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A bit about Wikipedia and why it is important for the Arabic language region Barry Newstead @bazanews Arabnet Digital Summit, Beirut 29 March 2012 WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION
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Why Wikipedia is Important to the Future of the Arabic Language Internet ArabNet Digital Summit 2012, March 27 - 31. Forum Day II, March 30, "Why Wikipedia is Important to the Future of the Arabic Language Internet"; Barry Newstead, Cheif Global Development Officer, Wikimedia Foundation Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0 license This presentation is available for download and sharing through the following link: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barry_Arabnet_Digital_Summit_Beirut-29March2012.pdf
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A bit about Wikipediaand why it is important
for the Arabic language region
Barry Newstead @bazanews
Arabnet Digital Summit, Beirut29 March 2012 WIKIMEDIA!
FOUNDATION
A world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge
Vision
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Monthly!unique!visitors 480,000,000
Articles!available 21,000,000+
Photo!and!A/V!Media!files!available 12,000,000+
Contributors!to!Wikipedia!since!
inception1,482,824
Active!contributors!each!month 88,500
Wikimedia!stats:!#5!on!the!web
Source:!stats.wikimedia.org,!January!2012
Why!Wikipedia!has!worked:
(at!least)!4!innovations
1.!An!Internet!with!no!limits
By!United!States!Air!Force!photo!by!Senior!Airman!Joshua!Strang![Public!domain],!via!Wikimedia!Commons
By!Tinucherian!(Tinucherian)![GFDL!(www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)!or!CC"BY"3.0!(www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)],!via!Wikimedia!Commons
2.!Anyone!can!edit
3.!Five!simple!rules:!Encyclopedia,!neutral!point!of!view,!free,!respectful!interaction,!no!firm!rules!
By!Rudolf!Bruner"Dvořák!(1864!"!1921)![Public!domain],!via!Wikimedia!Commons
By!Julian!Fong!(Natural!Viagra)![CC"BY"SA"2.0!(www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by"sa/2.0)],!via!Wikimedia!Commons
By!Tudokin!(Own!work)![CC"BY"SA"3.0!(www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by"sa/3.0)],!via!Wikimedia!Commons
4.!Free!as!in!ice!cream!(with!no!ads)...and!as!in!freedom
By!Ramy!Raoof!(Love..Freedom)![CC"BY"2.0!(www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)],!via!Wikimedia!Commons
Some!useful!lessons
Our!community!demonstrates!the!power!of!people!to!do!great!things!together
By!Lilian!Wagdy!(DSC_9245!!Uploaded!by!The!Egyptian!Liberal)![CC"BY"2.0!(www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)],!via!Wikimedia!Commons
Our!approach!to!copyright!challenges!traditional!notions!of!knowledge!production
Creative!Commons!DeedCC"BY"SA!3.0You!are!free:
to!Shareto!Remix
Under!the!following!conditions:
AttributionShare!Alike
Complete!license!is!here:!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution"ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License
By!The!Opte!Project![CC"BY"2.5!(www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)],!via!Wikimedia!Commons
We!are!a!beacon!for!the!open!Internet...!
...and!we!are!committing!to!defending!the!Open!Internet
Why!the!Arabic!world!needs!a!strong!Arabic!Wikipedia!...
Two!reasons!to!do!it:!Restore!historical!role!as!a!knowledge!sharing!culture....
By!Jeff!Dahl![Public!domain],!via!Wikimedia!Commons
Give!these!children!the!gift!of!knowledge
Arabic!Wikipedia!is!in!your!hands...●please!contribute
