Cretive Commons India relaunch
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Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.
- Jimmy Wales quoted in Robin "Roblimo" Miller, "Wikimedia Founder Jimmy Wales Responds," Slashdot (2004-07-28)
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
WIKIPEDIA285 Languages
43 Indian Languages4 Million Articles on English Wikipedia
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia.
Wikipedia has a neutral point of view.
Wikipedia is free content that anyone can use, modify and distribute.
Editors should interact in a respectful and civil manner.
Wikipedia does not have firm rules besides the 5 general principles presented here.
Basics: 5 Pillars:
WIKIPEDIA USES CC-BY-SA
Wikipedia uses CC-by-SA
Can Must• Share• Modify• Distribute
• Attribute• Share alike
Wikimedia Commons
• Repository of Free Licensed – images– Music– short films
Esteemed institutes using CC-by-SA
• National Archives and Record Administration, USA
• Russian Kremlin• British Library• Sofia Zoo, Bulgaria• NCERT using for NROER in India
Jimmy Carter in India
NARA, USA
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jimmycarterinindia.jpgUser: Madmax32
Russian Kremlin
• Letter of authorization from the Press Secretary to the President of the Russian Federation allowing use of Kremlin.ru materials under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (in Russian)
Gurkha Bombing Practice during WWI – British Library
British Library
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1-1_Gurkha_bombing_party_practising_bombing_in_a_trench_with_live_bombs_%28Photo_24-148%29.jpgUser: LibraryBot
Sofia Zoo, Bulgaria
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:QRpedia-code-Sofia-Zoo-2.JPGUser: EERC Sofia Zoo
NCERT in NROER in India
APPEAL
Appeal
• Release information in the following – 6,50,000 villages Census Data– Space Images from ISRO– PIB data – All Images
THANK YOUThis presentation is licensed by CC-BY-SA
Moksh JunejaPresidentWikimedia India