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Media Coverage [edit]

Media coverage found online regarding 2011 fundraiser.

November [edit]

Articles and Blog Posts [edit]

Nov 1 Examiner by Gregory Kohs - Wikipedia's Top 10 Most Viewed Articles, October 2011
Nov 2 Bloomberg Business Week - Wikipedia India Office Will Help Boost Fundraising, Found Says
Nov 2 PBS Mediashift Idea Lab - Open Media Explores New Paradigms in Community Media
Nov 3 Telegraph UK - Jimmy Wales: 'Wikipedia can Topple Tyrants'
Nov 4 My Web Gal - Wikipedia: Keep It Free
Nov 5 The Economist - Free but Not Easy
Nov 8 Watching the Watchers - UK Charity Registration Milestone
Nov 9 Know Your Meme - Please Read: A Personal Appeal From X Founder Y images
Nov 11 ZD Net - Wikipedia needs to stop begging for donations and start implementing ads
Nov 11 Tech for All -Wikipedia needs to stop begging for donations and start implementing ads
Nov 12 Internet Business Blog - Wikipedia needs to stop begging for donations and start implementing ads
Nov 15 David Peter Simon (blog) - On Donating to Wikipedia
Nov 15 Tom Morris (blog) - How to Hide the Fundraising Banner on Wikipedia
Nov 16 SEO tips top tips to rank in Google.

Nov 16 [edit]

Nov 16 Mad4Flash (blog) - Wikipedia Fundraising 2011-2012: Personal Appeal from Jimmy Wales
Nov 16 Xperedon - Wikimedia: Annual Fundraiser: Did You Know Wikipedia is a Charity?
Nov 16 Seattle PI: Biz Bite Blog - Need Something From Your Customers? Just Ask
Nov 16 Maximum PC - Wikipedia Makes Another Plea for Donations
Nov 16 IT Lounge - Wikipedia Makes Another Plea for Donations
Nov 16 Vogue It - Wikipedia Appeal

Nov 17 [edit]

Nov 17 Israel National News - Annual Wikipedia Fund Drive Expects $28.3 million
Nov 17 The Register - Narcissistic, greedy: What Wikipedia says about its appeal
Nov 17 Sigg3 - Donate to Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia
Nov 17 The Delta World - Wikipedia Returns to Ask for Donations to Protect and Maintain Project

Nov18 [edit]

Nov 18 MrinTech How to Donate to Wikipedia to Keep it Free
Nov 18 Only a Blockhead - Thanks, Wikipedia
Nov 18 a1b5jj blog - Jimmy Wales Begs for Money
Nov 18 The Irradiation Station - Please Read a Personal Appeal from...
Nov 18 Fail Blog - FAIL Nation: Jimmy Wales Juxtaposition FAILs
Nov 18 Nirmal Web Developer - Please read: A personal appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales

Nov 19 [edit]

Nov 19 Humor Tech Blog - Wikipedia has Given, Now is the Time to Give Back! Donate to Wikipedia
Nov 19 All that is wrong with the world... - Wikipedia needs an overhaul

Nov 20 [edit]

Nov 20 TechCrunch - A Personal Appeal TO Founder Jimmy Wales

Nov 21 [edit]

Nov 21 CIO Today - Google Co-Founder Donates $500,000 To Wikimedia
Nov 21 United Tech Guys - Why You Should Not Donate to Wikipedia
Nov 21 Chip Chick - Brother, Can You Spare Wikipedia a Dime?
Nov 21 Dedicated Server Directory - Google’s Sergey Brin Gives Wikipedia $500,000
Nov 21 StocksandShares.TV - Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Co-Founder Gives In To Wiki Owner
Nov 21 My Name is Jehad - Wikipedia, How About Showing Ads?
Nov 21 The Atlantic Wire: Technology Jimmy Wales Makes It Easy to Make Fun of Wikipedia Ads
Nov 21 Business 2 Community - Nonprofit Marketing Tip: Explain All 9 Ways People Can Donate
Nov 21 Lies, Damned Lies... Should Wikipedia Accept Advertising?
Nov 21 Two Boot - Wikipedia Annual Raise-a-Thon
Nov 21 Guru Child - Wikipedia Fundraiser

Nov 22 [edit]

Nov 22 Network World - Even Wales finds his wall-to-wall Wikipedia pictures 'annoying'
Nov 22 Daily Blog Tips - Have You Donated To Wikipedia Already?
Nov 22 Calvin Ayre - Please Donate To Save Wikipedia
Nov 22 Not to be Trusted with Knives - It's Wikipedia Donation Time!
Nov 22 Urlesque - Jimmy Wales Wikipedia Donation Banner Parodies (The One)
Nov 22 Time: Techland - Remove Jimmy Wales’ Face from Wikipedia in Three Easy Steps

Nov 23 [edit]

Nov 23 Pocket Info - Wikipedia trying to keep ad free
Nov 23 Gawker (comments) - Tell Us Your Thanksgiving Horror Stories
Nov 23 The Digital Reader - Fun with Wikipedia's Pledge Drive
Nov 23 Ryan Macklin - Donate to the Ultimate Gaming Resource
Nov 23 PR Log - New Jimmy Wales action figure to promote Wikipedia donations
Nov 23 Pictures at an Exhibition - The Many Faces of Wikipedia's Fundraisers

Nov 24 [edit]

Nov 24 Something Awful - Please read: A personal appeal from Wikipedia guitarist Dave Mustaine
Nov 24 Makarands Musings - Knowledge Sets Us Free
Nov 24 Tech Eye - Wales Defends Being the Everywhere Boy

Nov 25 [edit]

Nov 25 Rap Music Board - Jimmy Wales Wikipedia Begging
Nov 25 Tech Gazette - Will You Donate to Wikipedia?

Nov 26 [edit]

Nov 26 Beyond Necessity - Want to Donate to Wikipedia?
Nov 26 Brown 2020 - Why I Donated $100 To Wikipedia
Nov 26 SaveVideos.net - Wikipedia and the donation of GOOGLE
Nov 26 Buzz Feed - Ugh, Wikipedia… A Personal Appeal From Brandon Harris Is As Creepy Than Jimmy Wales. Reasons Why:
Nov 26 IT Babble - Is your IT budget really reflecting the most important resources your students are using?

Nov 27 [edit]

Nov 27 Techcrunch - Now You’re Just Messing With Us Wikipedia
Nov 27 Sinister Forces - Donate to Wikipedia
Nov 27 Who Gave Them Money - Wikipedia + Donations
Nov 27 The Indian Lunux computing Ninja - Todays wikipedia donation, youtube playlist and python , programming languages reflection

Nov 28 [edit]

Nov 28 NY Magazine - The Fastest Way to Fame Is Getting Your Picture Atop Wikipedia Entries
Nov 28 The Daily Dot - Wikipedia's Brandon Harris Bares All on Reddit
Nov 28 Techcrunch - Wikipedia Programmer: We Do The Funny Portrait Placement Thing Because It Works
Nov 28 Gawker - That Creepy Guy With the Mustache At the Top of Wikipedia Speaks
Nov 28 Get Off My Internetz - Brandon Harris Knows Linux, Apache, MySQL, Pantene
Nov 28 Geek News Network - Wikipedia – Not Worth the Donation
Nov 28 El Heraldo - Wikipedia pide donaciones a sus usuarios para sostenerse
Nov 28 Softpedia - Meet the New Star of the Mildly Creepy Wikipedia Donation Banners

Nov 29 [edit]

Nov 29 Social Media News - Wikipedia Donations Align Right
Nov 29 PPNW - More Fun With Wikipedia’s “Appeals” – Susan Hewitt

Nov 30 [edit]

Nov 30 The Verge - ProgrammerAppeal Chrome extension brings the new face of Wikipedia to the rest of the web
Nov 30 Larry Bodine - Wikipedia is Going Broke Again
Nov 30 The Daily Princetonian - Contributing to the Internet
Nov 30 OpenSource.com - The importance of Wikipedia
Nov 30 Your Story - What's With Those Glaring Donate Banner Ads on Wikipedia?
Nov 30 Time: Techland - Now Wikipedia’s Brandon Harris Can Follow You Around the Web

Google co-founder, wife donate $500,000 to Wikimedia [edit]

Nov 17 Law and Disorder - Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Donates 500,000 toward Wikipedia's 28m Budget
Nov 17 Venture Beat - Google co-founder Sergey Brin gives $500,000 to help Wikipedia
Nov 17 Mercury News - Sergey Brin's foundation gives $500,000 to Wikipedia
Nov 18 ars technica - Google co-founder Sergey Brin donates $500,000 toward Wikipedia's $28M budget
Nov 18 The Register - Google's Brin and wife plop half-million into Wikipedia's hat
Nov 18 AlterNet - Google Co-Founder, Wife Donate $500,000 to Wikimedia
Nov 18 AFP - Google co-founder, wife donate $500,000 to Wikimedia
Nov 18 PC Magazine - Sergey Brin's Foundation Donates $500K to Boost Wikipedia
Nov 18 Reuters: Media File Blog - Google’s Brin, wife donate $500,000 to keep Wikipedia going
Nov 18 Washington Post - Google’s Brin answers Wikipedia’s Wales, gives $500,000 through foundation
Nov 18 Red Write Web - Is Wikipedia Still Worth It? Google's Sergey Brin Says So
Nov 18 News Plurk - Sergey Brin's Foundation Donates $500K to Boost Wikipedia
Nov 18 The Washington Post: Business - Today in Tech: Galaxy Nexus, Black Friday, ‘Skyward Sword’
Nov 18 - Newsfactor Business Report Google Co-Founder Donates $500,000 To Wikimedia
Nov 18 Pnosker.com - Wikipedia fundraising gets a generous $500k from Brin Wojcicki Foundation
Nov 18 Physorg.com Google co-founder, wife donate $500,000 to Wikimedia
Nov 18 Mashable Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Donates $500,000 to Support Wikipedia (VIDEO)
Nov 18 Yahoo Finance - Google co-founder, wife donate $500,000 to Wikimedia
Nov 18 Abrition - Sergey Brin donate $500,000 to help Wikimedia Foundation
Nov 18 Nanyang Post - Google co-founder, wife donate $500,000 to Wikimedia
Nov 18 One News Page - Google co-founder, wife donate $500,000 to Wikimedia
Nov 18 MSN Philippines News - Google co-founder, wife donate $500,000 to Wikimedia
Nov 18 Geek.com - Sergey Brin donates half a million dollars to Wikipedia
Nov 18 NYTimes: Bit Blog - Brin and Wojcicki Give $500,000 to Charity Behind Wikipedia
Nov 18 WSJ: AllThingsD - Wikipedia Gets $500K from Brin and Wojcicki — But What It Really Wants Is Small Donors
Nov 18 All Voices - Google founders Donate Rp4, 5 Billion For Wikipedia
Nov 19 Newso.org - Google founders sergey to wikipedia donated 500000 dollars
Nov 19 International Business Times - Wikipedia Gets Money From a Google Co-Founder
Nov 19 UnMumble - Sergey Brin donated $500000 dollars to Wikimedia
Nov 19 Silicon Valley Sleuth - Sergey Brin opens his wallet for Wikipedia
Nov 19 RiaNovosti - Google co-founder Brin donates $500,000 to Wikipedia
Nov 19 Search Engine Watch - Google's Brin Donates $500K To Wikipedia
Nov 19 E Week - Google's Brin, Wife Float Wikipedia With $500,000
Nov 19 Computer Sight - Co-Founder of Google Donate $500 Thousand to Wikimedia
Nov 19 Azer Tag - Google founders donate $ 500.000 to Wikipedia
Nov 19 Monsters & Critics - Google founder donates 500,000 dollars to Wikipedia
Nov 19 Bangkok Post - http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/computer/266972/google-co-founder-wife-donate-500000-to-wikimedia Google co-founder, wife donate $500,000 to Wikimedia]
Nov 20 One India News - Google co-founder donates $ 500,000 to Wikipedia
Nov 20 Hindustan Times - Google co-founder Brin donates $500,000 to Wikipedia
Nov 20 Nichecrunch - Google’s donate to Wikipedia; a marriage fixed in the heaven?
Nov 20 TechLeash - Wikipedia Received $500,000 From Google’s Co-founder, Sergey Brin
Nov 20 The Economic Times - Google co-founder Sergei Brin, wife donate $ 500 k to Wikimedia
Nov 20 Market Bite - Google co-founder Sergei Brin, wife donate $ 500 k to Wikimedia
Nov 21 Muktware - Google Co-Founder Donated Half A Million Dollars To Wikipedia
Nov 21 CIO Today - Google Co-Founder Donates $500,000 To Wikimedia
Nov 21 The Hollywood Reporter - Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Gives $500,000 to Wikipedia
Nov 21 Meme Burn - Sergey Brin, wife donate $500 000 to Wikimedia Foundation
Nov 22 polufreezee - Google’s Brin, wife donate $500,000 to keep Wikipedia going
Nov 23 Jo & Ray Publication - Google co-founder, his wife donate $500,000 to Wikimedia

Forums [edit]

Nyancraft Please Read a Personal Appeal from Wakoa Founder Wenutation
BitCoin Forum Wikipedia's yearly donation campaign; Time to accept Bitcoins?
Nov 4 UWA Discussion Boards - Wikipedia Donate
Nov 9 The Wikipedia Review - Wikipedia and Wikimedia, Where's Your Money Going?
Nov 11 Guitar Forum - Would You Donate to Wikipedia?
Nov 11 Massgate - Will Google Purchase Wikipedia?
Nov 14 UKSaabs - Wikipedia asking for donations
Nov 15 GameFAQs - The Wikipedia guy is asking for money AGAIN
Nov 16 IGN - Please Read a Personal Appeal from Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales
Nov 16 High Existence - Donate to Wikipedia
Nov 16 Badcaps.net - Wikipedia Donations...?
Nov 16 Newsground - Don't give Wikipedia any money
Nov 17 Reddit - I can't do research without seeing the face of Jimmy Wales
Nov 17 Reddit - Think of all the times you have used Wikipedia...
Nov 17 Reddit - A personal appeal from Jimmy Wales
Nov 17 Desi Dime - Donate to Wikipedia Now in Indian Rupees
Nov 17 - Ask About Money - Wikipedia needs donations to keep going
Nov 18 - Meetmeinto - Donating to Wikipedia
Nov 18 The Bejinninger - Why Wikipedia's CEO Often Comes Out and Asks for Money
Nov 19 - Lowyatnet - Google co-founder Sergey Brin gives $500,000 to help Wikipedia
Nov 20 The Force - i just donated $5 to wikipedia for their fundraiser
Nov 20 - Reddit - Why Does Wikipedia Need So Much Donation Money?
Nov 20 - Mac Rumors - Wikipedia is stupid, why don't they put some ads??
Nov 20 Lipstick Alley - Has anyone read Wikipedia's request for Donations?
Nov 21 Reddit - The reason I donated to Wikipedia
Nov 22 Game FAQs - Wikipedia Fundraiser stuff is so annoying.
Nov 22 Accoustic Talk: The Soundhole - Poll Question: Have you / will you donate to Wikipedia?
Nov 22 Reddit - The reason I donated to Wikipedia
Nov 23 Reddit - WTF this guy is not any better
Nov 23 The Neighbors Club - How Visiting Wikipedia Would Be Much Less Annoying
Nov 23 Nairaland - Wikipedia.org Donation
Nov 24 The Straight Dope - Wikipedia seeking donations again. Here's the most compelling argument to give I've seen so far
Nov 25 Whirlpool - Donating to Wikipdia
Nov 25 NoCensuraItaliana - How to block Wikipedia banner ad? (Appeal from Jimmy Wales)
Nov 26 The Wolf Web - I wish he would go away
Nov 26 Sher Dog - Have You Ever Donated to Wikipedia?
Nov 27 Reddit - I am Wikipedia programmer Brandon Harris
Nov 27 NeoGAF - Wikipedia is now pleading for monthly donations
Nov 27 AnandTech - Wikipedia programmer Brandon Harris
Nov 27 SportsNet Communities - Anyone plan on donating to Wiki?
Nov 28 Mac Resource - Donate for Wikipedia
Nov 28 Harmony Central Forums - Wikipedia asking for money
Nov 29 Steam Powered - How much did you donate to Wikipedia?
Nov 29 Black Flag Cafe Why are ugly people asking me to give money?
Nov 30 Warrior Forum - You donating to Wikipedia?
Nov 30 MacResource - Your thoughts on the value of Wikipedia

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Other [edit]

Quora: Why do Wikipedia Fundraising Appeals Say that Ads to the Site Would Sacrifice our Independence?
Nov 6 Google Plus - I just donated 4 euros to Wikipedia.
Nov 10 Google Plus - Let's create a new meme
Nov 11 Google Plus - The Many Faces of Brandon Harris
Nov 16 Yahoo Answers - How many people are going to donate to Wikipedia this year?
Nov 16 7 Billion Goals - Senoritas, Please Donate to Wikipedia we Need Your Help Please
Nov 17 The Oatmeal - I love it when Wikipedia asks for donations
Nov 17 Yahoo Answers - Why is Wikipedia insisting that we donate?
Nov 17 Yahoo Answers India - How many of you donated to a good cause named "Wikipedia"?
Nov 18 Flickr - Staring Contest
Nov 20 Pastebin - Remove Wikipedia Donations
Nov 21 Quora - If Wikipedia needs money, why don't they simply change the terms of the Creative Commons license to non-commercial and start asking for a revenue share on distributed content?
Nov 21 Quora - The Wikimedia Foundation is getting increasingly inefficient in terms of the (money spent per year)/(number of pageviews per year). Why?
Nov 23 The Daily What - Animated gif of the Day
Nov 23 That's My Face - Jimmy Wales Action Figure
Nov 25 Funny Junk - Brandon Harris Yeahh
Nov 25 Is Viral - The Real Reason You Should Donate to Wikipedia
Nov 26 TV Refill - Wikipedia Wants Money
Nov 27 Imagur - Oh. Now I feel bad.
Nov 27 Quick Meme - Good Guy Brandon Harris
Nov 27 githup:gist - User script that removes Wikipedia banners
Nov 28 Imagur - You got my money?
Nov 28 Yahoo Answers New Zealand - Have you donated to Wikipedia for their annual appeal?
Nov 28 Fark - Just who is that creepy guy with the mustache at the top of Wikipedia?
Nov 29 Google Plus - Wikipedia programmer Brandon Harris has convinced me to donate
Nov 29 Facebook - Brandon Harris Facebook Fan Page
Nov 30 Google Plus - Susan Hewitt's appeal finally made me break down and get out my wallet.

Other Media Coverage Not Fundraiser Related [edit]

Nov 3 The Next Web India - Wikipedia Opens India Office to Promote Regional Participation
Nov 2 BBC - Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales on the internet's future
Nov 4 The Reflector - Wikipedia Not All Bad, Even Sexy?
Nov 4 Chronicle, Wired Campus - What Wikipedia Deletes and Why
Nov 7 The Sydney Morning Herald - Technology can Topple Tyrants: Jimmy Wales an eternal optimist
Nov 9 Ed. - Truth be Told
Nov 11 Continuations (blog) - Wikipedia, Occupy Wall Street, and the Possibility of an Open Congress
Nov 23 Daggle - The Closed, Unfriendly World of Wikipedia
Nov 27 Marshal Kirkpatrick - What I Learned From A Night Editing Wikipedia

December [edit]

Articles and Blog Posts [edit]

Dec 1 Janne in Osaka - Wikipedia - Donate!
Dec 1 Fail Blog - FAIL Nation: New Wikipedia Picture FAILs
Dec 2 The College Companion - Why Every Past, Present, and Future College Student Should Donate $20 to Wikipedia
Dec 2 Go Kill - Wikipedia appeals (Begs) for donations dispite the Bias content
Dec 2 NWK to MIA More Creepy People Asking For Money On Wikipedia...
Dec 2 A Country Boy in the City - Wikipedia Appeal
Dec 3 The Web Tricks - Susan Hewitt, an author of 549 Wikipedia articles, making a personal appeal for Donations to Wikipedia
Dec 3 Surgis Journal - Pop Culture: Guilt-free, for your reference
Dec 3 Insego - Will YOu Give Wikipedia Your Money?
Dec 3 Happy or Hungry - Wikipedia Fun
Dec 3 Debarshi's den - Donations
Dec 3 Rocket Miner - A village of people share knowledge to the world
Dec 4 The Nerd Empire - Random People at Tops of Wikipedia Pages Want Money
Dec 4 Commander Eon - Please Donate to Wikipedia
Dec 5 Shoe Money - Learning from Wikipedia’s Public banner campaign stats
Dec 5 The Stanford Flipside Wikipedia Finally Uses Attractive Person to Raise Money
Dec 6 Matador Notebook - Q&A with Wikipedia Programmer Brandon Harris
Dec 6 Nocturnal Slacker v1.0 - Wikipedia – Or How I Became a Free Knowledge Junkie
Dec 6 One Step Blog - Contributing to Wikipedia Growth by Making Donations
Dec 7 Marketing College Tutors - Wikipedia lessons on direct marketing
Dec 7 Dino 2.0 - Wikipedia Lookalikes?
Dec 8 The National - The wonder of Wikipedia
Dec 8 Dig LMN - 4 Reasons to Donate to Wikipedia
Dec 9 Jon Blumenfeld - A Solution for Wikipedia’s Money Problems… The Flattr Button
Dec 9 Guardian UK - Tim Dowling: technology – it's talking to me
Dec 9 Peter Membrey - This is so true – but is it a good or a bad thing? (Wikipedia powers the minds of the world)
Dec 11 The Dame - Why You Should Donate to Wikipedia
Dec 12 NetHosting - WIKIPEDIA FUNDRAISING: WHERE DOES IT GO?
Dec 13 FlattrBlog - Support Wikipedia with our new Chrome extension
Dec 15 The Tecnica - Why Doesn't Wikipedia Use Ads For Revenue?
Dec 15 ACS Amman Student Blog - Wikipedia
Dec 18 Cave News - Getting rid of those Wikipedia donation request banners
Dec 18 Computer Sight - Please Read: A Personal Appeal From Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales
Dec 20 eCommerce Conversations - We wish you a peaceful christmas and a prosperous new year full of ecommerce!
Dec 20 Portage Life - Need a Last Minute Gift?
Dec 20 Freedom to Tinker - Wikipedia Banner Challenge
Dec 20 Examiner: Wiki Edits - Wikimedia UK stonewalling effort to see documents
Dec 20 Philosophy of Science - Wikimedia UK vs Wikimedia Foundation and, John Duns Scotus
Dec 20 TechShali - Wikipedia now accepts donations in Indian Rupees
Dec 21 Neowin - Wikipedia asks you to donate (again)
Dec 23 Blog of Moa-bite - I cannot understand why wikipedia does not allow advertisements? A personal appeal to Jimmy Wales!!!
Dec 24 The Economic Times - Wikipedia enlists Indians to be the standard-bearers for its fund-raising efforts
Dec 25 Ping2Buzz - INDIAN WIKI AUTHOR REQUESTS DONATION FROM THE NATION:
Dec 26 Felicia Day blog - Charity Season!
Dec 27 The American Prospect - Jimmy Wales Needs Your Help
Dec 27 Aaron Klein - Wikipedia, Begging for Handouts and Building School in Africa
Dec 27 Real Science - Why Don't I Want To Donate To Wikipedia
Dec 28 Setty's Notebook - Please give money to Wikipedia, people
Dec 28 Stew Over - Wikipedia & NAMBLA?/Donate to Wikipedia!
Dec 28 PaytonPlace - Wikipedia Begs Gracefully
Dec 28 Science Blogs: A few things considered - Support Wikipedia
Dec 28 Know Your Meme - Wikipedia Donation Banner Captions
Dec 29 All Things - Is Wiki’s Brandon Harris Pulling Our Legs?
Dec 29 My Telegraph UK - This Might be Considered Spam, but…
Dec 29 What Do I Know? - What's Wikipedia's Annual Budget? Is Donating $5 Too Much? Too Little?

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Dec 1 Susan Hewitt Meme - Susan Hewitt
Dec 3 Rabbithugs - Please Read: A personal appeal from Wikipedia author Kathrik Nadar
Dec 5 Really Really Really Trying - Hey Babe, I Know We Haven't Talked Much Lately..
Dec 16 Tagged search - Karthik Nadar
Dec 21 Tagged search - Jimmy Wales

Forums [edit]

Dec 1 Bucknuts: The Front Row - OT- Wikipedia or Ohio State- More Likely For Your Donation
Dec 1 Boat Design - Wikipedia Donation Problem?
Dec 2 The Wolf Web - Hey Susan Hewitt
Dec 3 Kenyan List - Reversed Roles - Wikipedia
Dec 5 Reddit - AMA Request: Wikipedia contributor GorillaWarfare
Dec 6 Mixed Martial Arts: The Underground - The begging for money on Wikipedia
Dec 6 Deals.Woot - questions → do you donate to wikipedia?
Dec 8 Roll On Friday - should one donate to Wikipedia?
Dec 10 Reddit - Of all the donation pleas, Dr. Sengai Podhuvan's is the only one which really gets me.
Dec 13 YabYab - Isn't Wikipedia going to be free anymore?
Dec 13 Two Plus Two - Have You/Will You Donate to Wikipedia?
Dec 13 LinkedIN - Wikipedia - Do you value the service and information?
Dec 16 Reddit - Because I believe it could change the tide, I pledge to donate $25 to wikipedia if they do a blackout over SOPA. Upvote to pledge the same
Dec 16 Fallen Thrones - Before you donate to Wikipedia....
Dec 17 Reddit - Wikipedia
Dec 18 Donating to Wikipedia
Dec 24 Reddit - Donate to Wikipedia For Their Stance On SOPA
Dec 26 Warrior Forum - Wikipedia is looking desperate for no reason
Dec 26 Know Your Meme Forum - This Wikipedia thing: is it a meme or what?
Dec 30 The Well-Trained Mind - Do you donate to Wikipedia???
Dec 31 Boards IE - Have you donated to Wikipedia yet?
Dec 31 IGN - It seems like Wikipedia is having to beg for money

Other [edit]

Dec 1 MaPikcha - Please Read a personal appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
Dec 1 Imgur - Please read a personal appeal from an author of 549 Wikipedia articles
Dec 2 Yahoo Answers - Why does Wikipedia have to beg so hard for money?
Dec 2 Quora - The Wikimedia Foundation is getting increasingly inefficient in terms of the (money spent per year)/(number of pageviews per year). Why?
Dec 3 Yahoo Answers - Would you or anyone you know actually donate money to Wikipedia?
Dec 6 Personal Appeal - PersonalAppeal.com
Dec 7 Yahoo Answers - Do You Make/Give Donations For Wikipedia?
Dec 9 Funny or Die - Swedish Chef
Dec 9 Buzz LOL - Wikipedia banner finally gets one right
Dec 11 Yahoo Answers - How long is wikipedia going to ask me for money?
Dec 14 Google+ - Felicia Day
Dec 14 Yahoo Answers - Why don't they use ads in Wikipedia?
Dec 15 Comixed - Hear Our Plea
Dec 17 YouTube - P4A - Wikimedia Foundation - WikiRiffs
Dec 17 Yahoo Answers - Who was that cute indian guy on the wikipedia please donate banner ad?
Dec 19 Yahoo Answers - Would you give money to Wikipedia author Aniruddha Kumar?
Dec 22 BoingBoing Submitterator - Wikipedia Banner Challenge
Dec 24 Ask.com - How Does Wikipedia Make Money?
Dec 26 Yahoo Answers - Why does wikipedia keep begging for money??? Is it because of the founders' divorce?
Dec 28 Yahoo Answers - Why does Wikipedia need so much money?

Non-Fundraiser Related News [edit]

Dec 18 Royal Dutch Shell PLC - Integrity of Wikipedia corporate articles corrupted by editing scandal

January 2012 [edit]

Articles and Blog Posts [edit]

Jan 2 Daily Tech - Wikipedia Hits $20 Million Fundraising Target, Drops "Begging" Banners
Jan 2 The American Surveyor - Wikimedia Foundation Rings In New Year With Record-breaking Fundraiser
Jan 2 Venture Beat - Wikipedia fundraiser ends with $20M in the bank
Jan 2 MSNBC.com: Technolog - Wikipedia raises $20 million from one million donors
Jan 2 TechCrunch - Wikimedia Foundation Raises $20 Million From 1 Million+ Donors
Jan 2 VatorNews - Wikimedia raises record $20M from a million donors
Jan 2 The Atlantic Wire - Wikipedia's Silly Fundraising Banners Nabbed $20 Million
Jan 2 The Next Web: Latin America - Wikipedia explains how it is aiming to reach 1 million articles in Portuguese
Jan 6 NHPR - Friday is for Memes: Wikipedia "Please Read" Banners Remixed
Jan 7 TechCrunch - My Failed Attempt At Making An Appeal For The Wikimedia Foundation

Other [edit]

Jan 2 Digg - Technology - Wikipedia fundraiser ends with $20M in the bank

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