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{{cquote|Having grown up with World Book Encyclopedia volumes on our bookshelves, seeing the "Edit" link on the first "Wikipedia" article I read, was a revolution. By that time I was already following Open Source projects and using Open Source software like Linux and Mozilla, so I was very much a crowd-sourcing advocate. But to bring that same model to the realm of general knowledge, and with it, a "View History" link? That was a revelation. The "View History" link proclaimed "Don't just check our facts, but check our process." I offer my small donation as a thanks for both the revelation and the revolution. More than just a resource, Wikipedia's and the Wikimedia Foundation's efforts these past 10 years have been an example. May more institutions aspire to be as democratic, as open, and as humble. Thanks. }} |
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{{cquote|As a translator, I find it very useful that articles in Wikipedias in different languages are cross-linked. In this way, it often only takes a few seconds to see the translation of the name of an institution, person, saint, etc. Recently I was translating an essay on Papal Designation from Czech to English, full of Czech names of saints and popes, and Wikipedia did for me in a matter of minutes what would have taken me half a day looking up in the local library or browsing random sites in the Internet! }} |
{{cquote|As a translator, I find it very useful that articles in Wikipedias in different languages are cross-linked. In this way, it often only takes a few seconds to see the translation of the name of an institution, person, saint, etc. Recently I was translating an essay on Papal Designation from Czech to English, full of Czech names of saints and popes, and Wikipedia did for me in a matter of minutes what would have taken me half a day looking up in the local library or browsing random sites in the Internet! }} |
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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.
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- 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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