Ajudando a wikipedia

Mar 30, 2013 · 3 minute read · Comments
portugueswikipediaSL

Eu sou um usuário da Wikipedia e provavelmente você que está lendo também este texto é, já foi ou será também. ;)

Tem alguns dias que tem aparece um pequeno texto no topo da página deles solicitando uma contribuição. Eu doei algumas dilmas e você também pode, eles aceitam a doação por Paypal ou cartão de crédito.

A Wikipedia é daqueles projetos fantásticos que merecem um pouco de atenção. Ela já não é mais aquela novidade de alguns atrás mas ela continua firme com muitos voluntários escrevendo artigos, revisando ou apenas lendo se imenso conteúdo. Ela influenciou em muito o que nos últimos anos a tal da Sociedade da Informação, também poderia enumerar vários efeitos que a Wikipedia produziu mas o, talvez, mais marcante foi influenciar as empresas tenha uma base compartilhada de conhecimento baseado em Wiki. Provavelmente isso aconteceria com ou sem a influência dela mas que ela ajudou acelerar, sem dúvida que sim! :D

Ah! Se você irá receber um email de resposta tão bacana quanto este que recebi.

Thank you for donating to the Wikimedia Foundation. You are wonderful!

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

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

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

On behalf of those people, and the half-billion other readers of Wikipedia
and its sister sites and projects, I thank you for joining us 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 encourage them to donate too.
And if you're interested, you should try adding some new information to
Wikipedia. If you see a typo or other small mistake, please fix it, and if
you find something missing, please add it. There are resources that can
help you get started. Don't worry about making a mistake: that's normal
when people first start editing and if it happens, other Wikipedians will be
happy to fix it for you.

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

Thanks,

Obs.: Se você se interessou em saber um pouco mais, recomendo ler A Cauda Longa e/ou Free - O futuro dos preços