A couple weeks back, we launched a new “skin” for the site in several languages. Given that there are literally thousands of different types of browsers out there who hit the various ‘pedias, we encounter bugs (such as font size issues, or placement, or whatever).

If this were . . . a normal site we might choose to punt on the bugs. Your technology is out of date, we can’t support you, your browser has reached end-of-life years ago, etc.

We got this message. Every now and then I pull it out and re-dedicate myself to The Mission.

Hello Wikipedia,

Up until you made these changes my husband was learning a ton! He had seizures growing up and as a result he has a very low IQ. I was so thrilled when I showed him your site and he would go to it just like a child, hungry for knowledge! He searched for answers like I never thought he could. He was learning and talking passionately about things he read here. I’ve been searching for an alternative but unless we can pay the $14.99 for the app, we’re lost. Could you please bring back the functionality for Blackberry users? It would open the world to a 38 year old man like you can’t imagine.

Just a plea from his loving wife.

Thanks for reading.

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That is why I do what I do.