Wikification in BelarusFalanster and Wikipedia

Sviatlana Yermakovich & Hanna Baradzina

What is Falanster?

- organization, community of social engineers

History

- wiki-days- meet ups with wiki-editors

wiki-philosophy in projects

- manual book for cyclists (velo.falanster.info)

- Falanster experience on wiki-drive (wiki.falanster.info)

Today

- poll “How to make Belarusian wikipedia more interesting and usable?”

- thematic wiki-days

Viral example of wiki-article

Microregion in Minsk - Asmalouka

Creative Commons Affiliate

- free knowledge project, (more information under free licenses)

Wikification. Plans- increase quantity and quality of articles and photos- increase number of editors- collaboration with communities- make wiki-competitions- facilitate the creation of Wikimedia branch

create wiki-culture of free sharing knowledge

How to organize the process of wikification for communities and

society better?

Contacts

falanster.by@gmail.com@falanster_by

in Wikipedia: Svetit & Hannabaradzina