This Is Me

As I’m a natural being an asshole, I just had to do this.

If you’ve been on wikipedia lately, you know that they are asking for donations.

I saw this banner on wikipedia,

click to enlarge!

Trying to capture people’s heart and forcing them to donate.

Cunning.

They are only accepting donations $1 and above. They rejected my $0.50.

Dear Mohamed Nazri,

Thank you for your gift of USD 1.00 to the Wikimedia Foundation,received on December 5, 2009.

Your donation celebrates everything Wikipedia stands for: the power of information, freedom, sharing, learning and discovery. Thank you so much for helping keep Wikipedia freely available for its 330 million readers around the world.

Many people love Wikipedia, but surprisingly few know it’s run by a non-profit. Please help us spread the word, by forwarding this e-mail to a few of your friends.

If you have questions about your donation, please send a message to donate@wikimedia.org. To learn more about the Wikimedia Foundation, visit our blog at http://blog.wikimedia.org/ or our website at http://wikimediafoundation.org/. Or, follow us at http://twitter.com/wikimedia http://identi.ca//wikimedia, or http://bit.ly/wikiFacebook.

And again, thank you. I’m really, really happy to have your help.

Sincerely Yours,

Sue Gardner
Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation

Evidence that I really DID donated.