Collecting the sum of all human knowledge - why and how?
jan.ainali@wikimedia.se
2014-09-17, Stockholm, Sweden
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About this presentation
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About Wikimedia
A movement or an organisation?
Wikimedia Foundation
Volunteers
Chapters
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list
Other organisations
Readers
Projects
Donors
Massive mega chart of doom
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Basics
Random
Article structure
Sources
The essence of Wikipedia
How to edit
Live test!
Random article
Backup: KTH
You said what?
Motivations
Spreading knowledge about certain topic
Preserving a language, a culture
FUN!
And more
Knowledge as a silver bullet
Why does it work?
Instant feedback
Asynchronous non-personal discussion
Tools, tools, tools
The future
Challenges
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Challenges
- Recruitment (stats)
- Retention
- Asynchronous non-personal discussion (possible improvement)
- Mobile (stats)
Possibilities
Possibilities
And now what?
Thesis
Ideas
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Build stuff
Internship
We usually have room for one intern. If you are interested, let us know.
Further questions?
If you have questions later,
reach me at @Jan_Ainali