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+{{cquote|My kid is 2 years old now - and in another couple of years or so, she will be smart enough to start wiki-ing. Why will she do that? Well, I learnt my general knowledge from the Tell Me Why publication series - and for me, once my parents had bought them and placed them on the house shelf, it was always there and always free. I want Wikipedia to be the same for my child - pure, clean, informative, accurate and enjoyable. Even Google does not match up to wikipedia when it comes to meeting the thirst for knowledge of fresh new minds. I am not sure what kind of Earth we will leave for the next generation, but something as wonderful and vital as wikipedia should certainly somehow last unsullied into the future.
+Secondly, as an adult, I would hate to see this one company's product go down the "sold to the pressures of greedy investors" drain and become the next big hotbed for political, moral and ethical scams and gossip. Ads start out as being a welcome refreshing element of context sensitivity and soon emerge as the only reason why a page that is supposed to be "white" has patches of all the colours of the rainbow. The lure of the added revenue is nearly impossible to fight for most human beings in business. It takes a HUGE amount of gut to lay yourself out on the line like this in public with no bells and whistles and emotion building music score behind... so even with my modest contribution (for now) - i hope it adds a drop or two to your ocean. }}
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 {{cquote|I came across Wikipedia while teaching classical Greek mythology to my 12 grade students.  I was drawn by the way wikipedia organizes their information, visual, factual, and anecdotal--it's all there.  I also teach students that wikipedia is the only online resource that allows different people to contribute, and, thus, I also teach them to check other sources to check for information accuracy.  I appreciate all your work, web design, work ethic and promoting knowledge for the sake of knowledge (mental growth) and NOT for profit. That is the true spirit of education and knowledge.}}