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<center><big>'''Knowledge is power. Help make it free.''' </big></center> |
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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.org is already [[meta:Wikipedia.org is more popular than...|one of the top 200 most popular websites]] on the Internet and will likely be in the top 100 well before the end of the year. |
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This growth has been very exciting but has been a challenge to cope with. Just to keep up we will need to spend $55,000 on new hardware this quarter alone (compared to $30,000 last quarter). This time, however, we want to do more: we want reserve capacity and an infrastructure suitable for deploying many server clusters. Hosting partners will then be able to help us share our exponentially increasing traffic load, thus reducing future growth in the amount of money we need to ask you for. |
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To make this possible, we are using a generous grant from the Lounsbery Foundation to buy additional machines we would not normally purchase. 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), the hardware we must buy just to stay online 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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''You'' have the power to help keep these free resources growing. Thank you for your generosity. |
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-- The Wikimedia Team |
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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/2024/04/23
Yesterday: April 22
Tomorrow: April 24
You can give the gift of knowledge by donating to the Wikimedia Foundation!
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Tax deductibility | FAQ | Financial statements