Dear zwarten
A year ago, you donated €50 to keep Wikipedia online for hundreds of millions of readers. I'm surprised by and deeply grateful for your continued support. You are part of 1% of the readers who donated to support Wikipedia. We need your help again this year.
I ask you, humbly: please renew your donation today.
Perhaps you’re thinking: Wikipedia will be fine if I don’t give today. Someone else always gives. It’s a little awkward to say this, but consider that fewer than 1% of readers donate to Wikipedia. It’s your generosity that keeps us going. The knowledge that what we’re doing matters, and it matters to people like you. It ensures Wikipedia is here for you when you need us.
As I look around the internet today, I think back to when I first discovered Wikipedia. The internet was still a pretty free-wheeling place, and Wikipedia was born out of that spirit of creativity and possibility. The rest of the web has changed a lot - we all use the same few big sites, we do less creating and more consuming. But Wikipedia is still independent, still written by ordinary people, still has that can-do spirit. Let’s not change that. Please give today.
If all our past donors gave again today, our fundraiser would be over within an hour. We’re not there yet. Please help us end the fundraiser and improve Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is the closest thing the world has to a public internet. We’re always open, always free, and always there when you need us. We’re here to answer your most embarrassing questions or resolve the silliest debates. But we’re also here to be a common point of reference for the world, the foundation for shared understanding. This is a role we take seriously, and we know our integrity is rooted in our independence.
Folks like you help us maintain that integrity, quality, and accessibility. You safeguard our non-profit mission. Please help us keep this wonderful website free and independent for another year, and do your part to make a better world for years to come.
Now is the time we ask.
If Wikipedia is useful to you, please take one minute to keep it online, ad-free, and growing another year.
https://donate.wikimedia.org
Thanks,
Katherine Maher
Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation