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{{cquote|We are a small nonprofit, professional membership association that researches, edits, and publishes on a variety of fast-breaking topics on terrorism, intelligence, espionage, and cyber security issues, and Wikipedia serves as a superbly maintained and updated reference for us, unequaled elsewhere on the Internet or in the world of print. I fear that too many Internet users do not realize it is a run by a private foundation that maintains it at considerable cost, nor appreciate the incredible demands required to keep this living encyclopedia the current, honest, unbiased reference work it is. Where would people turn if they did not have an online, free source such as "the Wiki"? }} |
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{{cquote|As an academic I encourage my students to use Wikipedia as a starting point. I use it that way too. I also value being able to use links on my blog - democracy street - direct and as a portal for further sources. I have also submitted about 5 articles- on my step-father Jack Hargreaves and on my mentor Denys Raynor and on my favourite urban green spaces, Handsworth Park and Black Patch Park. I enjoy and value the iterative approach to knowledge that is the essence of Wikipedia. I also value the tough but mostly fair regulatory process that allows Wikipedia to maintain articles involving polarised and contested narratives. There's no such thing as neutral history but this must be one of the ways to head in the direction of that enigmatic thing we call 'truth'. }} |
{{cquote|As an academic I encourage my students to use Wikipedia as a starting point. I use it that way too. I also value being able to use links on my blog - democracy street - direct and as a portal for further sources. I have also submitted about 5 articles- on my step-father Jack Hargreaves and on my mentor Denys Raynor and on my favourite urban green spaces, Handsworth Park and Black Patch Park. I enjoy and value the iterative approach to knowledge that is the essence of Wikipedia. I also value the tough but mostly fair regulatory process that allows Wikipedia to maintain articles involving polarised and contested narratives. There's no such thing as neutral history but this must be one of the ways to head in the direction of that enigmatic thing we call 'truth'. }} |
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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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