Wikipedia Gets More than What it Asked for

Posted on 03. Jan, 2009 by zTechWorld in Internet

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If you have been on Wikipedia a few weeks ago, you probably noticed a desperate letter from the Wikipedia founder, Jimy Wales, who was asking for donations for Wikipeida.

Guess what? now Wikimedia Foundation says, that they have raised more than $6.2 million since they started the fund-raising. There goal was only $6 million, but the extra money will still be used.

Wikipedia is the 4th most popular site on the Internet. They only have 23 workers, because the whole world, well mostly those who have Internet access do the work for them. All the entries are added by users.

So wikipedia has said that all the extra funds will be kept for the following years and they will keep the donation box so people can still donate.