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Sunday 25 December

A total of 234 donations were made through PayPal on Day 10, yielding the equivalent of $7,167.94 USD. The average donation that day was $30.63.

Day total: $7,167.94

Breakdown of Day 10 PayPal donations:

AUD     143.20    (107.47 USD)
CAD 	247.28 	  (203.49 USD)
EUR 	1,174.48  (1,426.63 USD)
GBP 	132.56 	  (237.72 USD)
JPY 	42,112.00 (380.48 USD)
USD 	4,812.15
Total 	7,167.94 USD

Copied from: http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/2005q4/index.php/2005-12-25/report/

Special thanks to those who gave large donations

There was a tie for the largest donation made this day; both Larry Skarpness Jr and K J Raymond Wong gave $500 USD. There were also many donors who gave the equivalent of about $100 or more (listed in no particular order); Marcel Duchamp, Daniel Stark, Marco Klaey, Nathan Oravetz, Thomas Azlin, Jack Child, David Harding, and 14 anonymous donors.

Note: While large donations are great, it should be noted that about 70% of all the money donated to the Wikimedia Foundation comes from donations that are the equivalent of $50 or less and the average donation is about $25.

Selected donor comments

Let's all thank everybody who donated on this day by reading their comments.

Full listing at: http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/2005q4/index.php/2005-12-25/detail/

• "Wikipedia is the best information resource on the net!" by David Huston
• "Thank you for such a great resource! It's refreshing to see the internet being put to use to serve humanity in a positive way. Keep up the great work!" by anonymous
• "My only wish is for Wikipedia to remain impartial and free from conflict of interests." by K J RAYMOND WONG
• "Ein bisschen Geld für eine große Sache!" by Uwe Schröder
• "This is an amazing concept...all of the world's information in one place" by Hanna Arthur
• "What I have gained from Wikipedia is much more than this donation..." by anonymous
• "Por que el conocimiento sea de todos y para todos." by Eugenio de la Torre Domingo
• "One of the best things happening on Planet Earth right now" by ADRIAN LE GRAND
• "Thankyou to everyone who has contributed to this amazing project" by James Agnew
• "I recommend Wikipedia to my American University students, although I also require alternate sources. Keep up the good work." by Jack Child
• "Wikipedia is brilliant" by anonymous
• "I cannot thank everyone involved with Wikipedia enough.. this is truly one of the greatest ongoing human endeavours of our time.. We can make history,together!" by Matthew Barba
• "Best project in the world" by Juan Bautista Valdés Menéndez
• "Wikipedia forever!" by anonymous

Some of my personal favorites:

• "This is from my girlfriend Jennifer Marcotte who uses wikipedia too regularly to write her university papers." by Alexander Besant
• "Maybe Wikipedia is the first real route to unlocking information for those parts of the world were information is hard to get." by Ber Kessels
• "Amazing, like having a libary on my computer" by Charles Taber
• "The more you know, the more you know that you don't know anything. I once thought that I was the first to realize that. Happy holidays and a great new year to all. If I can do this then so can you." by Larry Skarpness Jr
• "If only I'd had wikipedia when I was a kid." by Danilo Campos
• "Only the educated are free. -- Epictetus" by Benjamin Oakes

-- Daniel Mayer

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Monday 26 December

A total of 257 donations were made through PayPal on Day 11, yielding the equivalent of $5,813.09 USD. The average donation that day was $22.62.

A total of about 38.10 was donated through MoneyBookers since the last update, bringing that total to $772.68. Today was a postal holiday and thus there are no mail or Dexia donations to report.

Day total: $5,851.19

Breakdown of Day 11 PayPal donations:

AUD     38.09     (28.59 USD)
CAD 	297.88 	  (245.13 USD)
EUR 	1,823.94  (2,215.52 USD)
GBP 	213.49 	  (382.85 USD)
JPY 	40,160.00 (362.85 USD)
USD 	2,578.16
Total 	5,813.09 USD

Copied from: http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/2005q4/index.php/2005-12-26/report/

Special thanks to those who gave large donations

Christian Hoffmann gave the largest donation this day; € 200. There were also many donors who gave the equivalent of about $100 or more (listed in no particular order); Jeff Lima, Craig Hirsch, and 9 anonymous donors.

Note: While large donations are great, it should be noted that about 70% of all the money donated to the Wikimedia Foundation comes from donations that are the equivalent of $50 or less and the average donation is about $25.

Selected donor comments

Let's all thank everybody who donated on this day by reading their comments.

Full listing at: http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/2005q4/index.php/2005-12-26/detail/

• "The best of what the Internet promised" by Beth Gibson
• "Danke für das große Lexikon" by anonymous
• "What a wonderful site, I use it every day. It is a natural for my Opera start-up page. I only wish I had more to give. Thank you, thank you so much Wikipedia!" by Shari Wilson
• "Keep up the good work!" by Chris Bunch
• "Free Information for Everyone." by Christoph Dankert
• "Faites le pour nous, et pas pour votre portefeuille." by Yoann GUETTA
• "Keep it up! You help me do my degree! I love you people!" by Robert Griffin
• "Using the site quite often, so why not "paying" a little bit for it ... Just keep going!" by Igor Brusic
• "Many thanks to all involved with Wikimedia!" by anonymous
• "El conocimiento debe ser como el agua, gratis y de libre acceso a toda la población. Ser culto para ser libre." by Juan Herraiz
• "How could I not donate to the Encyclopedia Galactica (well, in a hundred years or so... give it time)?" by Craig Hirsch
• "I loved the holiday card and enjoy the ever expanding Romanian encyclopedia." by Gordon Davidescu
• "Wiki rocks" by Jeff Lima

Some of my personal favorites:

• "Paying it forward with knowledge" by anonymous
• "Plain, clear, accessible knowledge in the grand encylopedic tradition. May Wikipedia flourish!" by William Bruneau
• "Knowledge is Power, let it run free" by anonymous
• "Blessed is the day I discovered this resource!" by anonymous

-- Daniel Mayer

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