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<center><big>'''Knowledge is powerful, you have the ability to make it free''' </big></center> |
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http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/en/fundcore/browse/{{CURRENTYEAR}}/{{CURRENTMONTH}}/{{CURRENTDAY}} |
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You may have noticed recent slowdowns, and even periods when Wikipedia and her sister sites were not accessible. We are working to make our system more efficient, but traffic on the [[meta:Wikimedia servers|Wikimedia servers]] has been doubling every four months. Wikipedia alone currently serves ''over 80 million requests a day'', and its traffic is projected to double again over the next four months. |
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Just to keep up, we must double our server capacity in the same time period. For this quarter that means spending $55,000 on new hardware (compared to $30,000 last quarter). This time, however, we want to do more: we want to finish setting up an infrastructure suitable for deploying many server clusters. This will help us share our exponentially increasing traffic load and reduce future increases in the amount of money we need to ask you for. But more preparation and hardware are needed before this can happen. |
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This ambitious expansion plan is made possible by a generous hardware grant from the Lounsbery Foundation. We are using this grant to buy additional machines we would not normally purchase. But to do this, we need your assistance in helping us pay for other items in [[Budget/2005|our budget]], such as hosting (another expense that is growing exponentially) and other items required to keep the foundation running. |
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'''You can [[Wikimedia:give the gift of knowledge|give the gift of knowledge]] by [[Wikimedia:Fundraising|donating to the Wikimedia Foundation]]!'''<br> |
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[http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/ Live donor list] <fundraising /> [<br> |
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In all, we will need $75,000 in donations to reach our goals this quarter. You helped us raise over $50,000 in [[Fund drives/2004/Q4 | our last fund drive]]. Every little bit helps - the vast majority of all donations we receive are $20 or less. |
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<small>[[Wikimedia:Deductibility of donations|Tax deductibility]] | [[Wikimeida:Fundraising FAQ|FAQ]] | [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/28/Wikimedia_2006_fs.pdf Financial statements]<br> |
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Please help us make this a valuable resource that will continue to be available to everyone. Thank you for your generosity. |
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Latest revision as of 22:35, 27 April 2007
http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/en/fundcore/browse/2006/12/17
http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/en/fundcore/browse/2024/04/29
Yesterday: April 28
Tomorrow: April 30
You can give the gift of knowledge by donating to the Wikimedia Foundation!
Live donor list <fundraising /> [
Tax deductibility | FAQ | Financial statements