Wikipedia Help and Online Donations

1. Jimmy Wales is the founder of Wikipedia.

2. Wikipedia was founded as an offshoot of Nupedia, a now-abandoned project to produce a free encyclopedia.

3. Wikipedia is one of the largest reference website on internet. It is also one of the 5 most popular websites on internet.

4. Wikipedia had 684 million annual visitors in year 2008.

5. There are 75,000 active contributors on Wikipedia.

6. Wikipedia has over 2,669,992 articles in English only.

7. There is no specific qualification to contribute or write on Wikipedia i.e, anyone from any background, qualification or age can write or edit articles on Wikipedia with existing knowledge.

8. There are 1,500 people with special admin power to ensure guidelines and policies are followed across Wikipedia.

9. None of the articles on Wikipedia are ever complete but all contents are continuously evolving and improved with new information and additional knowledge.

10. Wikipedia currently supports articles in 265 languages.

11. Wikipedia has a total of 23 paid staff members.

12. Current Alexa traffic rank of Wikipedia is 8 (now its 6th), with 275 million monthly visitors and 451,138 sites linking in.

There are many ways to donate for Wikipedia. One can contribute $30, $75, $100 or more online using Credit Card or Paypal.

Other ways to donate including above are:

1. Credit Cards

2. Paypal

3. Check via regular mail (snail mail).

4. Stock donation

5. Direct deposit in Bank and

6. Moneybookers.

So, if you feel the importance of Wikipedia and want to help Wikipedia with donations, then this is the right time to do so, because tomorrow you may not be here to remember this.

Wikipedia is an excellent place to share knowledge among global community. Those who wish to be a successful wikipedia editor must be comfortable with editing tools and procedures available at Wikipedia.

All of us learn from our mistakes and this is also true about new wikipedia editors. People who try to contribute to wikipedia by sharing there knowledge as a Wikipedia editor often get frustrated with the editing procedures and tools.

Learning from mistakes is a good way to start but it takes a lot of time to learn.

A good solution to this problem is 'The Missing Manual' by John Broughton, which is specifically written for new wikipedia editors. This is a step by step guide which makes things easier for anyone who wish to contribute to Wikipedia as an Editor.