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Can someone explain the discrepancy between the actual amount of money raised, and the "live statistics" given? Cheers, 92.156.20.181 (talk) 19:15, 3 January 2011 (UTC).

To quote the blog post mentioned, "the $13.5 million accounted for online only includes online donations, and the rest of the more than $16 million comes from checks and individual chapters." Guoguo12--Talk--  21:12, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

The blog post mentioned is wrong, by the way. It's actually my article that the quote is from: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/wikipedia_raises_16_million_to_remain_ad-free.php — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rwwmike (talk • contribs) 00:20, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

...which was in fact cited in the News and notes article about the fundraiser. (Sorry btw for this slight overlap between "News and notes" and "In the news" regarding this particular topic.) Regards, HaeB (talk) 00:36, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about the source issue, guys (I'm the author). Should I fix it? Guoguo12--Talk--  20:25, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Ah, this should indeed not remain uncorrected (above I had assumed that Rwwmike was only referring to your comment on this talk page). I just fixed it.

The wrong attribution actually happened in this copyedit by Tony1 where two quotes from different sources were merged, but the main problem was that the source was missing for the second quote. Also, a link to the CNET article should have been given.

Regards, HaeB (talk) 00:27, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

What is with Doc's arm? ResMar 05:28, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Doc Searle's arm is partly obscured by the camera's neck strap (which has motion blur.) --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 15:13, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

HaeB, thanks for fixing the citation issue. Guoguo12--Talk--  21:36, 5 January 2011 (UTC)