Very few things are free in this world. Wikipedia is one of the free websites. You can increase your knowledge or write articles to share with others for FREE.
Most of the websites you visit contain advertisement by which they receive money and survive. Have you ever noticed such ads in Wikipedia ? Absolutely not ! It's ads free and totally free. Then, how come the website is surviving ? The answer is here:
To do this without resorting to advertising, we need you. It is you who keep this dream alive. It is you who have created Wikipedia. It is you who believe that a place of calm reflection and learning is worth having. - Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales
It is worth-mentioning to tell you that Wikipedia is in top 10 MOST VISITED WEBSITES in this world. In average, I visit this website 5 times a day. You can even download all the Wikipedia in your computer if you wish. My friend did it and he said it was 28 Gb as of Nov, 2010.
I love this so much coz I receive a lot of information from it. I want to protect it. Thus, I donated $10 to keep it surviving. Here is the email I got once I donated to the Wikipedia Foundation:
Dear NOBAL BIKRAM NIRAULA,
Thank you for your gift of USD 10.00 to the Wikimedia Foundation, received on December 22, 2010. I’m very grateful for your support.
Your donation celebrates everything Wikipedia and its sister sites stand for: the power of information to help people live better lives, and the importance of sharing, freedom, learning and discovery. Thank you so much for helping to keep these projects freely available for their more than 400 million monthly readers around the world.
Your money supports technology and people. The Wikimedia Foundation develops and improves the technology behind Wikipedia and nine other projects, and sustains the infrastructure that keeps them up and running. The Foundation has a staff of about fifty, which provides technical, administrative, legal and outreach support for the global community of volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia.
Many people love Wikipedia, but a surprising number don't know it's run by a non-profit. Please help us spread the word by telling a few of your friends.
And again, thank you for supporting free knowledge.
Sincerely Yours,
Sue Gardner
Executive Director
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