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WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION

“The ideal encyclopedia should be radical – it should stop being safe.”should stop being safe.Charles Van Doren, The Idea of an Encyclopedia, American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 6, No. 1

55RANK OF WIKIPEDIA IN TOP SITES, GLOBALLY

400 000 000400,000,000NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO READ WIKIPEDIA EVERY MONTH

256*256NUMBER OF WIKIPEDIA LANGUAGE VERSIONS

2020NUMBER OF WIKIPEDIA INDIC LANGUAGE VERSIONS

00NUMBER OF DOLLARS SPENT ON ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION

00COST TO USE WIKIPEDIA

4040NUMBER OF STAFF

100 000*100,000NUMBER OF ACTIVE WIKIPEDIA EDITORS

3 5553,555CONTRIBUTORS TO INDIC LANGUAGE WIKIPEDIAS

Global SouthGlobal SouthOUR FOCUS FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS

IndiaIndiaTHE FIRST BOOTS-ON-THE GROUND EXPERIMENT

Wikimedia IndiaWikimedia IndiaTHE INDIA CHAPTER; BEING REGISTERED IN KARNATAKA

What*WhatIS THE STATUS OF INDIC LANGUAGE WIKIPEDIAS?

HowHowWILL THESE INDIC LANGUAGE WIKIPEDIAS ACTUALLY GROW?

QuantityQuantityIS THE KEY STRATEGY OF HINDI WIKIPEDIA

BotsBotsIS THE KEY STRATEGY OF BISHNUPRIYA MANIPURI WIKIPEDIA

QualityQualityIS THE KEY STRATEGY OF MALAYALAM WIKIPEDIA

Growth SpurtsGrowth SpurtsARE USED BY MANY WIKIPEDIAS

Need: tech solutions*Need: tech solutions

Need: how-to awarenessNeed: how-to, awareness

Need: open contentNeed: open content

Need: belief and passionNeed: belief and passion

And then?*And then?