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| jimmy-quote = Imagine if every person on earth could share in the free and total access to all human knowledge.
|language = en
| jimmy-sig = Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia
|header = What do Wikipedia and its sister sites mean to you?
| comments-text =
|intro = Wikipedia is read by over 250 million people from around the world every month — in over 250 unique language editions. Take a few minutes to tell us your story.
Dear Wikimedia contributor,
|intro2 = We may use your story to help spread the word and help the world understand the power of Wikipedia.


Most Wikimedia readers don't even know that our projects are created by volunteers and funded entirely by voluntary donations. The fundraiser is a chance to teach the world how special Wikimedia projects really are.
|label-name = Name:
|label-city = City:
|label-email = E-mail:
|label-story = Your story


Therefore, it's not a surprise that the most effective fundraising technique is for Wikimedia contributors to tell the stories of why they spend so much time working on their projects and why they believe in the future and promise of their projects. Only about one out of 1,000 Wikimedia users donate. The more effectively we tell our stories, the more people donate.
|limit-follow-up = Please limit your submission to 2000 characters. We may follow-up with you to discuss your story and add more details. If you would like to submit more information or photos, please email [mailto:stories@wikimedia.org stories@wikimedia.org].

|checkbox = By checking this box, you grant the Wikimedia Foundation permission to follow-up with you directly regarding your story, and to use it to publicize the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects.
Please add your voice to this year's fundraiser by submitting your story in the form below.
|submit = Submit my story!

For several months, we've been testing out a new batch of appeals written by Wikimedia contributors and Wikimedia Foundation staff. We have noticed that the following elements really work well:

* A personal detail about yourself -- What do you do for a living? Where did you grow up?

* What in your life story led you to start contributing to a Wikimedia project and keep doing it?

* Why do you spend so much time contributing to a Wikimedia project? What would you be doing with that time if the Wikimedia movement never happened?

Thank you for the work you do on your project, and thank you for helping out with the annual fundraiser this year by submitting your story.


| share-title = Send this email to friends
| share-intro = Enter email addresses
| share-subject = Join me in supporting Wikipedia!
| share-message = "Imagine if every person on earth could share in the free and total access of all human knowledge. That’s why I gave to the Wikimedia Foundation. Please join me in supporting Wikipedia."
| story-title = Please tell us your Wikipedia story
| story-links = Read other [[Stories2/en|Wikipedia stories]].
| story-intro = What does Wikipedia mean to you?
| story-name = Name:
| story-age = Age:
| story-city = City:
| story-email = Email:
| story-your-story = Your story:
| story-permission = By checking this box, you grant the Wikimedia Foundation permission to follow-up with you directly regarding your story, and to use it to publicize the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects.
| story-submit = Submit
| support-title = Show your support for Wikimedia
| support-intro = Download these buttons and banners for your website, blog or social networking page.
| support-link = [[Support/en|See more]]
| language = en
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