來自維基百科創辦者Jimmy Wales的個人呼籲 (翻譯:Gino高)
Google或許有近百萬個主機，雅虎應該也有1.3萬名員工。而維基百科目前有679個主機與95名一同打拼的夥伴。我們是世界排名前五名的網站，每月為4千5百萬廣大網友們提供最棒的資訊--與數十億的瀏覽量。每個網站賴以為生的商業行為與廣告收益並不屬於維基百科。
維基百科非常特別，您可以當它是間圖書館或是對全民開放的公園。也有點像是智慧的神殿。這替方提供了我們想像、學習與分享你我的知識的園地。創立初期，我當然也是可以將維基百科規劃為以營利為出發點，放些廣告在網頁上，但我在那當下決定做些與眾不同的事。這些年來我與我們團隊歷經艱辛以非常精簡的人事與一切開銷的方式維持住維基百科的優質服務。不同於那些被廣告佔據版面的其他同質的網站，我們做到了無廣告、提供最優質的線上百科。
不過若每一位讀者都可以捐贈5美元給維基，我們就可以每年只須募款一次。但我知道並不是每位網友都願意協助為基百科，我們也接受這樣的狀況。每年還是有足夠的網友默默地協助為基百科的運行。今年，請您考慮捐贈5美元、10歐元、1000日元或您其他您想捐的金額來保護與維持維基百科的存在。感謝您，Jimmy Wales (維基百科創辦人)
Google might have close to a million servers. Yahoo has something like 13,000 staff. We have 679 servers and 95 staff.
Wikipedia is the #5 site on the web and serves 450 million different people every month – with billions of page views.Commerce is fine. Advertising is not evil. But it doesn't belong here. Not in Wikipedia.Wikipedia is something special. It is like a library or a public park. It is like a temple for the mind. It is a place we can all go to think, to learn, to share our knowledge with others.When I founded Wikipedia, I could have made it into a for-profit company with advertising banners, but I decided to do something different. We’ve worked hard over the years to keep it lean and tight. We fulfill our mission, and leave waste to others.If everyone reading this donated $5, we would only have to fundraise for one day a year. But not everyone can or will donate. And that's fine. Each year just enough people decide to give.This year, please consider making a donation of $5, €10, ¥1000 or whatever you can to protect and sustain Wikipedia.Thanks,Jimmy Wales
Wikipedia Founder
