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Did you know that fewer people work at Wikipedia than Google has working at a single data center in Saint-Ghislain? True story.

I bet you don’t even know where Saint-Ghislain is, do you? But you can find out in less than a second -- by going to Wikipedia.

You and I and more than 420 million other people go to Wikipedia about 12 billion times a month to teach ourselves all kinds of things and expand our minds. That’s worth something, isn’t it? I mean even like … a dollar? How about five?

If you think so, then you should donate. Because as it turns out, Wikipedia’s amazing staff need your help to keep this project going.

I’m a lazy, selfish blogger. If it were up to me, I’d sell Wikipedia out without thinking twice.

Advertisers on every page. The page for Pepsi, sponsored by Coke. The page for the Red Sox, sponsored by the Yankees. And after compromising everything that’s wonderful and amazing and so important about this place, I’d be on my yacht, throwing hundred-dollar bills at sharks.

But the folks at Wikipedia have more integrity than I do.

Please consider donating to Wikipedia, even if it’s just pocket change. These people don’t want speedboats and solid gold underwear. They just want to keep this amazing venture running – and if you’ve ever used their service to teach yourself something, you should want that too.

Thanks,

Rob Gindes Wikipedia Donor