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Santa Claus arrived at Wikipedia

Thu, Dec 28, 2006
Wikipedia Donation    Today, Wikipedia had an enormous donation. An "Anonymous Donor" or "An anonymous friend" as he signs himself donated no more than $286800.00.

   Within the past howrs the confirmed donations total went up from $402,000 to $704,985.00.

   "The money will be used for the continued operation and improvement of Wikimedia projects. This includes hardware, bandwidth, staff, events like Wikimania, and other expenses. A successful fundraiser will mean both being able to continue and expand what we are currently doing, and to have a secure financial base for the future." Wikipedia

   All donations received by Wikipedia will be matched by Virgin Unite(the charitable arm of Virgin Group).

   The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the 15 most visited websites in the world.
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