Fundraising 2008/comments/2008-08-27

07/18/2008

"Gotta Love Wikipedia!" --Johnathan Smyth

07/19/2008

"I find your site tremendously informative." --anonymous
"Usually your articles are very helpful. This time there was only a ""stub"". So it's my turn to be helpful. Sorry I can't send more." --anonymous
"Keep up the excellent work - stay independant!" --jonathan winstanley
"thanks for a great service" --Joseph Fluckiger
"Thank You..I love what you guys are doing." --M McFadden
"Love the wikis!" --Ron Packard

07/20/2008

"Wikipedia is great gift to us all. I am proud to donate to your efforts." --Nancy Taylor
"Tack!/Moltes gràcies!" --Per A J Andersson
"Great resource - use it every day." --anonymous
"Mon compagnon de tous les jours. Merci !" --Pascal Duron-Benedetto (fr)

07/21/2008

"Conhecimento e liberdade!" --Tiago Schmidt (pt)
"I love Wikipedia. I truely think is it one of the most important projects in the world." --Daniel Wolf
"Freedom of Information" --Laurence Villeneuve
"sel balamir" --Sel Balamir
"Wikipedia helps everyone on the internet with papers, or just plain old looking for cool information." --anonymous
"I use wikipedia virtually every day of my life, and it is a tool that I plan to teach my children to use." --anonymous

07/22/2008

"Wonderful resource." --anonymous
"I use it every day; therefore, I must contribute to its flowering! I love the non-hierarchical knowledge production model." --anonymous
"Thanks for the help" --anonymous
"grazie!" --anonymous

07/23/2008

"Wikipedia is the best thing to ever happen to free. Please make sure it stays that way, CONTINUE TO DONATE AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN!!!" --Sammy Yoo
"wikipedia is The Internet for me.." --Anoop Zacharias
"Fantastic site. Love it more and more. You're great. Thanks for all the work." --anonymous
"""Look Up Dictionary"" on Mac invariably finds Wikipedia" --Adrien Youell
"In response to Knol" --Ethelind Cheng
"I dont know what I will do without wikipedia to thrive my knowledge hunger." --Srikanth Bemineni

07/24/2008

"what little i have" --anonymous
":) hello world ^^" --anonymous
"Good service to everyone who wants to 'KNOW' . Thanks!" --Sunil Mekathotti
"Merci à tous !" --Sébastien Motsch
"alexandre saboori" --Alexandre Saboori
"You help me every day!" --erel morris
"Wikipedia.org, and all of it's affiliates, has enriched my, and many others, education. Please use this small amount to keep growing." --anonymous

07/25/2008

"i live by wikipedia . . . i love you!" --anonymous
"Thank you ALWAYS for keeping knowledge within reach!" --anonymous
"If it weren't for this valuable resource, I'd be spending twice as much time looking up something on the Internet! Thank you!" --anonymous
"No to $KNOL$" --anonymous
"Thanks" --anonymous
"The key to harmony is to keep the playing field level for everyone." --John Brewer
"//." --anonymous
"Go Wikipedia!" --anonymous

07/26/2008

"Thanks for all the knowledge available in Wiki. I am willing to donate." --anonymous
"Great resource!" --anonymous
"keep it going..." --anonymous
"LOVE U ALL" --Atideh Bahanchi
"Keep the servers running!" --anonymous
"Special thanks from ThisIsLike.Com" --Dmitry Paranyushkin
"Great resource, thanks!" --anonymous
"It's just too good to be free!" --Marcus Macaulay
"best of luck" --NULL
"greetings! You are a proof of the power of open source solutions" --anonymous
"Unlimited source of knowledge..." --Jayaprakash S
"Heh heh, 'Autofelatio'" --anonymous
"I hope wikipedia succeeds in its objectives." --Prabin Gautam
"Change yourself and you will change the world" --anonymous
"THANK YOU. YOU MAKE THE WORLD BETTER." --anonymous
"thx" --Alexander Kourov
"Great Job" --anonymous

07/27/2008

"普段利用させていただいております　大学教授ですが・・・" --anonymous (ja)
"Keep up the good work !!!" --anonymous
"Merci et bonne route, les gars..." --anonymous
"id love a letter from the founder" --David Figueroa Dávila
"Ripcord Networks loves wikipedia! Keep up the great work!" --Alex Fielding
"bobbyza" --Detrit Phonyiam

07/28/2008

"I feel that it's a privilege to support the great work that is Wikipedia." --John Foarde
"thanks for Wikipedia" --anonymous
"Free speech needs to be supported" --anonymous
"いつも利用させてもらってます。" --anonymous
"Information should be free, easy to access and as accurate as possible.. Long live wikipedia!!" --Emre Guney
"謝謝你們的努力，讓世界更誠實，也讓我更充實" --唯凱廖 (zh)
"Best Thing Ever Happened to Internet." --anonymous
"I love you wikipedia" --anonymous
"WIKI WIKI WIKI" --Lukas Loesche
"Wikipedia helped me diagnose a health problem that has been plaguing me on and off potentially for the last 15 years. Thank you." --anonymous
"Gràcies. Realment Wikipedia mereix un reconeixement per esta gran idea i alhora simple que és promoure el coneixement a tot el món." --Carles Marí (ca)
"May The Force Be With You!" --Bartosz Zarzecki
"Felicidades y cuenten con mi apoyo anual." --Manuel Barberena

07/29/2008

"Not once in the past 3 years have I not visited and learned something on Wikipedia." --anonymous
"You are helping me learn how to connect RJ-45 Ethernet cables, plugs, and jacks." --anonymous
"""Oh wikimedia, change the world, make it a better place for you and for me and the entire human race...""" --Mads Michelsen
"c'est une richesse pour tous !" --Kader Bouchareb
"I’m happy to pay to ensure information stays free." --Paul Cascun
"thanks guys for your work" --Yann Beauvois
"This is a great and very useful project!" --anonymous
"è molto utile" --anonymous (it, "is very useful")
"Thanks for everything! Literally.." --Jimmy Baker
"Keep up the good work!" --anonymous
"In honor of Ecoleetage, an article-creating machine" --Daniel Zatkovich
"Thanks for the wonderful job." --anonymous

07/30/2008

"Thanks so much for this priceless tool. We use your site all the time in our business!" --anonymous
"MAY GOD BLESS" --navnit c mandalaywala
"Good Work!!" --anonymous
"At least" --Julien Coallier
"enseñanza libre y universal, genial genial" --oscar pomares ballesteros
"Knowledge is power. God Bless" --Patricia Tuell

07/31/2008

"vineet singh" --vineet singh
"Grazie" --anonymous
"Neil Camhi" --Neil Camhi
"Great resource." --anonymous
"Keep up the good work. I applaud what you folks are doing. This is great endovour. By far one of the best resources on the internet today." --anonymous
"keep up the good work" --sonia hudson
"Terrific site" --anonymous
" MERCI POUR CETE LIBERTE D'ESPRIT QUI FAIT L'ECHANGE, QUII FAIT CE QUEST LA VIE QUI FAIT L'ESPRIT CRITIQUE QUII FAIT QU'ON LUTTE POUR CE QUE VOUS ÊTES : BONS ENS ET INTELLIGENCE PAR L'AMOUR OF COURSE!" --anonymous

08/01/2008

"This is long over due, but not the end. Thanks and keep up the good fight!" --Cedric Whitney
"My senses are arrested by the awesomeness of Wikipedia" --William Penny
"Good work." --anonymous
"Outperforms Encyclopedia Britannica" --Albert Soberanski
"keep going keep keep going...." --anonymous
"great ! god bless" --anonymous
"One of the absolute best sites on the internet." --anonymous
"Share free knowledge - make a donation to Wikimedia!" --Sara Crouse
"Thank you Wikipidea for ALL the knowledge & help you provide!" --anonymous
"Il mio piccolo aiuto per la diffusione del sapere. Buon lavoro a tutti!" --Gianfranco Vecchio (it)
"Great job. More power to you guys." --Ali Khademi
"Sincere appreciation for the wonderful work you guys do" --Murthy Parakala

08/02/2008

"This is my tiny contribution. Would like to contribute frequently like this. Wikipedia is God Send." --JaiMallesh Babu KR
"knowledge brings peace" --Anthony Galante

08/03/2008

"Me parece una excelente labor por la que estan trabajando. Espero que muchas personas en el mundo comprendan el valor de la mision que han emprendido y que se unan a la misma causa. Muchas gracias." --Omar Rios (es)
"Bien adelante" --Juan Javier Martinez Jimenez
"Arturo C. Porzecanski" --Arturo Porzecanski
"I refer to Wikipedia for definitions and research all the time. Thank you." --anonymous
"As a teacher, I find Wikipedia and Wikimedia invaluable for my lesson preparation." --Amanda Claiborne
"My contribution to this very important project" --anonymous
"Thank you for helping me pass my MRCP 1. Now for part 2..." --anonymous

08/04/2008

"Wikipedia is making a difference and helping to change the world." --anonymous
"A little contribution for a great cause" --Ramon Fernandez Bagues

08/05/2008

"Zdravim wiki :)" --Michal Sviba
"Thanks for the info!" --anonymous
"Thank you for letting me publish information on Castle Sannegg in Braslovce, Slovenia." --anonymous
"いつもお世話になっております。" --anonymous
"Love the instant access to info!!" --anonymous

08/06/2008

"Thanks!" --Alex Wilson
"Thank you for greate and free service." --Paarhati Ozkasgarli
"Use it all the time...." --anonymous
"Love Wikipedia!" --anonymous

08/07/2008

"This is the best site on the internet! The info is amazing and I can't wait for the most current updates about anything. Don't stop with the great work!" --anonymous
"thanks!" --anonymous
"i've used it extensively. its a huge value. i do believe in what its about. Go Red Wings!" --John Emeigh
"I've been looking for a long time and still haven't found what I'm looking for but I have faith." --anonymous
"I don't understand PayPal. Can I send a check?" --EILEEN MERICLE
"For all the info I got. Thank you!" --Carsten Straaberg
"I have benefited vastly from Wikipedia, here is a little way to say Thank You." --anonymous
"J'utilise trop Wikipedia pour ne pas contribuer à son développement et sa maintenance" --anonymous
"I have benefitted from this, so giving back what little I can for this effort to continue" --Hariprasad Parthasarathy
"The site is highly useful and helped me many times in understanding the real meaning of the real terms" --anonymous

08/08/2008

"Thanks for all the years of help so far!" --anonymous
"A wonderful source of information." --anonymous
"Wikipedia ist großartig! ...und gerade auch deshalb, weil oft leidenschaftlich gestritten wird!" --Peter Schwabe
"More complex web of historical characters. More small places and towns. Make sure all words with links are actually linked." --anonymous
"it's true because ii read it on wikipedia... bitch" --pm riviere
"Grazie di tutte le informazioni" --anonymous

08/09/2008

"There's probably a good reason to donate. Go look it up :-)" --anonymous
"Great source of knowledge" --anonymous
"great job guys" --Bernadette Sullivan
"I use Wikimedia/Wikipedia constantly. Thanks for the help!" --Elizabeth Blake
"thanks for being here" --anonymous

08/10/2008

"I should have donated to this amazing resource long ago!!" --Carisa Davis
"With appreciation for the efforts put forth by Wikipedia (Wikimedia) for the Common Good!" --Patrick Warren
"I use Wiki all the time it's about time I gave something back - thanks!" --Helen Osborn
"We go to Wikipedia first when researching any topic. Thanks for making it available." --John Gisler
"Connaître est le meilleur moyen de limiter les erreurs" --anonymous

08/11/2008

"Thank for helping Students" --anonymous
"Wikipedia is a Revolution. C'est une belle réalisation pour l'humanité." --Sébastien Marcotte
"Keep doing well, Wiki!" --anonymous
"my gift" --Lev Aleshin
"I am deeply indebted to Wikimedia and the Wikipedia team for the privilege that Wikipedia is!" --anonymous
"Wonderful resource. One of the best things about the Web." --Richard Fuhrman

08/12/2008

"Thanks for all your efforts in bringing the knowledge to everyone's doorstep" --vikas kashyap
"Great Work by Wukimedia, my small contribution for the same." --Abhijit Jorvekar
"Tks for sharing best info for the benefit of mankind. Am mostly interested in Shi'ite version of Islam, since I'm a Shia Twelvers follower. My other email for 6 months herawati.kadarman@total.com" --anonymous
"for every time I've used your site" --anonymous
"Wikipedia is the best thing that happened to the Internet. Keep on opening the world to an Open Source future." --anonymous
"thanks" --anonymous

08/13/2008

"今日は何の日" --anonymous
"Thank You Wikipedia Originators and Organizers" --Dean Haakenson
"Happy Birthday Gabe!" --anonymous
"Let there be knowledge, for me, for you and for us" --anonymous
"Love Wikipedia" --anonymous
"Wikipedia - Besser als jede andere Wissensquelle." --Stefan Walder

08/14/2008

"Stay informed" --anonymous
"Keep up the good work." --Jake Mongler
"worth it" --anonymous
"Wikipedia is GREAT! Thank you for your efforts!" --anonymous
"E' una piccola donazione, ma se tutti lo facessero..." --Gilberto Mengozzi
"Good Luck" --Ronald Gabat

08/15/2008

"Janu Sundaram" --Janu Sundaram

08/16/2008

"This is a blessing. Use it wisely. RANKINSTEIN" --KERBY RANKIN
"Thanks" --anonymous
"May God bless the creators of Wikipedia!" --anonymous
"Compartir. La mayor riqueza." --anonymous
"Thank you Wikipedia!! Please keep it going always!" --anonymous
"Harry Tucker" --Harry Tucker
"If I need to know something, I come here. Where else should we go?" --Rajas Pimpalwadkar
"In the einterest of bettering the power of electronic knowledge" --anonymous
"keep up the good work, you're also important to me!" --anonymous

08/17/2008

"I hope my small donation helps. Wiki has been a great help to me," --Shaik Syahirah
"Thank you for this tremendous site, I have found it to be invaluable at times." --Michael Bonnell
"THANKS WIKIPEDIA FOR ALL YOUR HELP ! You help us to developp our knowledge!" --Henri Nidecker
"Una delle migliori cose di Internet." --Massimiliano Eleota
"Keep knowledge alive and, right" --DAMIAN OLEJNIK

08/18/2008

"""Knowledge is power""-SFB" --Lon Huber
"Wikipedia is a most excellent website. Thank you very much for that. I plan to donate this much monthly. I wish I could give more." --Benjamin Fresquez
"Good work people" --William Rowland
"You are doing a great job. This is a revolution in the field of human knowledge and communication. A big step forward in mass delivery of knowledge to billions of people.I wish you all the success." --Mehrdad Habibi
"An invaluable source of information" --anonymous

08/19/2008

"What you have created and amasses is invaluable" --Jack Fulton
"I am a public school teacher and I use your site everyday! Keep up the good work." --Mike Romanaggi
"اشعر بالفخر حين اتبرع لويكيميديا فهذا الموقع قد ساهم في تغيير العالم وتحسين مستوى الثقافات في العالم" --Abdullah Marafie (ar)
"Greatest informative medium on this moment, beginning 21st century." --ANDRE WILLEMS
"ciao avanti cosi grazie" --Andrea Zaninelli
"Thank you for this wonderful, inspired resource" --Rose Marie Doyle
"Ve prospěch historika Ing Jiřího skalského" --Jiří Nádraský

08/20/2008

"This is knowledge made free." --anonymous
"Wiki rules! I'd donate more, but I only have $17.37 in my PayPal account." --Alex Badock
"I use Wikimedia anytime I have a question! Thank you for making it available to me and the rest of the world! Wishing you much sucess!" --Amanda Jecklin

08/21/2008

"Invaluable part of the Internet." --Joel Yliluoma
"Thank you for all that you do!" --Narayanaswami B
"I want to thank you for all the time and effort that is put into this site. It is a pleasure." --anonymous
"Great site - an absolutely indispensable ressource for children and adults. An absolutely wonderful project" --anonymous
"Thank you for the outstanding and invaluable vessel of knowledge. Wikipedia is quite simply the single most important conduit of reliable information today." --Kurt Warner
"I love Wikipedia!" --Sriram Venkataramani
"Thanks and keep up the great work!" --anonymous
"thanks for everything wikipedia does... my ultimate information resource" --Adam Ziemba

08/22/2008

"Just because one has knowledge doesn't make them wise, but to have wisdom you must have knowledge." --anonymous
"Thank you" --anonymous
"Wikipedia is a fantastic resource." --anonymous
"Thanks!" --anonymous
"Ich finde es sehr wichtig, dass Bildung für alle zugänglich wird. Dafür ist Wikipedia prädestiniert." --anonymous
"keep up the good work!" --Nagender Parimi
"incredible service to the world.. thanks." --anonymous
"Thanks for the SetElev lisp routine!!" --anonymous
"Thank you for Wikipedia and all the other Wikis!" --Keith MacDonald

08/23/2008

"Danke für die Infos. Weiter so" --anonymous
"Freies Wissen ist das höchste Gut, das die Menschheit besitzt" --Philipp Schreiber
"Proud to help educate our cildren worldide, they are our future!" --Luis Casanas
"the most important website in the world" --anonymous
"Thanks for making wikipedia working" --anonymous
"Jacob Dillow" --anonymous
"david beckame" --Mouhamed Hafirassou
"Thanks for your global-ness." --anonymous

08/24/2008

"love the concept, refer to you almost daily, keep up the great work and resist hijackers! (unlike cddb)" --anonymous
"keep up the good work!" --anonymous
"Luiz Neto" --Luiz Monteiro
"FELICIDADES Y GRACIAS. EL SABER NOS ABRE NUEVOS HORIZONTES COMO HUMANOS.. USTEDES NOS ARRIMAN LA MATERIA PRIMA... LA INFORMACION!" --anonymous
"vielen dank für ihren servic" --anonymous

08/25/2008

"thank you" --anonymous
"A fascinating & very useful website. I use it daily." --Daniel Scanny
"A truly remarkable service helping to shape the future." --anonymous
"Thank you" --anonymous
"Just a great place in internet!" --anonymous

08/26/2008

"I Love Wikipedia" --anonymous
"fabwiki" --anonymous
"Una labor impresionante" --anonymous
"Wikipedia is a fantastic source of shared knowledge and an eye-opener on the world's diversity and challenges." --Ditte Duclert
"great source of technical info ... good show !!!" --William Bloeser
"To support marathi wikipedia" --Shree Thatte
"tom hershey" --thomas hershey

08/27/2008

"I could not find any words even in your collection to show the magnificence of your job! Simply, awesome!!!" --Hoss Garakani
"I don't know how I got by before wikipedia!" --anonymous
"Mike Hayes" --anonymous
"Wikipedia is helping to launch my new career!" --anonymous
"Just felt like giving something back to the world today." --Thomas Lemmen
"W la libertà!" --anonymous
"I believe" --luca guido zambrelli
"keep up the great job you are doing, thanks for being there when I needed you!" --anonymous
"I read these articles and have in the past wrote articles" --Sean Sweeney

08/28/2008

"Wikipedia is a superb resource" --anonymous
"Donated to help keep Wiki advert free - please keep up the good work. Wish everyone that uses it would donate to enhance the sum of written human knowledge." --anonymous
"apprezzo molto l vostro lavoro" --anonymous
"It is a rare day that the wiki doesn't supply us with at least part of a reasonably accurate answer with information sufficient enough for our needs. Thanks for the vision and drive to get it done" --Richard Combs
"Thank you for what you do." --Katharine Beckwith