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  • Þanc fram
    Wicipǣdie Staðoliende Jimmy Wales

Framcwide[edit]

  • "Þencaþ on hēafde be worulde in þǣre þe ǣlc mann on þǣm planētan hæfþ frēo nytte þǣre fullnesse eallre menniscre gewitnesse."
  • — Jimmy Wales, Staðoliend Wicipǣdie

Þanc fram Wicipǣdie staðoliende, Jimmy Wales[edit]

Hwæt. Hwæt cann ic secgan? Þance ic ēow.

Wē nīwan endodon þā spēdigostan feohdfōinge ūres stǣres - $7.5 þūsendu þūsenda USD genumen on fēawerum þonne 8 wuca.

Āmasiende. Ac ic ne wundrie.

In þǣm 2001 gēare, ic tæflode be mannum, and gē nabbaþ nā mec forlǣten.

Gē habbaþ geworht þā mǣstan gæderunge menniscre gewitnesse ǣfre gegæderod: 14 þūsendu þūsenda wīsdōmbēc gewrita on 270 sprǣca, and hēo is gīet weaxende and weorðende betere ǣlcum dæge. Gē habbaþ awreðod hīe, gifen feoh tō hire, and beorgod hīe.

Waracȳþþu ne angyldeþ Wicipǣdie. Gē andgyldaþ hire. Wicipǣdia is sēo fīfte webbsīde on þǣre worulde æfter hū fela manna gesēcaþ hīe – wurdon 340 þūsenda þūsenda manna on gistrangēare – and wē drīfaþ ūre þegntōlas and angyldaþ ūrum fēawum hirdum fullīce þurh feohgieldunga.

Þīna gieldunga healdaþ Wicipǣdie frēo tō notienne and waracȳþþenalēas. Þīna feohgieldunga awreðiaþ frēo and uncēape nytte lāre ofer eallre þǣre eorðan.

Ic þonce ēow ymb eall þā gē giefaþ be þǣm þe Wicipǣdia is sōþ. Ic hæbbe geworden ēðod fram ēowrum cwidum, and ic fēle ārod for ēowerre lufe Wicipǣdie.

  • “Þǣr ic andswara ymb līf þearf, þā eart þū gearu tō sparienne mec!” - Lauren Sierra
  • “Mīnum suna 6 gēara is Wicipǣdia wundorlic ēagduru þǣre worulde gewitnesse.” - Pilgrim Beart
  • “Wicipǣdia is eallum swīðe hefig. Hēo is spēd manna.” - Fernando Borba
  • "Wicipǣdia seteþ selfe tō fulfyllan ānfealdre þearfe: hraðe nytt weorðre gewitnesse be ǣnigum þæt mann cann beþencan on hēafde. For þȳ ic glædie tō helpenne hire." - Joao Nunes

Hit is āmasiende spell. Þǣr nis nāwiht ōðer andefen hire.

And gif gū gīet næbbe nū ǣr angylded tō helpenne Wicipǣdie, þonne gīet canst þū angyldan hire tō awreðienne þā frēon and openan giefunge gewitnesse. Efne slēa hēr.

Ic ēac gehyrte þē tō awreðienne ūre frīend:

Ic þonce ēow eft.

Lifie Wicipǣdia ā,

fram Jimmy Wales

þǣm Staðoliende Wicipǣdie.