2. Wikipedia is... The Wikimedia Foundation is...
World's #5 Internet site in terms Not-for-profit organization that
of monthly unique visitors owns Wikipedia
according to ComScore
Based in San Francisco, USA
Over 19.9 million articles in 280+ with ~80 staff
languages:
3.5M in English Budget for 2011/12 of US$30
159M in Arabic million
92K in Hindi
Funded mostly by over 800,000
Built and maintained by over 1M donors who give an average of
volunteers ~$25
Founded January 15, 2001 by 38 affiliated but independent
Jimmy Wales chapter organizations around the
world
3. ngle human being can freely share in the sum of all kno
CCBYSA3.0
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4. Wikipedia is the top online information source
400
Measured using unique visitors. Data from comScore MediaMetrix.
(Global Unique Visitors, in millions of users)
350
300
Wikipedia
New York Times
250 CNN
BBC News
Merriam Webster
200 MSN Encarta
National Geographic
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Wall Street Journal
150
PBS
NPR
100
50
0
January July January July January July January April
2007 2008 2009 2010
5. Current access of Wikipedia
INTERNET
~450M unique MOBILE OFFLINE
visitors
Est. 10M unique
30% of internet visitors Est. 18M unique
population visitors
<1% of mobile
population <1% of offline
population
6. Wikipedia is currently limited to a third of the world
World
Developing
world
Estimated that 70% of the
under-25-year-olds in developing
countries are not online yet
Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database
8. content
1
packages of sub-collections of Wikipedia to be displayed offline
2
reader
software for reading the stored offline packages
3
distribution
partnerships for spreading the information
10. 2 The experience...
search
bookma
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Platforms supported:
11. 2
On Linux, an HTTP server can also be set up to read offline content
Provides a search engine like Kiwix itsel
y computer connected to one running the Kiwix
12. 3 We need your help in distributing knowledge
CC-BY-2.5IN
By Lajpatdhingraz
13. 3 Ways to move forward
Download Kiwix and a collection to test
Decide on the type of install(s) that would be most
helpful for your networks
Operating system(s) (available for Windows, OSX,
Linux, and Sugar)
Content packages (size restraints and languages)
HTTP server or individual software installations
Communicate to us your decisions and
preferences to get any additional help
Go share the knowledge!
CC-BY-2.5IN
By Lajpatdhingraz
* Mobile Internet users is projected to overtake desktop Internet users by 2015 with about 2B users * <30% of the world actually has Internet, and <4.5% have broadband use
Wikipedia started with Jimmy Wales. He made this declaration at some point in his life – wanting to carry out the idea of bringing all knowledge to all people in all relevant languages. Jimmy was thinking about Wikipedia before the technology even existed. He was thinking about his idea in his time as a day-trader in Chicago. He was an early internet adopter – active on mailing lists, and drifted towards the very early ideas of the internet. He pondered whether these early technologies could lead to something like an on-line encyclopedia.
* Mobile Internet users is projected to overtake desktop Internet users by 2015 with about 2B users * <30% of the world actually has Internet, and <4.5% have broadband use
* Mobile Internet users is projected to overtake desktop Internet users by 2015 with about 2B users * <30% of the world actually has Internet, and <4.5% have broadband use
* Mobile Internet users is projected to overtake desktop Internet users by 2015 with about 2B users * <30% of the world actually has Internet, and <4.5% have broadband use
Wikipedia traffic in relation to other news / information resources – public or private. IMPORTANCE: 1. Proof that the information provided is the most useful and flexible for the most people → we want to reach more people 2. Responsibility to make the information highest quality → people are looking at this information! It needs to be good. 3. Responsibility to make this the highest quality material 2.
Wikipedia traffic in relation to other news / information resources – public or private. IMPORTANCE: 1. Proof that the information provided is the most useful and flexible for the most people → we want to reach more people 2. Responsibility to make the information highest quality → people are looking at this information! It needs to be good. 3. Responsibility to make this the highest quality material 2.
* Mobile Internet users is projected to overtake desktop Internet users by 2015 with about 2B users * <30% of the world actually has Internet, and <4.5% have broadband use
* Discuss the general benefits of editing in the classroom * Grant receipt * Formalizing what was already being done in the community
* Discuss the general benefits of editing in the classroom * Grant receipt * Formalizing what was already being done in the community
* Discuss the general benefits of editing in the classroom * Grant receipt * Formalizing what was already being done in the community
* Discuss the general benefits of editing in the classroom * Grant receipt * Formalizing what was already being done in the community