[Wikimedia-l] Readers love you

Sun Dec 8 20:00:47 UTC 2013

I have forwarded this to our list. Very motivational. :)

Thank you, Megan

2013/12/8 ENWP Pine <deyntestiss en hotmail.com>

> Thanks very much, Megan. It's very nice to hear this.
>
> Pine
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 19:42:06 -0800
> > From: Megan Hernandez <mhernandez en wikimedia.org>
> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l en lists.wikimedia.org>
> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Readers love you
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> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Each year that we run the fundraiser, readers write in really lovely
> notes.
> >  Please take two minutes to listen to our readers.
> >
> > Enjoy!
> >
> >
> > The story I like to tell is that whilst I had heard of Wikipedia but only
> > looked at it a few times thereafter, when the 2004 Tsunami occurred the
> day
> > after Christmas, mainstream news organisations (TV, newspapers) were all
> > away from their offices. That day I turned to Wikipedia to try to
> > understand the scale of the event. It was Wiki editors 'on the ground'
> that
> > created the sort of information and coverage usually considered the
> > province of rolling news organisations only. This I now dub my 'Wiki
> > Epiphany'.
> >
> >
> > Wikipedia is an amazing service. Almost always, I am able to find
> > information on subjects I am interested in. Thanks and Kudos to all staff
> > and volunteers!!
> >
> > My world has been opened up time and time again by Wikipedia. From
> studying
> > Detroit and computer programming to finding unbiased information on
> > America's history, Wikipedia has been a beacon of free speech and
> > information for over ten years. Sometimes, I just sit in awe of the fact
> > that the greatest accomplishment of man was assembled mostly by
> volunteers,
> > people who just wanted to make the world a better place.
> >
> > Its made life easier for me and expanded my knowledge by allowing me to
> > more easily find trusted and verified information on the internet. It
> > organizes all the noise out there on the web and gives a great concise to
> > the point fact summary of what I want to know. Thank you and thank you to
> > the millions of volunteer editors. Wikipedia is a necessity in my life
> and
> > not just a luxury.
> >
> > Wikipedia is a source of unbiased information. The caveats and notes from
> > the editors alert to questionable information. The links within the
> > articles are amazingly helpful and have led me on wonderful information
> > expeditions.
> >
> > I'd like to thank the entire staff of wikipedia and its editors for my
> high
> > school graduation.
> >
> > It's impossible to put in words. I cannot imagine Planet Earth without it
> > [Wikipedia]. It has changed my life forever.
> >
> > My 17 year old son uses you constantly. You have made him a smarter human
> > being.
> >
> > You guys are ^^%$#&* unbelievably awesome, keep it up!
> >
> > web sites like Wikipedia are invaluable and I felt it my duty to try help
> > even if only a tad.
> >
> > so much of the Internet has turned into self serving and unreliable
> junque;
> > so I am very, very grateful for the Wiki resource.
> >
> > I regard "W" as the best and most reliable source of information
> available
> > anywhere. I don't know how you do it so please keep on with your
> Excellence
> > }i{ < That;s a butterfly for you
> > This is one of the best things on the internet. It goes back to the
> > original development of the internet and has remained ethical and true to
> > its origins. There appears to be no discrimination and it is available to
> > everyone at no cost.
> >
> > I am 60 years old and I am still so cruious and interested in so many
> > things. Wikipedia gives me reasonable information whenever I may want it.
> >
> >
> > I use wikipedia all the time and credit it more toward my education than
> > college did!
> >
> >
> > It's nice to see humanity get together without any external forces for a
> > common good!
> >
> >
> > I am inspired by the high quality of Wikipedia and the high ideals of its
> > founder and its myriad contributors and editors. What a magnificent
> > collaborative human achievement you are building!
> >
> >
> > It has simultaneously answered and given me more questions than I can
> > comprehend.
> > This represents to me what college should be like. Free and collective
> > knowledge by and for all.
> >
> > When I want to know something, I google it and 99% of the time Wikipedia
> > has what I want to know. Even drinking arguments, about what Biff from
> Back
> > to the Future is doing now, are solved by Wikipedia. It's all there.
> >
> > Without Wikipedia I would be about 30% less intelligent. :(
> >
> > it is like a gift from the gods of knowledge
> >
> > I am a teacher and a writer, and I am amazed how often Wikipedia is
> useful
> > to me. I consider Wikipedia to be one of the great democratic projects
> > maybe ever, and it is one of the reasons why I try to stay optimistic
> about
> > the world. Thank you.
> >
> > I honestly feel like the next generation of humans in general, will be
> much
> > smarter than the previous because of this site. Well, at least they will
> > know a whole lot more useless shit. I've heard (don't know for sure if
> it's
> > true, doesn't matter) that the bigger a person's brain is, typically, the
> > smarter that person is. So, if that is true, I think it's likely that
> > because of this site, in about 50 years, humans will have huge heads.
> Their
> > heads will look like the aliens' heads did in "attack from mars." If
> y'all
> > ever get into commercials for whatever reason, you could use that and
> > probably make it really funny :)
> >
> > It's like that reliable family member or friend who's an expert at
> > something or the other.
> >
> > I extend my heartfelt thanks to the men and women who tirelessly work on
> > keeping Wikipedia the wonderful website it is.
> >
> > There's nothing you can't find on Wikipedia, I'd be shattered if it was
> > shut down.
> >
> > As a computing and communications engineer I imagined an information
> > resource like Wikipedia before the Internet existed. I'm happy I didn't
> > have to be the one to build it.
> >
> > My 72 year old life is easier and more fun. I read a lot and look things
> up
> > all the time, and that is now easy. That itself is fun.
> >
> > It gives me hope and makes me feel connected to an invisible but powerful
> > community. And it settles lots of arguments before they get out of hand
> at
> > the dinner table!!!
> >
> > My Dad's addicted to Wikipedia. Seriously. I can't think of a single day
> > I've seen him not go on here at least once. The man craves knowledge, and
> > one blue link leads to another. Soon enough, he has dozens of tabs open
> > leading to a million different things. As I hear quite often, I am my
> > father's daughter. I was in third period US History today reading the
> page
> > on Dmitri Kabalevsky during our homework time. I came on here right now
> to
> > make sure it would be okay to refer to France as Gallia in the book I'm
> > attempting to write. I come on here so many times a day, you wouldn't
> even
> > believe. I absolutely love the system you all work so hard to run, and I
> > hope Wikipedia stays online and banner free for dozens of years to come!
> > You have my full support. :)
> >
> > 100 years ago they said we would have flying cars, instead we got smart
> > phones with access to almost every book ever written, fair trade.
> >
> > When i was a kid, I used to watch 'Star Trek". When Captain Kirk had a
> > question asked Mr. Spock and the computer with female voice. Wikipedia
> is a
> > combination of Mr. Spock and Computer.
> >
> > It was my constant savior through the pitch-black hell that was high
> school
> > and has guided me through college and into my career as a nurse.
> >
> > I have lived in the world without Wikipedia but it was darkish all the
> time
> > and I never want to live in our world without it again.
> >
> > Wikipedia is like a playground for me. I love you for what you do.
> >
> > It is easy to find reliable or at least semi-reliable information on just
> > about any person, place, or thing that exists. Even if it's something as
> > stupid as "white chocolate". The reason I was on wikipedia this evening.
> > Thank you.
> >
> > "Look it up" is what our dad always told us when we asked a question,
> even
> > if he knew the answer. Back then we ran to the encyclopedia or
> dictionary;
> > now it's Wikipedia. Different but the same. And beyond Wikipedia's being
> a
> > tool to learn something, it makes me happy to know there are smarties out
> > there, collaborating in this vital, fluid, living system, spreading
> > knowledge. Thank you!
> >
> >
> > I remember researching in the days of microfiche & card catalogs! This is
> > like having the entire Encyclopedia Britannica, the OED, and so much more
> > at your fingertips!
> > I just truly enjoy getting the succinct and straight info without a lot
> of
> > bullshit.
> >
> >
> > I passed my university degree, settled numerous arguments, checked sports
> > stats, researched my great grandfather and just today found out the
> > probable origin of sheep farming! The list goes on... and on…
> >
> > was one of those kids who read the encyclopedia for fun, so Wikipedia
> took
> > that to the next level.
> >
> > Wikipedia is what the internet can be.
> >
> >
> > I use Wikipedia to live my life.
> >
> > I, as an ordinary citizen, am able to learn and access information in a
> way
> > that would make preeminent scholars of 3000-odd years fall to their knees
> > and weep with joy and shock.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Megan Hernandez
> >
> > Director of Online Fundraising
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> >
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