New record for Campaign Fundraising for Wikimedia
The annual fund-raising of the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has ended, Tuesday, January 3, with a record $ 20 million (15.3 million) in donations. The campaign was launched in November. Google co-founder Sergey Brin and his wife, Anna Wojcicki, had immediately donated 500,000 dollars.
The funds raised worldwide by the nonprofit foundation Wikimedia been steadily increasing since the beginning of his campaign to appeal for donations in 2003. “Our model works perfectly well, said Executive Director of the Foundation, Sue Gardner.” People are using Wikipedia and the like, they give a little money for it continues to grow. “Rémi Mathis, president of Wikimedia France, for his part said that 980,000 euros have been collected. “This year you have been to support 36 000, France, Wikimedia projects. This is almost three times more people than in 2010, “said he.
Wikipedia, which will celebrate its 15 January eleventh birthday, ensures to be the largest encyclopedia in the world, with over 20 million articles in 282 languages. Wikimedia points out that over 470 million people use its Web sites each month, which work through donations and not through advertising. Wikimedia includes Wiktionary (Wiktionary – Dictionary participatory) and Wikibooks (Wikibooks – library textbooks).
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