Marcus Kreitzer (marcusdk)

"Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all

knowledge."

Is it accurate?

● Depends on the article

● Depends who’s asking

● Depends on your definition of the truth...

Is it accurate?

History

History

History

History

History

History

History

Business

● 501(c)(3) non-profit funded primarily through

donations

● Foundation has 240 staff members

● Wikipedia is run by ~40,000 volunteer editors

Competition

Competition

Died: 2012 Died: 2008

Competition

Info from many

sources (including

Wikipedia), aggregated

and displayed without

ever having to click on

a page.

Secret Sauce

Prediction

Prediction

Success for now...

Questions?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundationhttp://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikipedia.orghttps://www.technologyreview.com/s/520446/the-decline-of-wikipedia/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillarshttps://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/FAQ/enhttps://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2015-2016_Fundraising_Reporthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipediahttps://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Financial_reports#2015.E2.80.9316_fiscal_yearhttps://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/3-charts-that-show-how-wikipedia-is-running-out-of-admins/259829/

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