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      <h1>A personal appeal from a Wikipedia editor</h1>
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Ravan is a 26-year-old telecom engineer. Originally from Iraq, she now lives in Oman. Since she began editing in 2008, Ravan has created more than 700 new articles.</p>
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          <p>Today, there is a gap between the developing world and the developed world. It's not about money, and it's not about power. It's about knowledge.</p>
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        <p>If you follow the news, you know about the Arab Spring. For young people like me and my friends, it was the beginning of a new era. As momentous events happened, we were obsessed with the news, following up second by second. We were checking our phones, Facebook, Twitter.</p>
        <p>And I was writing on Wikipedia. I love Wikipedia because it's impartial; it's the best source for up-to-date information from a neutral point of view. I looked at CNN, Al Jazeera, and the BBC, searching for the most reliable sources. Then I added updates in real time.</p>
        <p>It's incredible. For the first time in history, everyone could know what was happening, as it happened. We could share the truth with people across the world.</p>
        <p>A verse in the Quran says: God does not change the condition of the people until they change it themselves. This is my inspiration; this is why I keep working, day by day.</p>
        <p>We want a world that is more open, more educated, and more free. We want a world where knowledge is available to anyone that seeks it.</p>
        <p>It's time for us to change our world. Will you help? Poongothai Balasubramanian lives in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, where she taught for many years. She began editing Wikipedia in 2010. Since then, she's created 250 articles and recorded pronunciations for 6,000 words. Her Wikipedia username is inspired by her favorite novel: <em>To Kill A Mocking Bird</em>.</p>
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          <p> I taught math for 33 years. My students kept me feeling young, and reminded me how much I love my country. </p>
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        <p>When I retired, my son was worried I would get rusty. So he introduced me to Wikipedia. He explained that anyone can contribute, and showed me how.</p>
        <p>Since then, I've created articles on quadratic functions, probability, charts, graphs, and more. I've made 7,000 edits in all.</p>
        <p>I write in Tamil: my favorite language and my mother tongue, spoken by 65 million people across the world. I've also uploaded more than 6,000 audio files to Wiktionary, demonstrating proper pronunciations for common Tamil words. Now, more people can share in this beautiful language.</p>
        <p>As a teacher and a mother, I was always busy. But now that I'm retired and my children are grown, my time is my own — all 24 hours of it! And I spend every day on Wikipedia.</p>
        <p>I'm a volunteer. No one pays me. But helping edit Wikipedia has become my life's work. Even though I'm not in the classroom, I'm still doing what I care about most: helping a new generation of students learn, in the language I love.</p>
        <p>Everyone has something they can share. Please make a donation of $5, $10 or $20 to help Wikipedia thrive.</p>
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