Talk given at Critical Points of View - WikiWars conference at Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, January 2010. NOTE: Audio available here: http://reganmian.net/file/WikiWars-Bangalore-Jan2010.mp3. Video will be added.

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2. Equitable Governance in
Multilingual Wikipedia
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Stian Håklev, WikiWars, Bangalore January 2010

3. That’s how many
people feel all the time
with things going on in
English

4. Some history

13. Current situation

21. Many barriers to
participation, but this is
key!

22. Not just Wikipedia!

26. Is/should WP aim to be
truly multilingual/
international?

27. Pragmatic vs. idealist
approach

28. No perfect solution -
but let’s be creative and
try to improve the
situation!

29. Two kinds of users
people who don’t speak English at all
people who speak some English, but need support

30. Background knowledge
map of governance processes
day to day vs. long-term strategic questions
demographics

31. Online/textual
communication
Crutches:
Already lot’s of online tools to aid reading, but
people drown in information. Can we provide indices,
ways for them of finding the important discussions/
contributions?

32. Online/textual
communication
Non-English speakers:
translation, but very demanding.
reduce amount of text to be translated
reduce number of languages (combine, eliminate)
ambassadors and better integration between discussions in
different languages

33. Real-world
communications
Crutches:
Translated Powerpoints, live tweeting/IRC transcripts
Better integration between regional conferences,
Blogging from conferences in different languages

34. Thank you! ! ध"यवाद! ! ‫!$#"ا‬
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Stian Håklev, shaklev@gmail.com, http://reganmian.net