,
according to Tinu Cherian, Wikipedian. *
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*In 2009/10, India ranked 16th in terms of donation with 2,956 individuals
from India donating USD 52,156.57. *
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*According to Arun Ramarathnam, Executive Commmittee member Wikimedia India
chapter" in my opinion most of the contributions possibly come from
readers" *
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*"I think the increased contributions this year was a welcome development",
he said. *
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*"I do believe it could be attributed to coverage in broadcast media, visits
to various places, proliferation of meetups across cities, increased
awareness. The Banner campaign on the Main page was very visible and had
excellent recall amongst users," he said. *
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*Ramarathnam also attributed it to Progressive increase in online
transactions in India. "I think contributions would get better if one could
use Online funds transfer from Bank accounts". *
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*The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit charitable organisation dedicated
to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free,
multilingual content, and for providing full content of these wiki-based
projects to the public free of charge. *
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*The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively
edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, a top-ten
internet property. *


Regards
Tinu Cherian
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