Wiki

I do use Wiki from time to time and have once before made a donation to keep it going and did so again recently.Its a great source of information on wildlife. This is the reply I received and hope it might encourage others to do so. In this age of electronic data flow I recently came across a new word : doxing! I used Wiki to find out more and it is scary and related to the current discussions about electoral interference and false information. A good example of the use of Wiki I think.

Dear David,

I feel so lucky to get to be the person to thank you for your  gift, on behalf of a world of people seeking free knowledge.

I used to try to guess what motivated you to give, but the longer I do this work, the more I realize I can’t put your curiosity in a box. There is no one singular experience of Wikipedia. Curiosity is as diverse as we all are, and it looks a little different for each of us.

When you use Wikipedia next, I hope you feel that it belongs to you. Because without you, and without the millions of people who come back to us every day, we would be nothing.

Thank you for giving Wikipedia shape, and purpose, and momentum. Thank you for fitting us into your life.

With immense gratitude,

Katherine

Katherine Maher, Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation

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