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“Imagine a world where every person has free access to the sum of all knowledge.
That’s our goal ”That s our goal.
WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION
“The ideal encyclopedia should be radical – it should stop being safe.”should stop being safe.Charles Van Doren, The Idea of an Encyclopedia, American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 6, No. 1
55RANK OF WIKIPEDIA IN TOP SITES, GLOBALLY
400 000 000400,000,000NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO READ WIKIPEDIA EVERY MONTH
256*256NUMBER OF WIKIPEDIA LANGUAGE VERSIONS
2020NUMBER OF WIKIPEDIA INDIC LANGUAGE VERSIONS
00NUMBER OF DOLLARS SPENT ON ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION
00COST TO USE WIKIPEDIA
4040NUMBER OF STAFF
100 000*100,000NUMBER OF ACTIVE WIKIPEDIA EDITORS
3 5553,555CONTRIBUTORS TO INDIC LANGUAGE WIKIPEDIAS
Global SouthGlobal SouthOUR FOCUS FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS
IndiaIndiaTHE FIRST BOOTS-ON-THE GROUND EXPERIMENT
Wikimedia IndiaWikimedia IndiaTHE INDIA CHAPTER; BEING REGISTERED IN KARNATAKA
What*WhatIS THE STATUS OF INDIC LANGUAGE WIKIPEDIAS?
HowHowWILL THESE INDIC LANGUAGE WIKIPEDIAS ACTUALLY GROW?
QuantityQuantityIS THE KEY STRATEGY OF HINDI WIKIPEDIA
BotsBotsIS THE KEY STRATEGY OF BISHNUPRIYA MANIPURI WIKIPEDIA
QualityQualityIS THE KEY STRATEGY OF MALAYALAM WIKIPEDIA
Growth SpurtsGrowth SpurtsARE USED BY MANY WIKIPEDIAS
Need: tech solutions*Need: tech solutions
Need: how-to awarenessNeed: how-to, awareness
Need: open contentNeed: open content
Need: belief and passionNeed: belief and passion
And then?*And then?