On Day 3 (Sunday 20 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) we made $7881.66 (USD equivalent) through PayPal and $64 (USD equivalent) through MoneyBookers (no updates available for other sources at this time). As expected the total daily figures are dropping now that the initial excitement surrounding the start of the fund drive is subsiding. But I also expect a surge in new donations as we approach our fund drive goal (as occurred in the last fund drive). Either way, it does now appear that we will reach our goal (US$75,000) before the scheduled end of the fund drive (Friday 11 March). Day 3 Day 2 comparison Breakdown: PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change AUD 418.59 $330.90 $257.81 28.35% CAD 294.86 $238.93 $171.61 39.23% EUR 2108.06 $2,755.66 $3,078.43 -10.49% GBP 367.21 $696.89 $862.28 -19.18% JPY 20990 $198.96 $257.66 -22.78% USD 3596.33 $3,596.33 $4,888.47 -26.43% PayPal total: $7,817.66 $9,516.25 -17.85% MoneyBookers 64 $362.69 -82.35% TOTAL $7881.66 $9,878.94 -20.22% Grand totals so far (only counting complete days) PayPal USD equiv % grand total AUD 1125.1 $889.39 3.14% CAD 934.92 $757.57 2.67% EUR 7979.65 $10,431.00 36.78% GBP 1322.28 $2,509.42 8.85% JPY 82222 $779.38 2.75% USD 12567.09 $12,567.09 44.31% PayPal total: $27,933.85 Moneybookers: $426.69 1.50% GRAND TOTAL $28,360.54 100.00% For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1 Some selected comments from Day 3: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_3 "Congratulations on keeping up such a sucessful and valuable internet resource!" by Shaon Diwakar "Wikipedia is amazing, I'm glad to have the opportunity to donate" by Anonymous "My first time here. Thanks for improving civilization." by Anonymous "Thank you so much for this fantastic source of knowledge!" by Thibaut Devulder "This is what the internet is all about - open access to knowledge." by Jonas Smith-Strawn "One of those little big things that makes me proud of being a human. Great idea for humanity. Thank you!" by Omar Franco Guerrero "I like the way it helps freedom in education, I believe this could bring us far" by Louis-Alexandre Marceau "Wikipedia is a brilliant idea, a worthy project, and a vital resource. Thanks." by Anonymous "Thanks for running the most exciting knowledge resource online!" by John Goddard "Possibly the greatest project ever undertaken by humankind, wish I had more to give" by Anonymous "Free access to information is the key to prosperity!" by Simon Roby "Amazing! That's what you are. Keep up the good work." by Anonymous "Knowledge is power. Thankyou Wikimedia for empowering the masses - [[en:User:Ae-a]]" by Anonymous Some of my favorites: "You got me! I found your entries on Terry Pratchett and the Discworld series and just knew I had to support you!" by Deborah Hays "Wikipedia, AKA the Degree Saver! Many thanks" by Tom Graham "The legacy of Alexandria lives on" by Anonymous "Destroyer of productivity - and yet I feel worthwhile for spending so much time here." by Barry Petchesky "Because the world needs an encyclopedia with a full Pokemon section." by Anonymous "Encouraged by the open accounting. And the great product." by Matthew Elvey "Before I knew about Wikipedia, I was afraid. I thought most people in the world were jerks, bigots, or just plain bad people. Then, while looking around at wikipedia and seeing how it worked, I couldn't see how that could be true. Wikipedia just could not exist if it was true: if bad people outnumbered, outgunned, and out-shouted the good. I came to the conclusion that more people in the world were good than bad. That the chances were good that the man you bumped on the train is a good person, that the lady behind the cash register is a good person, that the bus driver is a good person. Wikipedia restored my faith in humanity, and my outlook on life has changed because of it. Thank you." by Christopher Hutten-Czapski "--wait, thank YOU!" by Ruth Temple Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia CFO __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l