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{{cquote|What can I say? Wikipedia means hope, integrity, sanity, everything to me. It's that simple. |
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I lived through and witnessed all the various evolutionary stages of the Internet and its users. From an early pond of students, academics and computer geeks hacking their 2400bps modems in the early 90s...to the modern Internet ocean that is primarily dominated by ads and commercial interests, entertainment and gossip, biased info or false truths, and search engines that make it very difficult to separate unbiased and valuable information from the top-ranking commercial results. |
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Wikipedia is one of the few sites that turn the web into an enlightening and immensely useful and helpful resource. I can only hope it will stay this way. Keep up the good work! }} |
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{{cquote|Of course I use wikipedia often and find it a marvel. But my wikipedia story is this: My best friend has a 17 yr old son who is brilliant, creative, and is (what more could we want for our kids?) his own person. What he has asked for for his 18th birthday next week is donations to wikipedia. Brilliant idea from a brilliant kid to support a brilliant movement.}} |
{{cquote|Of course I use wikipedia often and find it a marvel. But my wikipedia story is this: My best friend has a 17 yr old son who is brilliant, creative, and is (what more could we want for our kids?) his own person. What he has asked for for his 18th birthday next week is donations to wikipedia. Brilliant idea from a brilliant kid to support a brilliant movement.}} |
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Revision as of 22:29, 16 February 2011
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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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