[Wikipedia-l] Day 3 Fund Drive Report
Mark Williamson
node.ue at gmail.com
Mon Feb 21 21:16:44 UTC 2005
"Für die Menschheit" - Anon
"Wikipedia ist eines der coolsten Projekte im Netz... ohne wäre ich
wohl ab und an arg verloren. Rock on" - Sumedha Widyadharma
"In deze tijd een hoopvol initiatief" - Paul Hefting
"Für Wissen und Freiheit" - Ralf Muno
"Diese Wissensdatenbank ist es wert." - Maximillian Winkler
"Super Projekt wenn ich mehr habe dann auch mehr Spende" - Anon
"Wissen muss frei verfügbar bleiben!" - Detlev Mahnert
"Ánimo, gracias por hacer que avance la civilización / Toda gran
cultura tiene su enciclopedia" - Anon
"Dankie vir 'n uitstekende diens." - David Roux
"Dan Holmlund's mom is a butter balloon." -- ???
Mark
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:17:56 -0800 (PST), Daniel Mayer
<maveric149 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Day 3 (Sunday 20 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not
> available in UTC) we made $7881.66 (USD equivalent) through PayPal and $64 (USD
> equivalent) through MoneyBookers (no updates available for other sources at
> this time).
>
> As expected the total daily figures are dropping now that the initial
> excitement surrounding the start of the fund drive is subsiding. But I also
> expect a surge in new donations as we approach our fund drive goal (as occurred
> in the last fund drive). Either way, it does now appear that we will reach our
> goal (US$75,000) before the scheduled end of the fund drive (Friday 11 March).
>
> Day 3 Day 2 comparison
> Breakdown:
> PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change
> AUD 418.59 $330.90 $257.81 28.35%
> CAD 294.86 $238.93 $171.61 39.23%
> EUR 2108.06 $2,755.66 $3,078.43 -10.49%
> GBP 367.21 $696.89 $862.28 -19.18%
> JPY 20990 $198.96 $257.66 -22.78%
> USD 3596.33 $3,596.33 $4,888.47 -26.43%
> PayPal total: $7,817.66 $9,516.25 -17.85%
>
> MoneyBookers
> 64 $362.69 -82.35%
>
> TOTAL $7881.66 $9,878.94 -20.22%
>
> Grand totals so far (only counting complete days)
>
> PayPal USD equiv % grand total
> AUD 1125.1 $889.39 3.14%
> CAD 934.92 $757.57 2.67%
> EUR 7979.65 $10,431.00 36.78%
> GBP 1322.28 $2,509.42 8.85%
> JPY 82222 $779.38 2.75%
> USD 12567.09 $12,567.09 44.31%
> PayPal total: $27,933.85
>
> Moneybookers:
> $426.69 1.50%
>
> GRAND TOTAL $28,360.54 100.00%
>
> For the most recent grand total and other details visit
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1
>
> Some selected comments from Day 3:
> See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_3
>
> "Congratulations on keeping up such a sucessful and valuable internet
> resource!" by Shaon Diwakar
>
> "Wikipedia is amazing, I'm glad to have the opportunity to donate" by Anonymous
>
> "My first time here. Thanks for improving civilization." by Anonymous
>
> "Thank you so much for this fantastic source of knowledge!" by Thibaut Devulder
>
> "This is what the internet is all about - open access to knowledge." by Jonas
> Smith-Strawn
>
> "One of those little big things that makes me proud of being a human. Great
> idea for humanity. Thank you!" by Omar Franco Guerrero
>
> "I like the way it helps freedom in education, I believe this could bring us
> far" by Louis-Alexandre Marceau
>
> "Wikipedia is a brilliant idea, a worthy project, and a vital resource.
> Thanks." by Anonymous
>
> "Thanks for running the most exciting knowledge resource online!" by John
> Goddard
>
> "Possibly the greatest project ever undertaken by humankind, wish I had more to
> give" by Anonymous
>
> "Free access to information is the key to prosperity!" by Simon Roby
>
> "Amazing! That's what you are. Keep up the good work." by Anonymous
>
> "Knowledge is power. Thankyou Wikimedia for empowering the masses -
> [[en:User:Ae-a]]" by Anonymous
>
> Some of my favorites:
>
> "You got me! I found your entries on Terry Pratchett and the Discworld series
> and just knew I had to support you!" by Deborah Hays
>
> "Wikipedia, AKA the Degree Saver! Many thanks" by Tom Graham
>
> "The legacy of Alexandria lives on" by Anonymous
>
> "Destroyer of productivity - and yet I feel worthwhile for spending so much
> time here." by Barry Petchesky
>
> "Because the world needs an encyclopedia with a full Pokemon section." by
> Anonymous
>
> "Encouraged by the open accounting. And the great product." by Matthew Elvey
>
> "Before I knew about Wikipedia, I was afraid. I thought most people in the
> world were jerks, bigots, or just plain bad people. Then, while looking around
> at wikipedia and seeing how it worked, I couldn't see how that could be true.
> Wikipedia just could not exist if it was true: if bad people outnumbered,
> outgunned, and out-shouted the good. I came to the conclusion that more people
> in the world were good than bad. That the chances were good that the man you
> bumped on the train is a good person, that the lady behind the cash register is
> a good person, that the bus driver is a good person. Wikipedia restored my
> faith in humanity, and my outlook on life has changed because of it. Thank
> you." by Christopher Hutten-Czapski
>
> "--wait, thank YOU!" by Ruth Temple
>
> Daniel Mayer,
> Wikimedia CFO
>
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