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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