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+{{cquote|I use Wikipedia many times a day. If it were a tangible book, it would be well thumbed by now. Happily, it is *not* a book, but an ever-changing ever-improving resource founded on principles of free-knowledge and copyleft.
+Wikipedia is an astounding resource for technical people. Articles will appear summarizing knowledge I have gained over the course of many years (to which I contribute). Instead of sharing that knowledge the old-fasioned way, I am able to direct colleagues and students to the article. Moreover, as a Game Development professor at a small private college, I encourage my students to start their research journey at Wikipedia. Why not use more traditional databases? Because the subject domain of Game Development, particularly Game History is scattered, and Wikipedia is a powerful aggregating force.
+Thank you, Wikipedia! }}
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 {{cquote|What can I say... I already donated to the Wikimedia Foundation this year, but the appeal was too much to resist. I've been using Wikipedia for years, even in this extremely isolated corner of the world. I live in the midst of the driest desert on Earth, a solitary enough place. Wikipedia has provided me with a sustained means of communication with the world, with endless information and novel knowledge. And to me, as a person, that's the most valuable thing one can have: Knowledge. Ascertained or not. It might be a rumor, or a legend, or a well-proven mathematical formula - it's all here.
 Wikipedia has brought me years of excitement. Although I've very rarely edited it, I've delighted myself in perusing the millions of volumes of information stored here, the epitome of Human Knowledge: be it art, ancient texts, taxonomy of fishes and insects, history, modern culture, films, music, laws of physics (or even Murphy's Law!), photography, politics, world news... Everything's covered. Absolutely everything. And if it's not, it shall be someday. As an individual that has grown and reached a worthwhile position in life through Knowledge, with a capital K, I appreciate Wikimedia's efforts as the most benefiting. You might not be of the same opinion - and it's to be expected! And that's another of Wikipedia's (and Wikimedia's) virtues: you're free to discuss and let anything become polemical, from a spider's legs to Napoleon. Never has had Humanity such a tool.