Fundraising 2012/Translation/GorillaWarfare appeal

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  • ଦୟାକରି ୧୮,୦୦୦ ଗୋଟି ସମ୍ପାଦନ କରିଥିବା ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ଅବଦାନକାରୀଙ୍କ ଠାରୁ
    ଏକ ବ୍ୟକ୍ତିଗତ ଆବେଦନ
    ପଢ଼ନ୍ତୁ

Appeal

ଜଣେ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ଅବଦାନକାରୀଙ୍କ ଠାରୁ

ମୁଁ ଜଣେ ବିଶ୍ଵବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ ଛାତ୍ରୀ । ପ୍ରତି ସେମିଷ୍ଟାରରେ ପଢ଼ାବହି ପାଇଁ ୫୦୦ ଡଲାର ଖରଚ ହୋଇଥାଏ । ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆରେ, ମୋତେ ହଜାର ହଜାର ବହୁମୂଲ୍ୟ ବହି ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆରୁ ପଢ଼ିବାକୁ ମିଳିଥାଏ ।

That’s why I don’t just read Wikipedia, I help create it. It’s really important to me to keep this resource available to everyone, free of charge. With 470 million readers per month, Wikipedia is important to many people all over the world.

Wikipedia should have fallen to pieces long ago. It is consensus-driven, unlike just about any other community. There’s no real overarching administration, no board of executives determining every edit and every policy. Instead, a great community of volunteers work together to create this source of knowledge, free to use and free of ads.

Working that way, our community of millions of editors works together to create encyclopedias in 283 languages, containing a combined total of over 20 million articles.

We do this on a tiny budget compared to other top websites. For us to do our work, we need a stable infrastructure: servers, bandwidth, programmers, and even lawyers to protect our independence. It’s all funded by donations from Wikipedia readers. You might think a few dollars is just a drop in the bucket, but it’s actually what makes this whole operation possible.

Thanks so much.