On Day 2 (Saturday eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) we made $9257.65 (USD equivalent) through PayPal (no updates available for other sources at this time).
Day 2 Day 1 comparison Breakdown: USD equiv USD equiv %change PayPal AUD 326.13 256.80 247.27 + 3.85 CAD 211.78 172.00 271.58 -36.67 EUR 2354.98 3080.02 4464.75 -31.01 GBP 454.36 860.37 899.77 - 4.38 JPY 27182 257.80 269.00 - 4.16 USD 4888.47 4888.47 3424.63 +42.74 9257.65 9576.78 - 3.33
MoneyBookers no data 362.69 -100 ---------------------------------------------- Total 9257.65 9,939.47 -6.86
For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1
Some selected comments from Day 2: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_2
"A wonderful resource, which has already become the Amazon of online encyclopedias!" by Anonymous
"Wikipedia is what the internet was meant for: The building of a great information network" by Industrial Hypertext
"For one of the most exciting enterprises of mankind!" by Renato Cintra
"Wikipedia is my favorite site and an extreme benefit to the world" by Seth Weisberg
"Wikimedia captures the true spirit of the Internet, and is priceless for that." by Michael Herring
"Probably the most useful website in the world (and proof that wiki's work). Well done!" by Mr D A Whiting
"Continue doing your great work, I use wikipedia as much as google" by MetaFilter
"This model of information transfer will change humanity." by Anonymous
"What can I say? I owe half of what I know to the Wikipedia! Keep up the good work." by Jonathan Grose
Some of my favorites:
"Wikipedia is dangerous. It is free, it is fair, it is informative, it is fun. Nothing beats it. Nothing even comes close." by Christopher Hutten-Czapski
"much much less annoying than an NPR fundraising drive, which just makes me reach for a blank check to stuff into my ears" by Anonymous
"Because knowledge may be free, but servers are not." by Anonymous
"Free knowledge is even better than free porn." by Steve Guy
"What did we do before Wiki?" by Anonymous
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On Day 3 (Sunday 20 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) we made $7881.66 (USD equivalent) through PayPal and $64 (USD equivalent) through MoneyBookers (no updates available for other sources at this time).
As expected the total daily figures are dropping now that the initial excitement surrounding the start of the fund drive is subsiding. But I also expect a surge in new donations as we approach our fund drive goal (as occurred in the last fund drive). Either way, it does now appear that we will reach our goal (US$75,000) before the scheduled end of the fund drive (Friday 11 March).
Day 3 Day 2 comparison Breakdown: PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change AUD 418.59 $330.90 $257.81 28.35% CAD 294.86 $238.93 $171.61 39.23% EUR 2108.06 $2,755.66 $3,078.43 -10.49% GBP 367.21 $696.89 $862.28 -19.18% JPY 20990 $198.96 $257.66 -22.78% USD 3596.33 $3,596.33 $4,888.47 -26.43% PayPal total: $7,817.66 $9,516.25 -17.85% MoneyBookers 64 $362.69 -82.35% TOTAL $7881.66 $9,878.94 -20.22%
Grand totals so far (only counting complete days) PayPal USD equiv % grand total AUD 1125.1 $889.39 3.14% CAD 934.92 $757.57 2.67% EUR 7979.65 $10,431.00 36.78% GBP 1322.28 $2,509.42 8.85% JPY 82222 $779.38 2.75% USD 12567.09 $12,567.09 44.31% PayPal total: $27,933.85 Moneybookers: $426.69 1.50% GRAND TOTAL $28,360.54 100.00%
For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1
Some selected comments from Day 3: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_3
"Congratulations on keeping up such a sucessful and valuable internet resource!" by Shaon Diwakar
"Wikipedia is amazing, I'm glad to have the opportunity to donate" by Anonymous
"My first time here. Thanks for improving civilization." by Anonymous
"Thank you so much for this fantastic source of knowledge!" by Thibaut Devulder
"This is what the internet is all about - open access to knowledge." by Jonas Smith-Strawn
"One of those little big things that makes me proud of being a human. Great idea for humanity. Thank you!" by Omar Franco Guerrero
"I like the way it helps freedom in education, I believe this could bring us far" by Louis-Alexandre Marceau
"Wikipedia is a brilliant idea, a worthy project, and a vital resource. Thanks." by Anonymous
"Thanks for running the most exciting knowledge resource online!" by John Goddard
"Possibly the greatest project ever undertaken by humankind, wish I had more to give" by Anonymous
"Free access to information is the key to prosperity!" by Simon Roby
"Amazing! That's what you are. Keep up the good work." by Anonymous
"Knowledge is power. Thankyou Wikimedia for empowering the masses - [[en:User:Ae-a]]" by Anonymous
Some of my favorites:
"You got me! I found your entries on Terry Pratchett and the Discworld series and just knew I had to support you!" by Deborah Hays
"Wikipedia, AKA the Degree Saver! Many thanks" by Tom Graham
"The legacy of Alexandria lives on" by Anonymous
"Destroyer of productivity - and yet I feel worthwhile for spending so much time here." by Barry Petchesky
"Because the world needs an encyclopedia with a full Pokemon section." by Anonymous
"Encouraged by the open accounting. And the great product." by Matthew Elvey
"Before I knew about Wikipedia, I was afraid. I thought most people in the world were jerks, bigots, or just plain bad people. Then, while looking around at wikipedia and seeing how it worked, I couldn't see how that could be true. Wikipedia just could not exist if it was true: if bad people outnumbered, outgunned, and out-shouted the good. I came to the conclusion that more people in the world were good than bad. That the chances were good that the man you bumped on the train is a good person, that the lady behind the cash register is a good person, that the bus driver is a good person. Wikipedia restored my faith in humanity, and my outlook on life has changed because of it. Thank you." by Christopher Hutten-Czapski
"--wait, thank YOU!" by Ruth Temple
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On Day 4 (Monday 21 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) we made $6,586.15 (USD equivalent) through PayPal (no updates available for other sources at this time). This is a decrease of 16.44% from Day 3 but still does represent 18.34% of total funds collected so far ($35,904.88 ; only counting full days) and 8.78% of our goal ($75,000).
Remarkably, the rate of donations were not too adversely affected by the downtime today. Since the donation forms were not available during a large part of the downtime, I can only guess that people remembered our PayPal account name.
Donations did significantly increase soon after a Slashdot story about the downtime was released (9:28PM, EST), forcing us to move the backup donation page once the Slashdot Effect brought down the website hosting it (http://wikisearch.org ; Sorry about that Angela).
Day 4 Day 3 comparison Breakdown: PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change AUD 32 $25.30 $330.90 -92.36% CAD 785 $636.09 $238.93 166.23% EUR 1489.63 $1,947.24 $2,755.66 -29.34% GBP 332.06 $630.18 $696.89 -9.57% JPY 8501 $80.58 $198.96 59.50% USD 3266.76 $3,266.76 $3,596.33 -9.16% PayPal total: $6,586.15 $7,817.66 -15.75% MoneyBookers $64.00 -100.00% TOTAL $6,586.15 $7,881.66 -16.44%
Grand totals so far (only counting complete days) PayPal USD equiv %GrandTotal AUD 1150.4 $909.39 2.53% CAD 1571.01 $1,272.99 3.55% EUR 9926.89 $12,976.44 36.14% GBP 1952.46 $3,705.39 10.32% JPY 82302.58 $780.15 2.17% USD 15833.85 $15,833.85 44.10% PayPal total: $35,478.19 Moneybookers: $426.69 1.19% GRAND TOTAL $35,904.88 100.00% % toward goal 47.87%
For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1 (once everything is back up)
Some selected comments from Day 4: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_4 in about a day (hopefully I'll be able to post by then)
"I love this site. Keep up the awesome work!" by Anonymous
"I use Wiki - I have to pay for it !" by Immo Wetzel
"You have aided me countless times in my academic pursuits in math, science, and the humanities. I can't thank you guys enough." by Laura Napolitano
"Wiki is the future!" by Christoph Burschka
"Wikipedia is in my opinion one of the most noble collective human endeavours underway in the world today. Thank you so much for contributing to society with your wonderful website. I love it and abide" by Matthew Barba
"Wikimedia Rocks!" by Jasmeet Singh
"I have always had a thirst for knowledge, and this project does more than quench it. I am happy to donate." by Matthew Gluesenkamp
"Cheaper than cable" by Anonymous
Some of my favorites:
"Spread your Squids around the world. And use cached pages for logged in users as well. Fix those and I'll be happy as a [[clam]]. Good job so far!!!" by Rami Lehti
"A small price to pay for a project like this. But get a move on with all those ambitious plans for paper versions. Most of the world doesn't have computers." by Anonymous
"The Wikimedia Foundations is an acheivement of great proportions spreading the one firm truth that information is truly free. Thank you." by Siddharth Bhansali
"Help preserve the sum total of human knowledge for less than the price of two Caramel Frappuccinos. Wikipedia is not only fat-free and carbohydrate-free, it will never go straight to your hips!" by Jonet Greene
"Give Wiki a boost!!" by Kiminori Noma
Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia CFO
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There was a mistake in the grand total table I sent before. Here is the correct table (an email with all the correct tables will be resent shortly).
Grand totals so far (only counting complete days) PayPal USD equiv %GrandTotal AUD 1157.1 $914.69 2.62% CAD 1719.92 $1,393.65 3.99% EUR 9469.28 $12,378.24 35.42% GBP 1654.34 $3,139.61 8.98% JPY 90723 $859.96 2.46% USD 15833.85 $15,833.85 45.31% PayPal total: $34,520.00 Moneybookers: $426.69 1.22% GRAND TOTAL $34,946.69 100.00% % toward goal 46.60%
--- Daniel Mayer [email protected] wrote:
On Day 4 (Monday 21 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) we made $6,586.15 (USD equivalent) through PayPal (no updates available for other sources at this time). This is a decrease of 16.44% from Day 3 but still does represent 18.34% of total funds collected so far ($35,904.88 ; only counting full days) and 8.78% of our goal ($75,000).
Remarkably, the rate of donations were not too adversely affected by the downtime today. Since the donation forms were not available during a large part of the downtime, I can only guess that people remembered our PayPal account name.
Donations did significantly increase soon after a Slashdot story about the downtime was released (9:28PM, EST), forcing us to move the backup donation page once the Slashdot Effect brought down the website hosting it (http://wikisearch.org ; Sorry about that Angela).
Day 4 Day 3 comparison Breakdown: PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change AUD 32 $25.30 $330.90 -92.36% CAD 785 $636.09 $238.93 166.23% EUR 1489.63 $1,947.24 $2,755.66 -29.34% GBP 332.06 $630.18 $696.89 -9.57% JPY 8501 $80.58 $198.96 59.50% USD 3266.76 $3,266.76 $3,596.33 -9.16% PayPal total: $6,586.15 $7,817.66 -15.75% MoneyBookers $64.00 -100.00% TOTAL $6,586.15 $7,881.66 -16.44%
Grand totals so far (only counting complete days) PayPal USD equiv %GrandTotal AUD 1150.4 $909.39 2.53% CAD 1571.01 $1,272.99 3.55% EUR 9926.89 $12,976.44 36.14% GBP 1952.46 $3,705.39 10.32% JPY 82302.58 $780.15 2.17% USD 15833.85 $15,833.85 44.10% PayPal total: $35,478.19 Moneybookers: $426.69 1.19% GRAND TOTAL $35,904.88 100.00% % toward goal 47.87%
For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1 (once everything is back up)
Some selected comments from Day 4: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_4 in about a day (hopefully I'll be able to post by then)
"I love this site. Keep up the awesome work!" by Anonymous
"I use Wiki - I have to pay for it !" by Immo Wetzel
"You have aided me countless times in my academic pursuits in math, science, and the humanities. I can't thank you guys enough." by Laura Napolitano
"Wiki is the future!" by Christoph Burschka
"Wikipedia is in my opinion one of the most noble collective human endeavours underway in the world today. Thank you so much for contributing to society with your wonderful website. I love it and abide" by Matthew Barba
"Wikimedia Rocks!" by Jasmeet Singh
"I have always had a thirst for knowledge, and this project does more than quench it. I am happy to donate." by Matthew Gluesenkamp
"Cheaper than cable" by Anonymous
Some of my favorites:
"Spread your Squids around the world. And use cached pages for logged in users as well. Fix those and I'll be happy as a [[clam]]. Good job so far!!!" by Rami Lehti
"A small price to pay for a project like this. But get a move on with all those ambitious plans for paper versions. Most of the world doesn't have computers." by Anonymous
"The Wikimedia Foundations is an acheivement of great proportions spreading the one firm truth that information is truly free. Thank you." by Siddharth Bhansali
"Help preserve the sum total of human knowledge for less than the price of two Caramel Frappuccinos. Wikipedia is not only fat-free and carbohydrate-free, it will never go straight to your hips!" by Jonet Greene
"Give Wiki a boost!!" by Kiminori Noma
Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia CFO
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Numbers have been updated and corrected.
On Day 4 (Monday 21 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) we made $6,586.15 (USD equivalent) through PayPal (no updates available for other sources at this time). This is a decrease of 16.44% from Day 3 but still does represent 18.85% of total funds collected so far ($34,946.69 ; only counting full days) and 8.78% of our goal ($75,000).
Remarkably, the rate of donations were not too adversely affected by the downtime today. Since the donation forms were not available during a large part of the downtime, I can only guess that people remembered our PayPal account name.
Donations did significantly increase soon after a Slashdot story about the downtime was released (9:28PM, EST), forcing us to move the backup donation page once the Slashdot Effect brought down the website hosting it (http://wikisearch.org ; Sorry about that Angela).
NOTE: Pending transactions are also included in the below numbers (some of them will likely turn out to be canceled)
Day 4 Day 3 comparison Breakdown: PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change AUD 32 $25.30 $330.90 -92.36% CAD 785 $636.09 $238.93 166.23% EUR 1489.63 $1,947.24 $2,755.66 -29.34% GBP 332.06 $630.18 $696.89 -9.57% JPY 8501 $80.58 $198.96 -59.50% USD 3266.76 $3,266.76 $3,596.33 -9.16% PayPal total: $6,586.15 $7,817.66 -15.75% MoneyBookers no data $64.00 -100.00% TOTAL $6,586.15 $7,881.66 -16.44%
Grand totals so far (only counting complete days) PayPal USD equiv %GrandTotal AUD 1157.1 $914.69 2.62% CAD 1719.92 $1,393.65 3.99% EUR 9469.28 $12,378.24 35.42% GBP 1654.34 $3,139.61 8.98% JPY 90723 $859.96 2.46% USD 15833.85 $15,833.85 45.31% PayPal total: $34,520.00 Moneybookers: $426.69 1.22% GRAND TOTAL $34,946.69 100.00% % toward goal 46.60%
For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1 (once everything is back up)
Some selected comments from Day 4: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_4 in about a day (hopefully I'll be able to post by then)
"I love this site. Keep up the awesome work!" by Anonymous
"I use Wiki - I have to pay for it !" by Immo Wetzel
"You have aided me countless times in my academic pursuits in math, science, and the humanities. I can't thank you guys enough." by Laura Napolitano
"Wiki is the future!" by Christoph Burschka
"Wikipedia is in my opinion one of the most noble collective human endeavours underway in the world today. Thank you so much for contributing to society with your wonderful website. I love it and abide" by Matthew Barba
"Wikimedia Rocks!" by Jasmeet Singh
"I have always had a thirst for knowledge, and this project does more than quench it. I am happy to donate." by Matthew Gluesenkamp
"Cheaper than cable" by Anonymous
Some of my favorites:
"Spread your Squids around the world. And use cached pages for logged in users as well. Fix those and I'll be happy as a [[clam]]. Good job so far!!!" by Rami Lehti
"A small price to pay for a project like this. But get a move on with all those ambitious plans for paper versions. Most of the world doesn't have computers." by Anonymous
"The Wikimedia Foundations is an acheivement of great proportions spreading the one firm truth that information is truly free. Thank you." by Siddharth Bhansali
"Help preserve the sum total of human knowledge for less than the price of two Caramel Frappuccinos. Wikipedia is not only fat-free and carbohydrate-free, it will never go straight to your hips!" by Jonet Greene
"Give Wiki a boost!!" by Kiminori Noma
Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia CFO
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Sorry folks - one more update on the way.
I synced exchange rate figures between the two tables and fixed a more embarrassing error; in my haste to get this report out I included *gross* instead of net figures. Opps. :)
-- mav
--- Daniel Mayer [email protected] wrote:
Numbers have been updated and corrected.
On Day 4 (Monday 21 February eastern US timezone since PayPal data are not available in UTC) we made $6,586.15 (USD equivalent) through PayPal (no updates available for other sources at this time). This is a decrease of 16.44% from Day 3 but still does represent 18.85% of total funds collected so far ($34,946.69 ; only counting full days) and 8.78% of our goal ($75,000).
Remarkably, the rate of donations were not too adversely affected by the downtime today. Since the donation forms were not available during a large part of the downtime, I can only guess that people remembered our PayPal account name.
Donations did significantly increase soon after a Slashdot story about the downtime was released (9:28PM, EST), forcing us to move the backup donation page once the Slashdot Effect brought down the website hosting it (http://wikisearch.org ; Sorry about that Angela).
NOTE: Pending transactions are also included in the below numbers (some of them will likely turn out to be canceled)
Day 4 Day 3 comparison Breakdown: PayPal USD equiv USD equiv %change AUD 32 $25.30 $330.90 -92.36% CAD 785 $636.09 $238.93 166.23% EUR 1489.63 $1,947.24 $2,755.66 -29.34% GBP 332.06 $630.18 $696.89 -9.57% JPY 8501 $80.58 $198.96 -59.50% USD 3266.76 $3,266.76 $3,596.33 -9.16% PayPal total: $6,586.15 $7,817.66 -15.75% MoneyBookers no data $64.00 -100.00% TOTAL $6,586.15 $7,881.66 -16.44%
Grand totals so far (only counting complete days) PayPal USD equiv %GrandTotal AUD 1157.1 $914.69 2.62% CAD 1719.92 $1,393.65 3.99% EUR 9469.28 $12,378.24 35.42% GBP 1654.34 $3,139.61 8.98% JPY 90723 $859.96 2.46% USD 15833.85 $15,833.85 45.31% PayPal total: $34,520.00 Moneybookers: $426.69 1.22% GRAND TOTAL $34,946.69 100.00% % toward goal 46.60%
For the most recent grand total and other details visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1 (once everything is back up)
Some selected comments from Day 4: See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2005/Q1/Day_4 in about a day (hopefully I'll be able to post by then)
"I love this site. Keep up the awesome work!" by Anonymous
"I use Wiki - I have to pay for it !" by Immo Wetzel
"You have aided me countless times in my academic pursuits in math, science, and the humanities. I can't thank you guys enough." by Laura Napolitano
"Wiki is the future!" by Christoph Burschka
"Wikipedia is in my opinion one of the most noble collective human endeavours underway in the world today. Thank you so much for contributing to society with your wonderful website. I love it and abide" by Matthew Barba
"Wikimedia Rocks!" by Jasmeet Singh
"I have always had a thirst for knowledge, and this project does more than quench it. I am happy to donate." by Matthew Gluesenkamp
"Cheaper than cable" by Anonymous
Some of my favorites:
"Spread your Squids around the world. And use cached pages for logged in users as well. Fix those and I'll be happy as a [[clam]]. Good job so far!!!" by Rami Lehti
"A small price to pay for a project like this. But get a move on with all those ambitious plans for paper versions. Most of the world doesn't have computers." by Anonymous
"The Wikimedia Foundations is an acheivement of great proportions spreading the one firm truth that information is truly free. Thank you." by Siddharth Bhansali
"Help preserve the sum total of human knowledge for less than the price of two Caramel Frappuccinos. Wikipedia is not only fat-free and carbohydrate-free, it will never go straight to your hips!" by Jonet Greene
"Give Wiki a boost!!" by Kiminori Noma
Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia CFO
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