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  2. Wikipedia : Fundraising/2022 banners

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    The message more prominently highlights Wikipedia as a place of learning and knowledge. A message from past campaigns was reintroduced: "Wikipedia is something special. It is like a library or a public park where we can all go to learn." "Resources to help the Wikimedia Foundation advance the cause of free knowledge in the world." was added.

  3. Wikipedia:Example requests for permission - Wikipedia

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    The first message is simply a "will you or won't you?" question. Only if the photographer agrees do I send the second message with the necessary licensing detail. By then they are committed to reading and digesting it. Detail in the first message is minimal – you'll see I don't even describe Wikipedia: everyone has come to know what Wikipedia is.

  4. Wikipedia : Fundraising/2023 banners

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    As 2022 came to a close, a Request for Comment (RfC) on English Wikipedia proposed changes to the messaging of year-end fundraising banners. The Wikimedia Foundation accepted the guidance provided by the close of the RfC, and established a co-creation page to seek volunteer input on banner messaging from community members.

  5. RSVP - Wikipedia

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    RSVP is an initialism derived from the French phrase "Répondez s'il vous plaît", [1] meaning "Please respond" (literally "Respond, if it pleases you"), to require confirmation of an invitation. The initialism "RSVP" is no longer used much in France, where it is considered formal and old-fashioned.

  6. Valediction - Wikipedia

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    A valediction (derivation from Latin vale dicere, "to say farewell"), [1] parting phrase, or complimentary close in American English, [2] is an expression used to say farewell, especially a word or phrase used to end a letter or message, [3] [4] or a speech made at a farewell.

  7. Wikipedia:Thank you - Wikipedia

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    In the Real World, simple words such as "please" and "thank you" go a long way towards facilitating calm, reasoned and respectful discussion. The same is true online. The same is true online. In fact, it is even more important online, because you don't have all the body language and nonverbal communication that is used face-to-face.

  8. Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing - Wikipedia

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    In this example, the wording of the article is very close to that of both sources. However, the article merely presents standard facts for a topic like this in standard sequence. The article does not copy any creative words or phrases, similes or metaphors, and makes an effort at paraphrasing in the second sentence.

  9. Spiritual gift - Wikipedia

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    Helps: This gift has to do with service to the sick and the poor. [1] Possessors of this gift have a "spiritual burden and a God-given love for the needy and afflicted". [41] Administration: Also called the gift of governing, [1] the Greek word translated "governments" is kubernesis, the verb form of which means "to steer" or "to be a helmsman ...