Directory:Wikimedia Foundation/Grand Donors
This can be a continuously updated thread, showcasing those individuals who felt it was a good idea to donate at least $1,000 to the [color=#006600][b][size=4]Wikimedia Foundation's [i]Drive to [url=http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=13429&view=findpost&p=56202]Pay for Mike Godwin's 2008 Salary[/i][/url][/size][/b][/color] (goal of [b]$182,000[/b]).
[url=http://donate.wikimedia.org/en/fundcore_browse?minimum=1000&op=View+results&form_id=fundcore_browse_recent_contributions_filter_form]Grand Donors[/url]:
- 1 [b]Tyko Strassen[/b]
Mathematician (specializing in computer science), full professor at a university of applied sciences, teacher of different didactic courses (in German) for university professors, registered as a Swiss Engineer STV.
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"[i]I use wikipedia almost every day. Best project on earth - keep it up![/i]"
- 2 [b]Anonymous[/b]
Who can be identified (sha1:338c3706b3f34653d195ee40a310f73d2fb52b5c), but only by himself.
- 3 [b]Joichi Ito[/b]
He's more commonly known as Joi Ito, an American-educated Japanese activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. Ito is the chairman of the board of Creative Commons and the chairman of [i]Six Apart [/i] Japan. He is on the board of [i]Technorati[/i], [i]Digital Garage[/i], [i]WITNESS[/i], [i]Pia Corporation[/i], [i]Socialtext[/i], and [i]iCommons[/i]. But since he is not on the board of the Wikimedia Foundation, he is not entitled to be on the board of [i]Wikia, Inc[/i].
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Haven't we seen you moblogging, Joi?
