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| jimmy-quote = Imagine if every person on earth could share in the free and total access to all human knowledge.
| jimmy-quote = Imagine if every person on earth could share in the free and total access to all human knowledge.
| jimmy-sig = Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia
| jimmy-sig = Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia
| comments-text =
| comments-text = '''[[Stories2/en|Read]]''' about why other donors around the world support Wikipedia and its sister projects, or find out if your company has a [[Donate/Match Your Gift/en|corporate matching]] gift program. <br /> Tell the world that you support Wikimedia: tweet it with hashtag #keepitfree!
Dear Wikimedia contributor,

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.

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.

Please add your voice to this year's fundraiser by submitting your story in the form below.

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-title = Send this email to friends
| share-intro = Enter email addresses
| share-intro = Enter email addresses
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| story-your-story = Your story:
| 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-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-optional = Optional
| story-submit = Submit
| story-submit = Submit
| support-title = Show your support for Wikimedia
| support-title = Show your support for Wikimedia

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