“Wikipedia is why, even though I spent most of my adult life out of school as a refugee, when I finally got to a safe place and into a university I was able not only to compete with my peers, but to excel.”
Ali United States
“I rely so much on the neutrality point of view that wikipedia offers. I'm 17 now, and Wikipedia has been my friend since I was 10 years old.”
Rudi Indonesia
“It is my world of knowledge, it is my startup page in my browser. Wikipedia is when you move from reading to editing, from consuming information to producing it. I'm so glad to be part of this great community.”
Bilal Syria
“Wikipedia has become our way of living, the idea which unites all the editors around the world!”
Lilit Armenia
“It's the most important source of knowledge whenever I am in need. Thank you so much, Wikipedia.”
Jyoti India
“It is accessible everywhere. The true nature of knowledge is priceless.”
Ayunda Philippines
“Wikipedia is like an all-knowing grandpa.”
Sharvil India
“Wikipedia is an essential ingredient in the world we must build to ensure a prosperous and sustainable future.”
Irene Sweden
“Wikipedia is my return to the purest motivation for learning which is curiosity—innocent, fragile, naive, and youthful curiosity.”
J.V. Philippines
“It is the greatest proof that humans are collaborative social beings.”
Ayman United States
“Wikipedia is just like an unimaginably huge collection of sequences of digital bits and bytes that makes sense to people in the most elegant and neat way.”
Nguyễn Vietnam
“I make sure to check out the front page of Wikipedia at least once a day. Wikipedia symbolizes everything a free world should be.”
Jeewantha Sri Lanka
“Wikipedia is like an old man that has been to all the corners of the earth full of wisdom and knowledge.”
Michael Zambia
“It is the first thing that pops in my head when I ponder about what we have done in past decades to make the planet a better place”
Vaibhaw India
“Wikipedia means knowledge about anything anyone would ever want to look up or know about.”
For Paulina, Wikipedia is all about community. She started out by joining editatonas—women-only editing events—and now runs workshops and contributes and improves articles on films, literature, women biologists, and Chicana feminism.
Susanna is a professor in the field of database and system research. She uses Wikipedia to give Armenian students the same educational opportunities as students who live in the United States.
