Copied from: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q4/Day_4 -------------------------------------------------------------

The equivalent of $12,735.50 USD was donated through PayPal on '''Day 4''' (Monday 19 December), making it the second most successful day so far in this drive! A total of 628 individual donations (the second highest) were made yielding an average donation of $20.28 (lowest average thus far).

Here is the PayPal breakdown for Day 4: AUD 429.03 (321.99 USD) CAD 823.33 (677.53 USD) EUR 2,297.97 (2,791.32 USD) GBP 578.73 (1,037.84 USD) JPY 17,274.00 (156.07 USD) USD 7,750.76 Total 12,735.50 USD

Copied from: http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/2005q4/index.php/2005-12-19/report/

==Selected donor comments== Let's all thank everybody who donated on this day by reading their comments.

:From: http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/2005q4/index.php/2005-12-19/detail/

Here are some examples that caught my eye: *"De plus en plus utile! Merci!" by Etienne Boucher *"Protect Our Free Speach" by anonymous *"Thank you for all the information (and fun) I've had from you" by Steve Czyrko *"Thank you so much for such a fantastic resource!" by Emily Gillis *"Wikipedia is the culmination of all that is good about the information age." by anonymous *"Wikipedia is one of the pillars of the egalitarian Internet" by Christian Cotichini *"Very happy to support this excellent project - User:Ianblair23" by IAN S BLAIR *"Wikipedia is the single greatest asset to knowledge on the Internet." by Adam Greenfield *"A small price compared to the priceless knowledge gained." by anonymous *"What a lovely place to get information." by anonymous *"Your site has become a treasure-trove of information for me. Please take this as a small token of my esteeem" by James Kamakahi *"I am proud to support the greatest learning resource on the web." by Simon Smith *"Human knowledge should not be subject to intimidation" by anonymous *"Was gut ist muß gut bleiben." by Ulf Kuessner *"Thank you for using the Internet for good." by anonymous *"Borg Lojasiewicz : Thank You to everyone who contributed to the expansion of my prosthetic mind." by wanda lojasiewicz *"Wikipedia has helped me many times in the past and I hope it will help me many times in the future." by Henrique Rodrigues *"This is truly a great resource that deserves community support. Let's keep it free for all who may seek knowledge and information." by John Woody *"The finest resource on the web." by Tvrtko Crnkovic-Dodig *"A buck a week! Well worth it." by John Hahn

My personal favorites: *"For the future" by Samuel Borgman *"Drop by drop the sea rises..." by Rene Rex *"It is a far better thing we do..." by Ian Yorston *"the light of truth can be hidden but not stopped" by Timothy Bates *"You make me look smart." by anonymous *"Merry Festivus!" by Chai Trakulthai

-- Daniel Mayer

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