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Wikipedias fund-raising 维基百科集资 Free but not easy 免费百科不容易 The online encyclopedia needs its users money andvolunteers time. Gaining the first is the easier task 维基百科既需要用户捐款也需要志願者的时间，前者比后者更容易完成 MANY mocked, but the money rolled in. For the last few weeks of 2010 Jimmy Wales fixed hispiercing gaze on Wikipedia users, imploring them from banner ads to help the freeencyclopedia that anyone can edit pay its bills for this year. The founders plea worked.Wikipedia reached its target of $16m in just 50 days . 很多人嗤之以鼻，但是维基百科的筹款确实滚滚而来。在2010 年最后几周里，维基百科创始人吉米-威尔士眼光独到，瞄准了维基百科的用户们，用网页上的横幅广告恳求他们向任何人都能编辑的免费百科伸出援手，为网站支付当年的费用。他的恳求成功了。维基百科在50天内就实现了集资1600万美元的目标。 This month those pleading banners will returnbut with many sets of eyes. Backing up theearnest Mr Wales in the attempt to raise $25m by the year-end will be Brandon Harris, a long-haired programmer wearing a full-sleeved T-shirt and a surly expression, who says he quit hisjob building some crappy thing thats designed to steal money from some kid who doesntknow it to work with Wikipedia. 400m unique users every month make it the worlds fifth-biggest website, according to Alexa, an internet research company. It also has a good claim tobe the worlds most important provider of non-entertainment content. | 
