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{{cquote|I love technology. I create technology, consume technology, analyze technology, invest in technology. There are so many things I think were inevitably bound to happen in the techno-social sphere - search engines, social networks - but Wikipedia doesn't strike me as one of those inevitabilities. It's not a given at all to me that a community model was the path-of-least-resistance for an Internet encyclopedia, and the fact that Wikipedia did nonetheless come together gives me comfort in our ability as people to rally around a constructive cause. |
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I first discovered Wikipedia in high school, spent uncountably many hours on it during college, and now that I've begun earning a paycheck, I'm happy to count myself a first-time donor.}} |
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{{cquote|Every day half a dozen questions or speculations occur to me about people, phenomena, dates and places, almost all of which--IF I can only remember them later when I get to the computer--can be answered or resolved via Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a reliable one-stop answer machine, a first responder to my many question emergencies. In addition, there's an odd comfort in knowing the information I find may be a song sung many voices, or a bread that's been kneaded by many hands. The singular voice of Authority is missing in a Wikipedia entry and instead one senses quiet democratic possibility within the data. When visiting Wikipedia one is not lonely.}} |
{{cquote|Every day half a dozen questions or speculations occur to me about people, phenomena, dates and places, almost all of which--IF I can only remember them later when I get to the computer--can be answered or resolved via Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a reliable one-stop answer machine, a first responder to my many question emergencies. In addition, there's an odd comfort in knowing the information I find may be a song sung many voices, or a bread that's been kneaded by many hands. The singular voice of Authority is missing in a Wikipedia entry and instead one senses quiet democratic possibility within the data. When visiting Wikipedia one is not lonely.}} |
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Wikipedia is Changing Lives
Here are just a few of the amazing stories that our users shared with us. We thank them for their willingness to tell their story about Wikipedia.
- From our 2010-2011 Fundraiser
- From our 2009-2010 fundraiser
A story from Romania:
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You can find the article that Adama started in the French Wikipedia: Agnam-Goly.
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