Note: the fund drive is already over
On Day 10 (Sunday 27 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) we made $4,062.10 (USD equivalent) through PayPal (completed payments only; no updates available for other sources at this time).
This is a decrease of 30.79% from Day 9 and represents 6.19% of total funds collected so far ($65,636.93 ; only counting full days) and 5.42% of our goal ($75,000). At the end of Day 10 we had reached 87.52% of our goal.
Day 10 Day 9 comparison Breakdown: PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change AUD 56.69 $44.81 $150.99 -70.32% CAD 191.76 $155.38 $217.95 -28.71% EUR 695.52 $909.18 $1,503.15 -39.51% GBP 287.38 $545.39 $901.66 -39.51% JPY 1850 $17.54 $153.99 -88.61% USD 2389.79 $2,389.79 $2,941.46 -18.75% PayPal total: $4,062.10 $5,869.19 -30.79% MoneyBookers no data $0.00 0.00% Mail/Post no data $0.00 0.00% TOTAL $4,062.10 $5,869.19 -30.79%
Grand totals so far (only counting complete days) PayPal USD equiv %GrandTotal AUD 1675.49 $1,324.47 2.02% CAD 3148.76 $2,551.44 3.89% EUR 16107.59 $21,055.84 32.08% GBP 3637.44 $6,903.13 10.52% JPY 156008.00 $1,478.80 2.25% USD 31526.55 $31,526.55 48.03% PayPal total: $64,840.24 Moneybookers: $426.69 0.65% Mail/Post $370.00 0.56% GRAND TOTAL $65,636.93 100.00% % toward goal 87.52%
For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1
Some selected comments from Day 10: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_10
"Wikipedia has been invaluable as a ready source of concise, (usually) accurate information. I only wish I had the means to give more." by Joe Vinson
"Continuemos, entre todos, por las licencias libres..." by Anonymous
"The most useful website of the net!" by Antonio Madonna
"Even though I've been pretty inactive, I'm still astounded at how Wikipedia continues to grow and thrive!" by Brian Corr
"Vive auto-organisation" by Carlos Oliveira Reis
"The Wikimedia Foundation is a very worthy project and a great benefit to the public. I'm honoured to contribute." by Casper Boden-Cummins
"This community project is a great example of how the internet should be used" by Anonymous
"Wikipedia ist etwas vom besten das ich je im Internet gefunden habe! " by Werner Kundert
"I really love this site" by Charles Reid
Some of my favorites:
"Knowlege and information are the only ways to avoid indoctrination, and this right should be free to everyone." by Eric Portelance
"Wikipedia will soon make dictionaries and encyclopediae a thing of the past. We must all nurture it in its fledgeling state!" by Jordan Borges
"Wikiversity is my passion" by Chris Burley
"Wikipedia is better than crack!" by Anonymous
"Education good" by Anonymous
"continuez !" by Anonymous
Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia CFO
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