wikipedia ignite
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Presentation given to Bristol Ignite 3TRANSCRIPT
Steve Virgin
Board Director Wikimedia UK
Could Wikipedia Ignite Bristol?
Wikimedia Foundation
• All sites run Foundation (including Wikipedia)
• Budget ~$20 million, ~40 staff members
• Outreach by independent non-profit making chapters
• Volunteer driven; staff keep sites running
Wikimedia UK
• Promote values of Wikimedia Foundation
• One of ~30 national chapters
• Support freely licensed material in UK
• Membership based - volunteer run
• Donor-sourced budget
• Founded November 2008
Wikipedia - “The free encyclopaedia that anyone can edit”
• World’s largest encyclopaedia (bigger than 11,095-volume 永樂大典 /Yongle Encyclopaedia from 1403-8)
• Over 16,000,000 articles (over 3,400,000 million in English)
• Written in over 240 different languages
• 10 years old on 15 January 2011
The Pillars of Wikipedia
Written from a neutral point of view• Represent all significant views published by reliable sources
Verifiability• Any contentious fact need published evidence
No Original Research• No fresh analysis or synthesis of existing published material
...Avoid conflicts of interest...Paid for editing is frowned upon...Be Open, Assume Good Faith
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars
Wikipedia only one of many projects
This presentation is CC-BY-SA except for logos and screen prints which are Fair Use or used with permission
Wikimedia site global reach
• 373m unique visitors/13.4bn page requests p/m
• 5th largest web property
• 35m articles and images on all projects
• 7.3m freely licensed images
Stats as of August 2010 - see http://stats.wikimedia.org/reportcard/
Free & open knowledge empowers people
Download Wikipedia for Schools for free
Download Mediawiki – your own website software for free
Get involved...as a journalist for Wikinews
Get involved in Wikiversity Write & share learning material
Wikimedia Commons Add new photos, maps or videos
How has Wikimedia content been used Embed information into web pages
BBC Wildlife Finder
Use images to illustrate content EU Observer
SOS Children & Schools CD In Africa Online and offline
Use of Media Wiki software – 112 examples @ http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Sites_using_MediaWiki/corporate
2008 Share contentGerman State Archiveputs 82,500 low resimages on WikimediaCommons
Summer ‘10 - Get involvedBackStage Pass British MuseumHosts expert tour day for Wikimediansto encourage cooperation &collaboration on pages
2008 Share contentMuseum of the TropicsAmsterdam – 45,000images on Maroon &their culture
2010 Share contentNew images from thesalvage of the MaryRose
June 2010 – Wikipedian inResidence @ British MuseumMuseum of the TropicsAmsterdam – 45,000images on Maroon &their culture
Summer ‘10 – Hoxne ChallengeMuseum team work together toedit Hoxne Hoard Wikipediaarticle with aim to meetexacting quality standards
Projects Wikimedia has been involved with
Where could it go in Bristol2012: The Word and Bristol – an idea under discussion
Celebrate all forms of writing in the city
Encourage companies to write their historiesSchoolsCommunitiesSports groupsTheatresMuseums
Writers in residence...training...quality/style
Expansion of Wikipedia Pages in African or Asian languages
• Diasporas from Africa/Asia in every city
• Often digitally marginalised
• Involve them writing about their language, culture
• Working with the Wikimedian community will help them skill up
• We need them & the community needs efforts
There is stunning content to share
10th Anniversary CelebrationsFounder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales isscheduled to be speakingIn Bristol on January 13th
2011 – two days beforeWikipedia’s official birthday
The hosts will be WikimediaUK the University of Bristol &the Festival of Ideas –supported by HP Labs
Join us – together we can Ignite Bristol
Wanted:
EditorsProof ReadersResearchersVideo editingPhoto editingPhoto clean upOr just get involved anyway you can
• Membership is just £5• The opportunities limitless
Thank you
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