The Signpost

Fundraiser

"Wikipedia Forever" fundraiser continues

Previous Articles
Fundraiser launches
Fundraiser 2005
21 February 2005
Fundraiser 2006
18 December 2006
Fundraiser 2007
22 October 2007
Fundraiser 2008
10 November 2008


The fundraiser continues, with two banners, [1] and [2] adopted from community suggestions. A special page which tracks the banners is available here. According to Head of Community Giving Rand Montoya, the technical issue which caused problems with the way the new credit card process software reported donations in currencies other than US$ has been resolved.

Fundraiser response

Wikipedia should have received by now the Nobel Prize for Peace. It is the first project to prove that human cooperation on a global scale is not only possible but very efficient too.

— Anonymous, donor[3]

This table shows the statistics for days six through thirteen of the fundraiser, along with the equivalent data for the past two years. Donations to international chapters are excluded from these totals; although 50% of chapter revenue will be reinvested in the Foundation. Figures have been rounded to the nearest dollar.

A live feed of donor comments can be viewed here, and an overview of donations here.

Fundraiser 2009 statistics in comparison to previous fundraisers[4]
Year Day Donations Money Raised (US$) Average Donation (US$) Max Donation (US$)
2007 6 949 28,635 30.17 860
7 794 30,097 42.39 10,000
8 710 27,832 27.82 513
9 692 20,662 29.86 518
10 669 30,930 46.23 10,000
11 582 22,108 37.89 2,000
12 542 17,890 33.01 399
13 1325 41,268 31.15 1,000
2008 6 2,118 60,775 28.69 1,000
7 1,999 56,261 28.14 1,000
8 1,873 56,719 30.28 5,000
9 1,720 46,867 27.25 500
10 2,378 69,480 29.22 1,000
11 1,548 46,774 30.22 1,000
12 1,741 52,520 30.34 1,000
13 1,733 64,181 37.03 10,000
2009 6 1,057 23,591 22.32 11,000
7 1,947 64,412 33.08 1,000
8 2,652 83,378 31.44 1,000
9 2,748 99,678 36.27 5,001
10 2,675 74,529 27.86 1,189
11 2,372 95,963 40.46 5,000
12 2,391 87,323 36.52 2,222
13 2,296 77,257 33.651 562

There are two current pages on Meta for feedback about the fundraiser:

On the English Wikipedia, there are two pages for discussion about the fundraiser:

And if you're looking to donate, the form is at wmf:Donate.


















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