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Wikipedia Stories Project
Hi!

My name is Victor and I'm a storyteller with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that supports Wikipedia. I'm chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community around the world, including those from readers, editors, and donors. Stories are absolutely essential for any non-profit to persuade people to support the cause, and we know the vast network of people who make and use Wikipedia have so much to share.

I'm scouring user pages looking for inspiring, motivating and interesting stories of how Wikipedia has affected the lives of people. I'm asking questions like "How has Wikipedia changed your life?", "What's the most interesting story you have about Wikipedia?" and "Has Wikipedia ever surprised you?"

Last year, we used the annual fundraiser as a way to show the world who it is who actually writes Wikipedia. We featured editors from Brazil, Ukraine, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, India, United States and England. This campaign was a huge success, resulting in the most financially successful fundraising campaign ever. It was also a campaign that stayed true to the spirit of Wikipedia, educating the public that this free top-5 website is created by volunteers like you and I.

This year we want to highlight more Russian-language Wikipedia editors, so I am in the process of planning a trip to Russia to interview editors.

If you or someone you know (or have heard about) has been positively affected by Wikipedia, or have something interesting to say about Wikipedia I'd very much like to hear about it!

Please let me know if you're inclined to take part in the Wikipedia Stories Project, or if you know someone else with whom I should speak.

Of course, if you have any questions or concerns, please ask! I will answer as soon as I can. I apologize for any poor translation of this letter, I am using Google-translate. I hope it makes you laugh :)

Thank you for your time,

Victor Grigas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Victorgrigas

vgrigas@wikimedia.org

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Привет!

Меня зовут Виктор, и я рассказчик с Wikimedia Foundation, некоммерческая организация, которая поддерживает Википедию. Я хроник вдохновляющих историй сообщества Википедии по всему миру, в том числе и читателей, редакторов и доноров. Истории совершенно необходимы для любой некоммерческой органицации, чтобы убедить людей поддержывать наш проект, и мы знаем, что у людей, которые строют и используют Википедии есть много, что рассказать!

Я ищу вдохновляющие страницы пользователей, и интересных историй о том, как Википедия влияют на жизнь людей. Я задавал вопросы вроде "Как Википедия изменила Вашу жизнь?", "Какая самая интересная история у Вас есть о Википедии?" и "Википедия ли когда-нибудь Вас удивило?"

В прошлом году мы использовали ежегодный сбор средств как способ показать миру, кто на самом деле пишет Википедия. Мы показывали редакторов из Бразилии, Украины, Аргентины, Саудовской Аравии, Кении, Индии, США и Англии. Этот метод имел огромный успех, в результате чего у нас была наиболее финансово успешная кампании по сбору средств в историе организации. Кроме того, мы остались верны духу Википедии, просвещение общественности, что это бесплатно ТОП-5 Сайт создан добровольцами, как Ви и я.

В этом году мы хотим выделить еще редакторов Википедии на русском языке, так что я нахожусь в процессе планирования поездки в Россию и интервью с редакторами.

Если Википедия положительно повлеяла на Вас или на кого-то из Ваших знакомых, или у Вас есть что-то интересное сказать о Википедии, я бы очень хотел услышать об этом!

Пожалуйста, дайте мне знать, если Ви бы хотели участвовать в проекте Истории Википедии, или если вы знаете кого-то еще, с кем я должен поговорить.

Конечно, если у Вас есть какие-либо вопросы или сомнения, пожалуйста, обращайтесь! Я отвечу, как только смогу. Извините за плохой перевод этого письма, я использую Google-перевод. Я надеюсь, что заставляет вас смеяться :)

Спасибо за Ваше время,

Victor Grigas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Victorgrigas

vgrigas@wikimedia.org

Victor Grigas (talk) 23:17, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:41, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Almond edit in Russian
Hello - on my talk page, you said: ''You have reverted my edit in Almond with a description "non-English". I want to know, you have reverted my edit because I've made errors in English or I used too many non-English words and phrases. English is not my native language, so I surely make mistakes. It is bad when I make them. But I think it is good you not just revert my edit but inform me. I will correct it. If you think I wrote too many words in Russian in the article there are some usage of words in other languages in this part of article, not in English. If it is interesting in Hebrew why it is not interesting in Russian. So I thought it would be interesting to write about using almond in Russian language.''
 * Simply stated, the English encyclopedia does not need a pronunciation of a term in all possible languages that are unrelated to the origin or etymology of the word. Your edit was also unsourced, so English speakers have no assurance that your choice of the word in Russian is actually true. Use WP:RS sources for new content in the future please. Zefr (talk) 02:21, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Yes, English Wikipedia does not need this. But if it has facts in other languages why it should not contain facts in Russian? It does not make it worse but it make it better. And, follow your logic, everybody can delete phrases about other languages. Words in French, Catalan, Italian and other words have no sources. As you say "English speakers have no assurance...". Many facts in Wikipedia have no sources. And what does it mean? Nothing. If you so strictly follow the rules you should delete most of edits made in Wikipedia. If you don't do this, why do you revert my edit? And what does it mean "non-English"? I don't understand yet. Vitor pk (talk) 02:45, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
 * The Russian language is non-English and has no relevance or value to the understanding of almond origin or etymology. I have been editing Wikipedia for nearly 17 years. If you could find a better encyclopedia, then you should use it. Perhaps you would enjoy your editing experience more if you edited the Russian Wikipedia here. I will not be responding further. Zefr (talk) 03:00, 6 January 2022 (UTC)