捐助Wikipedia后收到的感人的感谢信

发件人: Sue Gardner [mailto:donate@wikimedia.org]
发送时间: 2013年3月13日 11:37
收件人: Bin Wu
主题: Thank you from theWikimedia Foundation

 

Dear Bin,

Thank you for donating to the Wikimedia Foundation. You arewonderful!

It's easy to ignore our fundraising banners, and I'm reallyglad you didn't. This is how Wikipedia pays its bills --- people like yougiving us money, so we can keep the site freely available for everyone aroundthe world.

People tell me they donate to Wikipedia because they findit useful, and they trust it because even though it's not perfect, they knowit's written for them. Wikipedia isn't meant to advance somebody's PR agenda orpush a particular ideology, or to persuade you to believe something that's nottrue. We aim to tell the truth, and we can do that because of you. The factthat you fund the site keeps us independent and able to deliver what you needand want from Wikipedia. Exactly as it should be.

You should know: your donation isn't just covering your owncosts. The average donor is paying for his or her own use of Wikipedia, plusthe costs of hundreds of other people. Your donation keeps Wikipedia availablefor an ambitious kid in Bangalore who's teaching herself computer programming.A middle-aged homemaker in Vienna who's just been diagnosed with Parkinson'sdisease. A novelist researching 1850s Britain. A 10-year-old in San Salvadorwho's just discovered Carl Sagan.

On behalf of those people, and the half-billion otherreaders of Wikipedia and its sister sites and projects, I thank you for joiningus in our effort to make the sum of all human knowledge available for everyone.Your donation makes the world a better place. Thank you.

Most people don't know Wikipedia's run by a non-profit.Please consider sharing this e-mail with a few of your friends to encouragethem to donate too. And if you're interested, you should try adding some newinformation to Wikipedia. If you see a typo or other small mistake, please fixit, and if you find something missing, please add it. There are resources thatcan help you getstarted. Don't worry about making a mistake: that's normal when peoplefirst start editing and if it happens, other Wikipedians will be happy to fixit for you.

I appreciate your trust in us, and I promise you we'll useyour money well.

Thanks,
Sue

 

Sue Gardner
Executive Director,
Wikimedia Foundation
https://donate.wikimedia.org