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No donations are necessary, just enjoy the site and feel free to contribute content! Each of you helps make this site better! If you host a site about [[Heroes]] and would like to add a link to us it would be very much appreciated! |
No donations are necessary, just enjoy the site and feel free to contribute content! Each of you helps make this site better! If you host a site about ''[[Heroes]]'' and would like to add a link to us it would be very much appreciated! |
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Heroes Wiki's partnership with NBC (which includes running their advertisements) is the primary source of [[Heroes_Wiki:Advertising/Revenue|revenue]] for the site. No member (including administrators) receives any personal profit from advertising revenue. Revenue generated from advertisements is used for the following purposes: |
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The ads on this site are used to help offset the cost of advertising and running the wiki. Advertising helps get the word out and attract more people who in turn help make the wiki even better! $50 or more of monthly ad revenue will be set aside for donation to the [http://www.4pep.org Pediatric Epilepsy Project], the charity sponsored by [[Greg Grunberg]]. The rest of the revenue will be used to offset hosting and advertising costs. If necessary some of the revenue will be used to support additional capacity for the wiki or to offer prizes. For more information on our decision to add advertising, click [[Heroes Wiki:Advertising|here]]. |
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* Donations to charitable organizations |
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* Offset advertising, hosting, and hardware costs involved in running the site |
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* Support future expansion of the site |
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Charitable organizations Heroes Wiki has donated to include the following: |
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* [http://4pep.org Pediatric Epilepsy Foundation] sponsored by [[Greg Grunberg]] |
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* [http://www.walkforepilepsy.org National Walk for Epilepsy] sponsored by [[Greg Grunberg]] |
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* [http://give-life.org Give-Life Foundation] sponsored by [[Zachary Quinto]] |
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* [http://www.bafound.org The Brain Aneurysm Foundation] in honor of [[Tim Susco]] |
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* [http://www.laptop.org One Laptop Per Child] sponsored by [[Masi Oka]] |
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If you are aware of other charitable organizations being sponsored by people involved with ''[[Heroes]]'' then feel free to suggest them on the [[Heroes Wiki talk:Advertising|discussion page]] and we will try to allocate a future donation to that organization. For more information on advertising, click [[Heroes Wiki:Advertising|here]]. |
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If you are interested in purchasing |
If you are interested in purchasing the [[Season One DVD|Season One]] or [[Season Two DVD]] from Amazon.com or any individual episodes from Amazon Unbox then feel free to use one of the links at the bottom-left of the wiki. Using these links to purchase anything from Amazon.com will help support Heroes Wiki. |
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Latest revision as of 02:46, 19 October 2008
No donations are necessary, just enjoy the site and feel free to contribute content! Each of you helps make this site better! If you host a site about Heroes and would like to add a link to us it would be very much appreciated!
Heroes Wiki's partnership with NBC (which includes running their advertisements) is the primary source of revenue for the site. No member (including administrators) receives any personal profit from advertising revenue. Revenue generated from advertisements is used for the following purposes:
- Donations to charitable organizations
- Offset advertising, hosting, and hardware costs involved in running the site
- Support future expansion of the site
Charitable organizations Heroes Wiki has donated to include the following:
- Pediatric Epilepsy Foundation sponsored by Greg Grunberg
- National Walk for Epilepsy sponsored by Greg Grunberg
- Give-Life Foundation sponsored by Zachary Quinto
- The Brain Aneurysm Foundation in honor of Tim Susco
- One Laptop Per Child sponsored by Masi Oka
If you are aware of other charitable organizations being sponsored by people involved with Heroes then feel free to suggest them on the discussion page and we will try to allocate a future donation to that organization. For more information on advertising, click here.
If you are interested in purchasing the Season One or Season Two DVD from Amazon.com or any individual episodes from Amazon Unbox then feel free to use one of the links at the bottom-left of the wiki. Using these links to purchase anything from Amazon.com will help support Heroes Wiki.
If you would like to further help support Heroes Wiki then please feel free to use http://heroeswiki.com/home.php as your browser's home page. In addition to providing Google web search it also has options allowing you to easily limit your Google search to either Heroes Wiki or Wikipedia. To quickly set your home page just drag the link above to the Home icon at the top of your browser. It's a nice replacement if your homepage is currently Google or blank, plus it helps out Heroes Wiki! If there's anything more that you'd want to see on the home page just let us know.