Wikipedia:WikiProject WikipediaWeekly/Episode11/Fundraising comments

Interesting comments (serious and silly) during the 2006/7 fundraiser 

Profound

 * He who knows not knows not that he knows not. Wikipedia changes that.
 * Anonymous	2006-12-20 14:22:26	USD 20.00	20.00


 * "If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it." - Margaret Fuller
 * Anonymous    2006-12-20 09:19:52	EUR 10.00	13.16


 * Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Give a man "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing#Fishing_techniques" and you feed him for a lifetime. Knowledge to the people
 * Anonymous   2006-12-20 03:56:31	SGD 50.00	32.37


 * This is for one of the greatest accomplishments of mankind.
 * Sanjay Pingali     2006-12-19 21:11:16	USD 15.00	15.00


 * "Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." - Samuel Johnson
 * Philip Butler	2006-12-19 15:22:43	USD 10.00	10.00


 * The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities, we need men who can dream of things that never were. -JFK
 * MacKenzie Moritz      2006-12-19 00:44:00  	USD 25.00     25.00

Serious

 * Wikipedia is my primary source of information, for everything from movie trivia to world history. Keep it up
 * Michael Guzewicz, 2006-12-20 06:16:45	USD 20.00	20.00


 * Wiktionary! We put words on your screen!
 * Beth Dodge	2006-12-20 15:10:44	USD 100.00	100.00


 * There's nothing quite like paying for free information. Happy holidays!
 * Jeevan Takhar	2006-12-20 14:13:25	USD 1.00	1.00


 * Best wishes from WikiFur.com and the rest of the furry fandom!
 * Laurence Parry	2006-12-20 12:47:03	USD 50.00	50.00


 * In memory of Nita Jean Schott
 * Anonymous	2006-12-20 07:42:28	USD 25.00	25.00


 * no comment given
 * Steve Wozniak  2006-12-20 04:16:53	USD 200.00	200.00


 * wanted to be teh one to break 100 k
 * Daniel Jay Wool   2006-12-19 22:43:48	USD 100.00	100.00


 * Wikipedia Makes Me Proud to be Human
 * Jose Moreno	2006-12-19 05:39:27	USD 5.00	5.00


 * Ok Wikipedia, we are now even for the two pages I vandailzed 3 years ago, it will never happen again
 * Matthew Taber	2006-12-19 03:45:51	USD 5.00	5.00

Weird

 * Knowledge's like sex, FREE is BETTER :)
 * Anonymous, 2006-12-20 10:52:26	EUR 5.00	6.58


 * Because freedom isn't free... and communism can work for ideas.
 * Anonymous, 2006-12-20 06:37:19	USD 50.00


 * Because without wikipedia, the commies will win!
 * Christopher Timms, 2006-12-20 02:44:00 GBP 50.00


 * Shopping online for deals on some writable media.. I edit Wikipedia <-this one almost looks like a haiku!
 * Anonymous, 2006-12-20 16:24:05	        USD 5.00	        5.00


 * I want a wii :(
 * Anonymous	2006-12-20 14:55:24	USD 5.00	5.00


 * I like pie. Wikipedia needs more pie.
 * Anonymous   2006-12-20 09:49:49	AUD 10.00	7.82


 * wikipedia sucks
 * Anonymous 2006-12-20 08:39:11	CAD 1.00	0.86


 * the elephant population in Africa has tripled in the last decade
 * Anonymous	2006-12-29 14:48:36	USD 50.00	50.00