http://blog.jimmywales.com/2006/07/05/campaigns-wikia/ Free knowledge for free minds Sat, 29 May 2010 18:20:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.jimmywales.com/2006/07/05/campaigns-wikia/#comment-844 jwales Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:50:53 +0000 http://blog.jimmywales.com/index.php/archives/2006/07/05/campaigns-wikia/#comment-844 We do have Hindi Wikipedia, actually. We do have Hindi Wikipedia, actually.

]]> http://blog.jimmywales.com/2006/07/05/campaigns-wikia/#comment-729 Tony Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:45:58 +0000 http://blog.jimmywales.com/index.php/archives/2006/07/05/campaigns-wikia/#comment-729 Hello Sir, I just have one question for you today. I noticed that wikipedia can be read in some languages. I noticed that wikipedia is not available in HINDI. The official language of India. India has the second larget population in the world. I would like to see wikipedia in Hindi one day. I mean c'mon u haave a nderlands language but not Hindi? Whats the population of Nederlands?? Hold it down !!! Hello Sir, I just have one question for you today. I noticed that wikipedia can be read in some languages. I noticed that wikipedia is not available in HINDI. The official language of India. India has the second larget population in the world. I would like to see wikipedia in Hindi one day. I mean c’mon u haave a nderlands language but not Hindi? Whats the population of Nederlands?? Hold it down !!!

]]> http://blog.jimmywales.com/2006/07/05/campaigns-wikia/#comment-587 Susan Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:10:14 +0000 http://blog.jimmywales.com/index.php/archives/2006/07/05/campaigns-wikia/#comment-587 Dear Jimmy, This is a personal heartfelt response to your appeal for donations to keep Wikipedia afloat. Personally, I feel that everybody loves a free service, but I also believe people are willing to pay for that service in their own time, as they use it rather than lose it. I have used Wikipedia to skillfully browse a myriad of sites that brings information to my fingertips that would normally take hours of research in specialist libraries that I am unable to access in a foreign country like India. Most articles give greater depth and breadth than the usual online or print encyclopaedias. What I love about Wikipedia is that I don't have to log in every time I do a search, and I can surf freely from one link to another and gain an enormous amount of information very quickly. Here is my suggestion as a regular user who loves your service. Introduce a free membership scheme that users can join at any time with the facility to make online donations. For example, once I join, I may donate $25 one month, and then after 3 months donate $100 according to how much value I feel I have received from using the service. I may just decide to donate for the benefit of others.You may like to introduce some membership benefits, like editing privileges, reward points, and even a system of recording hits on sites that keeps a tally of members usage for their own record. I would prefer to log in after my searches are done, and donate according to my usage. I love your service. Requesting online donations will always be ongoing, but introducing a free access with a voluntary user pays system would be attractive to a lot of people who really would like to show their appreciation. I love you all. Best wishes and regards, Susan. Bangalore, India. Dear Jimmy, This is a personal heartfelt response to your appeal for donations to keep Wikipedia afloat. Personally, I feel that everybody loves a free service, but I also believe people are willing to pay for that service in their own time, as they use it rather than lose it. I have used Wikipedia to skillfully browse a myriad of sites that brings information to my fingertips that would normally take hours of research in specialist libraries that I am unable to access in a foreign country like India. Most articles give greater depth and breadth than the usual online or print encyclopaedias. What I love about Wikipedia is that I don’t have to log in every time I do a search, and I can surf freely from one link to another and gain an enormous amount of information very quickly. Here is my suggestion as a regular user who loves your service. Introduce a free membership scheme that users can join at any time with the facility to make online donations. For example, once I join, I may donate $25 one month, and then after 3 months donate $100 according to how much value I feel I have received from using the service. I may just decide to donate for the benefit of others.You may like to introduce some membership benefits, like editing privileges, reward points, and even a system of recording hits on sites that keeps a tally of members usage for their own record. I would prefer to log in after my searches are done, and donate according to my usage. I love your service. Requesting online donations will always be ongoing, but introducing a free access with a voluntary user pays system would be attractive to a lot of people who really would like to show their appreciation. I love you all. Best wishes and regards, Susan. Bangalore, India.

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