Archive:Fund drives/2005/Q4/Day 9
Saturday 24 December
A total of 264 donations were made through PayPal on Day 9, yielding the equivalent of $8948.90 USD. The average donation that day was $33.90. This is an increase of $2137.63 over Day 8 and is also the highest average donation so far in the drive. Most notably, we passed the $100,000 milestone on this day!
MoneyBookers donations rose by $46.73 that day, bringing that total to $734.58. The Wikimedia office was closed on Saturday, so there are no new mail donations to report. Dexia donations this day totaled €276 ($322.26) via 12 donations.
- Total donated on Day 8: $9,317.89
Breakdown of Day 9 PayPal donations:
AUD 164.50 (123.46 USD) CAD 444.22 (365.55 USD) EUR 1,591.07 (1,932.66 USD) GBP 275.95 (494.86 USD) JPY 104,248.00 (941.88 USD) USD 5,090.49 Total 8,948.90 USD
Copied from: http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/2005q4/index.php/2005-12-24/report/
Special thanks to those who gave large donations
The largest donation this day was $1000 and was made by Jeff Moe. There were also many donors who gave the equivalent of about $100 or more (listed in no particular order); Luis Cavique Santos, Kazuhisa Ueyama, James Sweeney, Mike Blaszczak, Katsuji Ishikawa, Kenneth Truelove and 15 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/2005-12-24/detail/
- "grazie per lo sforzo" by anonymous
- "I've saved a lot of money here that I might have spent on out-of-date reference books printed on dead trees." by anonymous
- "I firmly believe that Wikipedia deserves the support of all of its users." by M Dunsky
- "Wenn man schon in der Hauptsache kostenfreie Dienstleistungen nutzt, sollte man auch den Anstand besitzen, etwas zu bezahlen, vor allem wenn finanzielle Unterstützung dringend gebraucht wird." by anonymous
- "Grateful for the wealth of information so brilliantly put together. A great idea and sincere hopes for continuing development; hence the donation" by anonymous
- "For Mark Fox" by anonymous
- "Thank you. You have helped so many with their coursework and assignments. Always a guarantee to find updated, easy to understand and informative stuff on Wikipedia." by anonymous
- "Wikipedia is an example of cooperation, participation and innovation. Keep information free!" by Damon Ramsey
- "The best thing I ever saw on the net" by Maarten Braakhekke
- "頑張って欲しい" by kazuhisa Ueyama
- "Knowledge guarantees Freedom" by anonymous
- "Wish the Wikimedia Foundation another successful year in 06. BTW thank you for the Christmas card." by Eric Bouse
- "Wikipedia is what the internet was made for. Here's a little donation to help the people who make it possible :D" by George Kettleborough
- "zur weiterentwicklung" by Thomas Junge
- "Wikipedia: my reference work of choice! Thanks, everybody!" by anonymous
- "An indispensable resource, an elegant site, no advertisements, and a worthy cause." by anonymous
- "Keep the change" by anonymous
Some of my personal favorites:
- "You are a great resource, for the people, of the people and by the people. And in fact, I got a crucial pointer in my research from one of your articles. Thank you." by anonymous
- "I can't think of a better project to donate to!" by anonymous
- "for freedom of knowledge and privilege of education for everyone" by Christoph Wagner
- "I wear my Wikipedia t-shirt with pride!" by anonymous
- "So much to learn, so little time..." by anonymous
- "Are you hiring?" by Mike Blaszczak
-- Daniel Mayer