Numbers have been updated and corrected.
On Day 4 (Monday 21 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) we made $6,287.52 (USD equivalent) through PayPal (no updates available for other sources at this time). This is a decrease of -20.23% from Day 3 but still does represent 18.15% of total funds collected so far ($34,648.06 ; only counting full days) and 8.38% of our goal ($75,000).
Remarkably, the rate of donations were not too adversely affected by the downtime on Monday. Since the donation forms were not available during a large part of the downtime, I can only guess that people remembered our PayPal account name.
Donations did significantly increase soon after a Slashdot story about the downtime was released (9:28PM, EST on Monday), forcing us to move the backup donation page once the Slashdot Effect brought down the website hosting it (http://wikisearch.org ; Sorry about that Angela).
NOTE: Pending transactions are also included in the below numbers (some of them will likely turn out to be canceled)
Day 4 Day 3 comparison Breakdown: PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change AUD 29.68 $23.46 $330.90 -92.91% CAD 750.35 $608.01 $238.93 154.48% EUR 1410.77 $1,844.16 $2,755.66 -33.08% GBP 315.19 $598.17 $696.89 -14.17% JPY 8082 $76.61 $198.96 -61.50% USD 3137.11 $3,137.11 $3,596.33 -12.77% PayPal total: $6,287.52 $7,817.66 -19.57% MoneyBookers no data $64.00 -100.00% TOTAL $6,287.52 $7,881.66 -20.23%
Grand totals so far (only counting complete days) PayPal USD equiv %GrandTotal AUD 1154.78 $912.85 2.63% CAD 1685.27 $1,365.57 3.94% EUR 9390.42 $12,275.16 35.43% GBP 1637.47 $3,107.59 8.97% JPY 90304 $855.99 2.47% USD 15704.20 $15,704.20 45.32% PayPal total: $34,221.37 Moneybookers: $426.69 1.23% GRAND TOTAL $34,648.06 100.00% % toward goal 46.20%
For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1
Some selected comments from Day 4: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_4
"I use Wiki - I have to pay for it !" by Immo Wetzel
"You have aided me countless times in my academic pursuits in math, science, and the humanities. I can't thank you guys enough." by Laura Napolitano
"Wiki is the future!" by Christoph Burschka
"Wikipedia is in my opinion one of the most noble collective human endeavours underway in the world today. Thank you so much for contributing to society with your wonderful website. I love it and abide" by Matthew Barba
"Wikimedia Rocks!" by Jasmeet Singh
"I have always had a thirst for knowledge, and this project does more than quench it. I am happy to donate." by Matthew Gluesenkamp
"Cheaper than cable" by Anonymous
Some of my favorites:
"Spread your Squids around the world. And use cached pages for logged in users as well. Fix those and I'll be happy as a [[clam]]. Good job so far!!!" by Rami Lehti
"A small price to pay for a project like this. But get a move on with all those ambitious plans for paper versions. Most of the world doesn't have computers." by Anonymous
"The Wikimedia Foundations is an acheivement of great proportions spreading the one firm truth that information is truly free. Thank you." by Siddharth Bhansali
"Help preserve the sum total of human knowledge for less than the price of two Caramel Frappuccinos. Wikipedia is not only fat-free and carbohydrate-free, it will never go straight to your hips!" by Jonet Greene
"Give Wiki a boost!!" by Kiminori Noma
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On Day 5 (Tuesday 22 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) we made $6,704.38 (USD equivalent) through PayPal (completed payments only; no updates available for other sources at this time). This is a increase of 6.63% from Day 4 and represents 16.21% of total funds collected so far ($$41,352.44 ; only counting full days) and 8.94% of our goal ($75,000).
All Wikimedia sites were either down or slow and read-only for most of the day.
Day 5 Day 4 comparison Breakdown: PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change AUD 42.22 $33.37 $23.46 42.25% CAD 287.30 $232.80 $608.01 -61.71% EUR 953.10 $2,553.09 $1,844.16 38.44% GBP 313.77 $595.47 $598.17 -0.45% JPY 13792 $130.73 $76.61 70.65% USD 3158.91 $3,158.91 $3,137.11 0.69% PayPal total: $6,704.38 $6,287.52 6.63% MoneyBookers no data $0.00 -na- TOTAL $6,704.38 $6,287.52 6.63%
NOTE: Pending transactions are also included in the below numbers (some of them will likely turn out to be canceled)
Grand totals so far (only counting complete days) PayPal USD equiv %GrandTotal AUD 1197.00 $946.23 2.29% CAD 1972.57 $1,598.37 3.87% EUR 11343.52 $14,828.25 35.86% GBP 1951.24 $3,703.06 8.95% JPY 104096 $986.73 2.39% USD 18863.11 $18,863.11 45.62% PayPal total: $40,925.75 Moneybookers: $426.69 1.03% GRAND TOTAL $41,352.44 100.00% % toward goal 55.14%
For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1
Some selected comments from Day 5: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_5
"The best site to arise from the internet: free access to all human knowledge" by Raymond Hill
"Wikipedia is my homepage. I learn something new everyday." by Anonymous
"Knowledge should be free, and that is what Wikipedia is about!" by Hendrik Richter
"I wikipedia now instead of google my searches." by Michael Patronik
"as an international student in sweden where books are expensive, this free library is wondeful" by Florian Gruenke
"just a small token of appreciation for SUCH a wonderful group of resources" by Anonymous
"Wikipedia is the most informative website I have ever been to" by Timothy Oster
"Hopefully this can help prevent future outages! Keep up the great work, from everyone at tp.org!" by Joseph Moran
"Wikimedia is entertaining, reliable and important. Thank you." by Anonymous
"Thanks Wikipedia. You're my favourite website." by Oliver Kiehl
"Nice work to all involved behind the scenes!" by Anonymous
"Wikipedia is a shining example of the power and durability of the original Internet spirit: preserving and extending the commons." by Fergus O'Reilly
"image is nothing, thirst for knowledge is everything" by Anonymous
"Wikimedia projects: the 8th wonder of the world, thanks !" by Francois Schnell
"I'd rather read Wikipedia than my college text books." by William Rose
Some of my favorites:
"i just found this place out! and hell yes i'll support this!" by Don Nguyen
"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty." by Izaro Lopez-Garcia
"You guys rock. We use MediaWiki software for our wiki and love it. Thanks for making our dream project possible." by Jack Herrick
"If you use it, and you can afford it, you SHOULD pay for it." by Tucker Lentz
"Brilliant" by Anonymous
Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia CFO
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"Für ein freies Internet! Danke an alle Schreiberlinge!" - Stefan Noll "Wissen ist Macht, Unwissenheit ein Segen nur manchmal. Vielen Dank für Eure Arbeit Jungs und Maedels! Geniale Arbeit die Ihr da leistet! Gruss crazy Oleg" - Oleg Savschouk "Für ein lohnenswertes Projekt, auch wenn es einige Macken hat." - Valentin Abgottspon "Wiki ist die meist zitierte Quelle meiner FBA. Ohne euch hätte ich meine Matura nicht schaffen können. Wissen ist Macht! Freies Wissen stärkt die Demokratie! Leider kann ein Schüler nicht mehr geb" - Anon
(only german today? hmm)
Mark
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:43:07 -0800 (PST), Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com wrote:
On Day 5 (Tuesday 22 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) we made $6,704.38 (USD equivalent) through PayPal (completed payments only; no updates available for other sources at this time). This is a increase of 6.63% from Day 4 and represents 16.21% of total funds collected so far ($$41,352.44 ; only counting full days) and 8.94% of our goal ($75,000).
All Wikimedia sites were either down or slow and read-only for most of the day.
Day 5 Day 4 comparison Breakdown: PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change AUD 42.22 $33.37 $23.46 42.25% CAD 287.30 $232.80 $608.01 -61.71% EUR 953.10 $2,553.09 $1,844.16 38.44% GBP 313.77 $595.47 $598.17 -0.45% JPY 13792 $130.73 $76.61 70.65% USD 3158.91 $3,158.91 $3,137.11 0.69% PayPal total: $6,704.38 $6,287.52 6.63%
MoneyBookers no data $0.00 -na-
TOTAL $6,704.38 $6,287.52 6.63%NOTE: Pending transactions are also included in the below numbers (some of them will likely turn out to be canceled)
Grand totals so far (only counting complete days)
PayPal USD equiv %GrandTotal AUD 1197.00 $946.23 2.29% CAD 1972.57 $1,598.37 3.87% EUR 11343.52 $14,828.25 35.86% GBP 1951.24 $3,703.06 8.95% JPY 104096 $986.73 2.39% USD 18863.11 $18,863.11 45.62% PayPal total: $40,925.75
Moneybookers: $426.69 1.03%
GRAND TOTAL $41,352.44 100.00%
% toward goal 55.14%
For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1
Some selected comments from Day 5: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_5
"The best site to arise from the internet: free access to all human knowledge" by Raymond Hill
"Wikipedia is my homepage. I learn something new everyday." by Anonymous
"Knowledge should be free, and that is what Wikipedia is about!" by Hendrik Richter
"I wikipedia now instead of google my searches." by Michael Patronik
"as an international student in sweden where books are expensive, this free library is wondeful" by Florian Gruenke
"just a small token of appreciation for SUCH a wonderful group of resources" by Anonymous
"Wikipedia is the most informative website I have ever been to" by Timothy Oster
"Hopefully this can help prevent future outages! Keep up the great work, from everyone at tp.org!" by Joseph Moran
"Wikimedia is entertaining, reliable and important. Thank you." by Anonymous
"Thanks Wikipedia. You're my favourite website." by Oliver Kiehl
"Nice work to all involved behind the scenes!" by Anonymous
"Wikipedia is a shining example of the power and durability of the original Internet spirit: preserving and extending the commons." by Fergus O'Reilly
"image is nothing, thirst for knowledge is everything" by Anonymous
"Wikimedia projects: the 8th wonder of the world, thanks !" by Francois Schnell
"I'd rather read Wikipedia than my college text books." by William Rose
Some of my favorites:
"i just found this place out! and hell yes i'll support this!" by Don Nguyen
"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty." by Izaro Lopez-Garcia
"You guys rock. We use MediaWiki software for our wiki and love it. Thanks for making our dream project possible." by Jack Herrick
"If you use it, and you can afford it, you SHOULD pay for it." by Tucker Lentz
"Brilliant" by Anonymous
Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia CFO
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On Day 6 (Wednesday 23 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) we made $5,197.09 (USD equivalent) through a combination of PayPal (completed payments only) and mail donations (no updates available for other sources at this time).
This is a decrease of 22.48% from Day 5 and represents 11.16% of total funds collected so far ($46,474.53 ; only counting full days) and 6.93% of our goal ($75,000). At the end of Day 6 we had reached 62.07% of our goal.
We were continuing to have server issues on Day 6. See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/February_2005_server_crash for details (if you can access that page)
Day 6 Day 5 comparison Breakdown: PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change AUD 60.71 $47.99 $33.37 43.79% CAD 173.29 $140.42 $232.80 -39.68% EUR 1143.72 $1,495.07 $2,553.09 -41.44% GBP 447.17 $848.64 $595.47 42.52% JPY 19582 $185.62 $130.73 41.98% USD 2404.35 $2,404.35 $3,158.91 -23.89% PayPal total: $5,122.09 $6,704.38 -23.60% MoneyBookers no data no data -na- Mail/Post $75.00 no data 100.00% TOTAL $5,197.09 $6,704.38 -22.48%
Grand totals so far (only counting complete days) PayPal USD equiv %GrandTotal AUD 1257.71 $994.22 2.14% CAD 2145.86 $1,738.79 3.74% EUR 12487.24 $16,323.32 35.07% GBP 2398.41 $4,551.70 9.78% JPY 123678 $1,172.34 2.52% USD 21267.46 $21,267.46 45.69% PayPal total: $46,047.84 Moneybookers: $426.69 0.92% Mail/Post $75.00 0.16% GRAND TOTAL $46,549.53 100.00% % toward goal 62.07%
For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1
Some selected comments from Day 6: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_6
"power to the pedia!" by Anonymous
"Super Site!" by Urs Schwerzmann
"A most delightful time waster!" by Shreesh Taskar
"Que viva la educacion gratuita" by Dennis Salcedo
"My first stop when I want to get started on a new topic." by Joel Gilmore
"I use wiki's nearly every day, thank you for your service hopefully my small contribution will increase when i get out of college! :)" by Anonymous
"Symbolic gesture of appreciation. Wikipedia is important." by Thomas Herzog
"Thanks for all the hard work everyone has put into this project." by Steven Schulz
"After learning so much from your site, I owe you at least this. (Woooo! Cheaper than college!)" by Anonymous
"What a great idea. Probably the most useful site on the Internet for a poor college student like me." by David Klorig
"For the fundraiser; Get better response times, please!" by David Barbour
Some of my favorites:
"Wisdom of the Crowds rules the Long Tail" by Anonymous
"Once in a lifetime someone comes up with a great idea that improves the democracy of ideas (PI)" by Anonymous
"A better world is possible -- and this is an example of that better world" by grupoHuracan Corporation
"If you believe, like me, that this sort of thing is the future, then you are obligated to contribute. I am happy to do so." by Anonymous
"wikipedia has saved my ass more times than id like to admit" by Louise Noble
"Where would the world be without Wikimedia?" by Emily Baker
"The Bear wishes you well" by Anonymous
"thanks for wikipedia. the revolution will be wikified." by Jeremy Friedman
"Bravo" by Anonymous
Oh, and:
"Can I make it to mav's favorites? ;-)" by Anonymous (well, almost :)
Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia CFO
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Minor error (not worth a full repost)
In the second paragraph I mistakingly gave the grand total minus mail donations. That figure should be $46,549.53 *not* $46,474.53
-- mav
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On Day 7 (Thursday 24 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) we made $$5,421.02 (USD equivalent) through a combination of PayPal (completed payments only) and mail donations (no updates available for other sources at this time).
This is a decrease of 5.84% from Day 6 and represents 10.43% of total funds collected so far ($51,970.55 ; only counting full days) and 7.23% of our goal ($75,000). At the end of Day 6 we had reached 69.29% of our goal.
For information on our recent server issues see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/February_2005_server_crash
Day 7 Day 6 comparison Breakdown: PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change AUD 76.00 $60.08 $47.99 25.19% CAD 320.73 $259.89 $140.42 85.08% EUR 1045.41 $1,366.56 $1,495.07 -8.60% GBP 353.22 $670.34 $848.64 -21.01% JPY 10455 $99.10 $185.62 -46.61% USD 2670.05 $2,670.05 $2,404.35 11.05% PayPal total: $5,126.02 $5,122.09 0.08% MoneyBookers no data $0.00 0.00% Mail/Post $295.00 $75.00 293.33% TOTAL $5,421.02 $5,122.09 5.84%
Grand totals so far (only counting complete days) PayPal USD equiv %GrandTotal AUD 1333.71 $1,054.30 2.03% CAD 2466.59 $1,998.68 3.85% EUR 13532.65 $17,689.88 34.04% GBP 2751.63 $5,222.04 10.05% JPY 134133 $1,271.45 2.45% USD 23937.51 $23,937.51 46.06% PayPal total: $51,173.86 Moneybookers: $426.69 0.82% Mail/Post $370.00 0.71% GRAND TOTAL $51,970.55 100.00% % toward goal 69.29%
For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1
Some selected comments from Day 7: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_7
"To prevent commercialization of knowledge" by Anonymous
"Great site: my favourite and most visited since using the internet!" by Andrew O'Callaghan
"this site embodies the progressive possibilities of the internet" by Anonymous
"The best purpose for donation I can think of." by Anonymous
"Keep up the good work! It will forces the other encyclopedies to evolve: and the user will get a double benefit: a good wikipedia, and better Encarta and others encyclopedies..." by Anonymous
"This is the first time I have donated on line. You should be very proud of what you have created." by Anonymous
"Wikimedia, a terrific open source project of knowledge" by Alexander Orlov
"here's to FDLing all the knowledge in da universe! keep up the good work :-)" by Anonymous
"detailed relevant answsers to my off the cuff technical questions. thank you." by David McMillan
"Pour une encyclopedie si utile." by Gabriel D. Matthews
"Long Live Freedom" by Anonymous
"Astonishingly useful!" by Navarro Parker
Some of my favorites:
"I love philanthropy" by Anonymous
"Because I owe Dysprosia 5$" by Jonathan Cary
"This is Harry donating to Wikimedia. I come here everyday and I think that it is important to support this foundation." by Robert Gilbert
"Testing paypal script, more donations to come, I promise!" x 3 by Michael Becker
"Wikipedia helps me drop clue bombs on people." by Michael Styne
"I love the sound of the click as I point my wallet at worthy causes." by Jeremy Smith
"Onwards and upwards!" by Yuri Astrakhan
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On Day 7 (Thursday 24 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) we made $$5,421.02 (USD equivalent) through a combination of PayPal (completed payments only) and mail donations (no updates available for other sources at this time).
This is a decrease of 5.84% from Day 6 and represents 10.43% of total funds collected so far ($51,970.55 ; only counting full days) and 7.23% of our goal ($75,000). At the end of Day 6 we had reached 69.29% of our goal.
For information on our recent server issues see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/February_2005_server_crash
Day 7 Day 6 comparison Breakdown: PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change AUD 76.00 $60.08 $47.99 25.19% CAD 320.73 $259.89 $140.42 85.08% EUR 1045.41 $1,366.56 $1,495.07 -8.60% GBP 353.22 $670.34 $848.64 -21.01% JPY 10455 $99.10 $185.62 -46.61% USD 2670.05 $2,670.05 $2,404.35 11.05% PayPal total: $5,126.02 $5,122.09 0.08% MoneyBookers no data $0.00 0.00% Mail/Post $295.00 $75.00 293.33% TOTAL $5,421.02 $5,122.09 5.84%
Grand totals so far (only counting complete days) PayPal USD equiv %GrandTotal AUD 1333.71 $1,054.30 2.03% CAD 2466.59 $1,998.68 3.85% EUR 13532.65 $17,689.88 34.04% GBP 2751.63 $5,222.04 10.05% JPY 134133 $1,271.45 2.45% USD 23937.51 $23,937.51 46.06% PayPal total: $51,173.86 Moneybookers: $426.69 0.82% Mail/Post $370.00 0.71% GRAND TOTAL $51,970.55 100.00% % toward goal 69.29%
For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1
Some selected comments from Day 7: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_7
"To prevent commercialization of knowledge" by Anonymous
"Great site: my favourite and most visited since using the internet!" by Andrew O'Callaghan
"this site embodies the progressive possibilities of the internet" by Anonymous
"The best purpose for donation I can think of." by Anonymous
"Keep up the good work! It will forces the other encyclopedies to evolve: and the user will get a double benefit: a good wikipedia, and better Encarta and others encyclopedies..." by Anonymous
"This is the first time I have donated on line. You should be very proud of what you have created." by Anonymous
"Wikimedia, a terrific open source project of knowledge" by Alexander Orlov
"here's to FDLing all the knowledge in da universe! keep up the good work :-)" by Anonymous
"detailed relevant answsers to my off the cuff technical questions. thank you." by David McMillan
"Pour une encyclopedie si utile." by Gabriel D. Matthews
"Long Live Freedom" by Anonymous
"Astonishingly useful!" by Navarro Parker
Some of my favorites:
"I love philanthropy" by Anonymous
"Because I owe Dysprosia 5$" by Jonathan Cary
"This is Harry donating to Wikimedia. I come here everyday and I think that it is important to support this foundation." by Robert Gilbert
"Testing paypal script, more donations to come, I promise!" x 3 by Michael Becker
"Wikipedia helps me drop clue bombs on people." by Michael Styne
"I love the sound of the click as I point my wallet at worthy causes." by Jeremy Smith
"Onwards and upwards!" by Yuri Astrakhan
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On Day 8 (Friday 25 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) we made $3,735.10 (USD equivalent) through PayPal (completed payments only; no updates available for other sources at this time).
This is a decrease of 27.13% from Day 7 and represents 6.71% of total funds collected so far ($55,705.64 ; only counting full days) and 4.98% of our goal ($75,000). At the end of Day 8 we had reached 74.27% of our goal.
For information on our recent server issues see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/February_2005_server_crash
Day 8 Day 7 comparison Breakdown: PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change AUD 94.09 $74.38 $60.08 23.80% CAD 221.44 $179.43 $259.89 -30.96% EUR 729.52 $953.63 $1,366.56 -30.22% GBP 123.32 $234.04 $670.34 -65.09% JPY 3780 $35.83 $99.10 -63.85% USD 2257.79 $2,257.79 $2,670.05 -15.44% PayPal total: $3,735.10 $5,126.02 -27.13% MoneyBookers no data $0.00 0.00% Mail/Post no data $295.00 -100.00% TOTAL $3,735.10 $5,126.02 -27.13%
Grand totals so far (only counting complete days) PayPal USD equiv %GrandTotal AUD 1427.80 $1,128.68 2.03% CAD 2688.03 $2,178.11 3.91% EUR 14262.17 $18,643.51 33.47% GBP 2874.95 $5,456.08 9.79% JPY 137913 $1,307.28 2.35% USD 26195.30 $26,195.30 47.02% PayPal total: $54,908.95 Moneybookers: $426.69 0.77% Mail/Post $370.00 0.66% GRAND TOTAL $55,705.64 100.00% % toward goal 74.27%
For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1
Some selected comments from Day 8: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_8
"You guys are fantastic! Keep up the good work" by World of Worlds
"Wikipedia is a great info source, but it needs more bandwidth!" by David Chipman
"A great site! My kids love it and use it often" by Anonymous
"Pour un savoir commun, libre et gratuit." by Anonymous
"I am an information addict because of you wikipedia. I love you." by Anonymous
"La informacion quiere ser libre" by Paredes Olay Francisco Javier
"Small price to pay to keep knowledge free... and reduce my cynicism!" by Anonymous
"I am so grateful for your wonderful site." by Anonymous
"Wikimedia is doing GREAT things, I'm proud to support them." by Jeff Moats
"weiter so !" by Anonymous
"I really enjoy using your site. As an educator it is a excellent resource and use it all the time." by Howard Sims
"We love Wikipedia! Thank you for making knowledge so accessible!" by John Noe
"You are the best!" by Rodrigo Ventura
"vive le libre =)" by Le bisou
Some of my favorites:
"Without doubt this is one of the few sites that make the internet worthwhile." by Nicholas Penney
"Wikimedia is the epitome of what the Internet should be: For the public, By the public." by Ezra Pincus-Roth
"Wikipedia is the best source of quality information I have ever found in my extensive use of the Internet. My gratitude to everyone's contributions to the content that makes this a wonderful success." by Anonymous
"you keep it free and unbiased and i'll be contributing double every drive." by Anonymous
"This is the future." by David Altman
"Go baby go, go!" by Anonymous
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On Day 9 (Saturday 26 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) we made $5,869.19 (USD equivalent) through PayPal (completed payments only; no updates available for other sources at this time).
This is an increase of 57.14% from Day 8 and represents 10.54% of total funds collected so far ($61,574.83 ; only counting full days) and 7.83% of our goal ($75,000). At the end of Day 9 we had reached 82.10% of our goal.
Day 9 Day 8 comparison Breakdown: PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change AUD 191.00 $150.99 $74.38 103.00% CAD 268.97 $217.95 $179.43 21.46% EUR 1149.90 $1,503.15 $953.63 57.62% GBP 475.11 $901.66 $234.04 285.27% JPY 16245 $153.99 $35.83 329.76% USD 2941.46 $2,941.46 $2,257.79 30.28% PayPal total: $5,869.19 $3,735.10 57.14% MoneyBookers no data $0.00 0.00% Mail/Post no data $0.00 0.00% TOTAL $5,869.19 $3,735.10 57.14%
Grand totals so far (only counting complete days) PayPal USD equiv %GrandTotal AUD 1618.80 $1,279.66 2.08% CAD 2957.00 $2,396.06 3.89% EUR 15412.07 $20,146.66 32.72% GBP 3350.06 $6,357.74 10.33% JPY 154158.00 $1,461.26 2.37% USD 29136.76 $29,136.76 47.32% PayPal total: $60,778.14 Moneybookers: $426.69 0.69% Mail/Post $370.00 0.60% GRAND TOTAL $61,574.83 100.00% % toward goal 82.10%
For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1
Some selected comments from Day 9: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_9
"Very handy resource, keep up the great work." by Anonymous
"Gladly support the Great Wikipedia Project" by Grant Slater
"I teach history and geography and use Wikipedia weekly. Excellent, easy to access source of information." by Tom Gleason
"Viva la information revolution!" by Anonymous
"Great public project. Everyone should contribute financially and with their editing efforts" by Bernard Farrell
"Das ist echte Wissens-Allmende!" by Adolf J Winterer
"Wikipedia is an invaluable research tool." by Anonymous
"Nothing compares to Wikipedia. It's the greatest informer." by Niels Buus
"A shining example of what the net is really all about." by William Finley
"MY COLLEGE STUDENTS DEPEND ON WIKIPEDIA; I so appreciate its well researched articles on musical genres, especially" by Anonymous
"Keep it free & non-biased high quality!" by Anonymous
"I sent $1200 during your last fundraising drive. Here's $50 more for good measure. Enjoy, and keep up the good work! Thanks, -David" by Anonymous
"By the people for the people" by Andrew Black
Some of my favorites:
"because freedom isn't free" by Anonymous
"De omni re scibili et quibusdam aliis." by Berteun Damman
"Love the site, hope you reach your goal easily and then some" by Mark Bullard Jr
"Keep it Going. the records of the passage of time and events are no less important than food and drink." by Zia imaging
"Oh all the services out there on the internet, I think this is one of the most deserving of support. Thanks, very much!" by Michael Bierschenk
"...Wikipedia has already supplanted the great Encyclopedia Galactica as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom..." (with apologies to Douglas Adams)" by Christopher Allen
"Ciao" by Anonymous
Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia CFO
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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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Note: the fund drive is already over
On Day 11 (Monday 28 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) $19,926.59 (USD equivalent) was added to our running total. This brings us well past our fund drive goal of $75,000 and thus Day 11 is the last day of the fund drive.
$7,017.15 were added through PayPal (completed payments only) and $12,909.44 were reported from Wikimedia Deutschland (this includes donations from the 18th to the 25th to Wikimedia Deutschland; actual amount reported was 9777.66 Euros). No updates were available for other sources at this time.
This is an increase of 390.55% from Day 10 and represents 23.29% of total funds collected so far ($85,563.52 ; only counting full days). At the end of Day 10 we had reached 114.08% of our goal. Additional updates are needed before a final grand total can be reported.
Day 11 Day 10 comparison Breakdown: PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change AUD 258.55 $204.38 $44.81 356.08% CAD 222.37 $180.19 $155.38 15.96% EUR 1170.84 $1,530.52 $909.18 68.34% GBP 123.58 $234.53 $545.39 -57.00% JPY 50904 $482.52 $17.54 2651.57% USD 4385.01 $4,385.01 $2,389.79 83.49% PayPal total: $7,017.15 $4,062.10 72.75% MoneyBookers no data $0.00 0.00% Mail/Post no data $0.00 0.00% Wikimedia Deut. $12,909.44 TOTAL $19,926.59 $4,062.10 390.55%
Grand totals so far (only counting complete days) PayPal USD equiv %GrandTotal AUD 1934.04 $1,528.86 1.79% CAD 3371.13 $2,731.63 3.19% EUR 17278.43 $22,586.36 26.40% GBP 3761.02 $7,137.66 8.34% JPY 206912.00 $1,961.32 2.29% USD 35911.56 $35,911.56 41.97% PayPal total: $71,857.39 Moneybookers: $426.69 0.50% Mail/Post $370.00 0.43% Wikimedia Deut. $12,909.44 100.00% GRAND TOTAL $85,563.52 % toward goal 114.08% For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1
Some selected comments from Day 11: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_11
"Wikipedia is second only to Google for seeking information on the web" by The MUD Companion
"Please accept this small donation as an appreciation of the excellent service you provide. I sincerely hope you are able to raise the funds you need." by Martin Giddings
"La connaissance c'est le pouvoir, la rendre publique et gratuite c'est donner le pouvoir au peuple. " by Em Hunter
"this site has saved my butt on any number of academic occasions...the least i can do is give back a little" by Anonymous
"Wikipedia ist eine geniale Sache!" by Rene Chelvier
"Wonderful site! I recommend it to all of my students." by Michael Richardson
Some of my favorites:
"Surpasses all expectations!" by Anonymous
"Not only is wikipedia an invaluable resource, but it has also spawned arguably the best wiki software available." by Paul Fenwick
"Probably the best evolving source of general knowledge" by Marc van der Erve
"Wissen muss kostenlos sein!" by Anonymous
"It is an honor to do my part to see that Wikipedia has the resources it needs to remain online." by Anonymous
"Simply because open content leads to better knowledge" by Anonymous
"stop buying servers that break down" by Anonymous
"Five bucks well spent." by Andreas Neukoetter
"I love you, Wikipedia!" by Anonymous
Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia CFO
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All the final updates are in and all told we brought-in the equivelant of $94,648.70 in this fund drive (26% more than we asked for). 21% of the total (15,254.66 Euros | US$20,046.15) was from Wikimedia Deutschland.
If I have time I'll conduct an analysis of the fund drive this weekend. I'm particularly interested in what can be done to improve future fund drives.
Until then, here is the detailed fund drive page:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1
Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia CFO
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On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 17:41:45 -0800 (PST), Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com wrote:
If I have time I'll conduct an analysis of the fund drive this weekend. I'm particularly interested in what can be done to improve future fund drives.
Please, could you find how much of the money came from donations of $100+ (or equivalent in other currencies), how much was from $75-$100...$10-20, $5-10, $0-5 ?
--- Tomer Chachamu the.r3m0t@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 17:41:45 -0800 (PST), Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com wrote:
If I have time I'll conduct an analysis of the fund drive this weekend. I'm particularly interested in what can be done to improve future fund drives.
Please, could you find how much of the money came from donations of $100+ (or equivalent in other currencies), how much was from $75-$100...$10-20, $5-10, $0-5 ?
Good idea.
--mav
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Daniel Mayer wrote:
All the final updates are in and all told we brought-in the equivelant of $94,648.70 in this fund drive (26% more than we asked for). 21% of the total (15,254.66 Euros | US$20,046.15) was from Wikimedia Deutschland.
If I have time I'll conduct an analysis of the fund drive this weekend. I'm particularly interested in what can be done to improve future fund drives.
That needed _improving_? Seriously, I can think of only one real improvement needed, which is the ability to give directly using credit cards, which I think would have further increased the rate and scope of donations -- but I believe you already have that task in hand.
Congratulations on a job well done.
-- Neil
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