[Reader-list] Fwd: Meet The Movement: A public talk with Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, and members of Wikimedia India

[kabi cubby sherman]

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>Wikipedia is a vital, free resource used by millions of people all
>over the world, including in India. This ubiquitous information
>repository includes hundreds of thousands of articles in various
>Indian languages, covering myriad of topics about India and its
>culture.  Although Wikipedia is an indispensable resource to millions,
>little is known about how this online encyclopedia is written and who
>it is written by.  This Sunday, October 31 at 6:30pm, anyone who is
>interested in learning more about this global public resource is
>invited to “Meet the Movement:” a talk with Jimmy Wales and members of
>the Wikimedia community in India.  This talk is an opportunity to
>learn more about how Wikipedia works and why participation from the
>people of India is integral to Wikimedia’s global free-knowledge
>movement.
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>The iconic leader, who founded Wikipedia in 2001, will give a public
>talk about the history of Wikipedia and what the free knowledge
>movement means to India.  For instance, 75 percent of all schools in
>India have either online or offline access to Wikipedia and
>Wiktionary, a sister project. Additionally, 94 percent of page views
>from India are for the English Wikipedia, rather than Indian
>languages. What does that mean about the importance of Wikipedia in
>India and the needs of Indian users? Wales will discuss this during
>his talk and members of Wikimedia India, as well as Wikimedia
>Foundation Board member, Bishakha Datta, will join Wales for a 30
>minute open question and answer session with the audience.
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>Date: Sunday October 31
>Time: 6.30 pm
>Venue: Sophia Bhabha Hall, Sophia College campus, Bhulabhai Desai
>Road, Breach Candy, Mumbai 400026
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>This talk is open to the public on a first-come-first-seated basis.
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>For more information, please visit
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai3
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