[Wikipedia-l] Day 3 Fund Drive Report

Mon Feb 21 21:16:44 UTC 2005

"Für die Menschheit" - Anon
"Wikipedia ist eines der coolsten Projekte im Netz... ohne wäre ich
wohl ab und an arg verloren. Rock on" - Sumedha Widyadharma
"In deze tijd een hoopvol initiatief" - Paul Hefting
"Für Wissen und Freiheit" - Ralf Muno
"Diese Wissensdatenbank ist es wert." - Maximillian Winkler
"Super Projekt wenn ich mehr habe dann auch mehr Spende" - Anon
"Wissen muss frei verfügbar bleiben!" - Detlev Mahnert
"Ánimo, gracias por hacer que avance la civilización / Toda gran
cultura tiene su enciclopedia" - Anon
"Dankie vir 'n uitstekende diens." - David Roux
"Dan Holmlund's mom is a butter balloon." -- ???

Mark

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:17:56 -0800 (PST), Daniel Mayer
<maveric149 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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
> 
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