Federico Pistono

I recently donated €10 EUR ($15 USD) to the Wikimedia foundation.

It might not be much, but it's something, and if everyone gives a little it will eventually make the difference. The English Wikipedia has 11,023,443 registered users, 157,937 of which are active users (users who have performed an action in the last 30 days).

The 2009 goal for Wikipedia is $7.5M USD. If all the registered users were to donate $15 USD, as I did, it would make $165M USD, 22 times the amount. But that's a bit too utopian. A more realistic approach would be to consider all the active registered users in all wikis (circa 600K people) would make ~$9M USD, which is more than we need.

Looking at the history of contribution and comments, it's about one donation per minute. It should be more than

From the shared stories:

I can only hope that Wikipedia perpetuates forever and is available, for FREE, to anybody who wants to learn...and that experts in every field continue to share their knowledge with humankind. I urge ANYONE who can make a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation to do so. Donating allows everyone with an Internet connection to continue a cycle of learning that will elevate mankind and bring all of us closer by perpetuation of valuable knowledge.

Please, consider making a donation to the project. :)