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Jimmy Wales has updated his user talk page a few minutes ago:

I am proud to announce that the Wikipedia domain names will move away from GoDaddy. Their position on #sopa is unacceptable to us. (More details below.)--Jimbo Wales (talk) 18:53, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Consider_...

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I guess that means I have to follow up on my pledge.

Didn't pledge but Jimbo's move made me make my first time Wikipedia donation.

I seriously would like to do this as well. But once again[1] I am faced with a choice between what I don't have (a credit card) and what I refuse to use (Paypal). Sigh...

[1] It's not the first time I want to donate to something, but am faced with exactly those payment alternatives. Mozilla comes to mind.

Edit: It seems they actually do have other ways to donate, it's just hidden behind a link on the donation page (Other Ways To Give). That means they'll be getting some money after all. :)

Don't you have "pre paid credit cards" where you are? You load them with cash, you use them online like a credit card, they can't spend more than you've loaded onto them

Good point, and I'm actually trying to get one since a while. But alas, my bank doesn't offer them yet (though they are in the process of slowly introducing them).

I didn't pledge but just donated. I'm curious to learn how much in donations they got from this. Anyone know if numbers have been released?

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