Fundraising 2011/Brandon Letter/simple

Fundraising 2011
simple/ Simple English

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Interface messages high priority Translated on Translatewiki. Get started.	In progress
Banners and LPs (source) high priority	Missing
Banners 2 (source) high priority	Missing
Jimmy Letter 002 (source) high priority	Missing
Jimmy Letter 003 (source) variation of Jimmy Letter 002	Missing
Jimmy Letter 004 (source) variation of Jimmy Letter 002	Missing
Jimmy Mail (source) variation of Jimmy Letter 002	Missing
Brandon Letter (source)	In progress
Alan Letter (source)	Missing
Kaldari Letter (source)	Missing
Karthik Letter (source)	Missing
Thank You Mail (source)	Missing
Thank You Page (source)	Missing
Problems donating (source)	Missing
Recurring giving (source)	Missing
Sue Thank You (source)	Missing
FAQ (source) low priority	Missing
Various requests: Mail to past donors · Jimmy quote
Outdated requests: Jimmy Letter 001 (source)   Missing Core messages (source)   Missing Susan Letter (source)   Missing GW Letter (source)   Missing

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I feel like I’m living the first line of my obituary.

I do not think there will be anything else that I do in my life as important as what I do now for Wikipedia. We’re not just making an encylopedia, we’re working to make people free. When we have access to free knowledge, we are better people. We understand the world is bigger than us, and we become infected with tolerance and understanding.

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Thank you,

Brandon Harris
Programmer, Wikimedia Foundation