WIKIPEDIA In India: The Future

The Dream ofFree KnowledgeFor All

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.

That’s what we are doing.

WIKIPEDIA: the world’s largest encyclopediafree, online & written by volunteers

16MILLION ARTICLES

16 million things to argue about

270DIFFERENT

LANGUAGES

402MILLION UNIQUE

VISITORS

Who?

Why know who Wikipedians are?

This is why.

87% male

Average age of 26

Double the % of PhDs

By the numbers

Warnings and disclaimers on everything

We care...maybe a little too much

Amateur encyclopedists

Who?Are they super beings?

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WIKIMEDIA IN INDIA

Catalyzing Growth of the Wikimedia Community

WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION

402,000,000NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO READ WIKIPEDIA EVERY MONTH

250NUMBER OF WIKIPEDIA LANGUAGE VERSIONS

We're close to achieving our vision in the Global North, Global South is the next great challenge

Where we are today in India (I)

Number of Internet users 81M

Share of Global Internet users 4.7%

Page views per month 191M

Share of Global Page Views 1.5%

Page edits per month 90K

Share of Page edits (July 2010) 1.3%

Source: Erick Zachte analysis using sample 9/09-7/10 http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportPageViewsPerCountryOverview.htm

Where we are today in India (II)

Source: Stats.Wikimedia.org July 2010

Some Languages of India

• Hindi - 57,823

• Telegu - 45,963

• Marathi - 31,400

• Tamil - 25,623

• Gujarati - 17,142

• Malayalam - 14,830

Where we are today in India (III)

Source: Stats.Wikimedia.org July 2010

Our 2015 goal: Strong and healthy India-based projects

Top 10 Indian languages have mature Wikipedia (>100K substantial articles) and Wiktionary available enabling potential reach to 80% of Indian population

100M unique visitors monthly to Wikimedia projects

>75% of schools in India have access to a Wikipedia and Wiktionary either via the Internet or offline

Top ten projects sustain positive monthly growth in active editors

Our near term goal: Catalyze participation to crank up the flywheel

Seven (plus one) WMF activity ideas

1. Contributor outreach and training: Create resources and campaigns to increase the knowledge about how Wikimedia works and help attract and retain editors

2. University clubs: Support students and faculty to create contributor clubs on university campuses across the country

3. Schools: Work with education system to integrate Wikipedia as a reference resource for schools; offline Wikipedias where n1eeded

4. Knowledge sharing: Support regular meetups across the country and periodic Wikimedia India conferences

5. Technology support: Work with the community and developers on solutions to technical barriers faced by projects

6. Mobile products: Work with the community and the Indian mobile sector to create compelling mobile products for Wikimedia projects

7. National article writing contests: Support volunteers to run regular contests to write quality articles for any language project

+1 Fund and/or provide logistical support for community initiatives that are aligned with the mission and India goals

WMF Principles for working with the community in India

1. WMF's goal is to help grow the Wikimedia community and projects in India; all our actions should align with this goal

2. WMF is here to support the community: Wherever possible, the community should lead and the WMF team should support

3. WMF seeks to facilitate growth across the country and a range of languages, not any single area

4. WMF's direct investment in staff and an office in India is temporary in nature; as the community and chapter build capacity, WMF will adjust our capacity

5. WMF will be open and transparent with the community; we'll communicate openly about our investments, progress and results

6. Regardless of the location of the WMF office, the activities of the team will serve national goals and our team will not differentially support one locale over others

7. All actions of the WMF will be evaluated for their impact on our goal Successful initiatives will be expanded. Failed initiatives will be terminated.

“Wikipedia represents a belief in the supremacy of reason and the goodness of others.”Daniel Pink, “The Book Stops Here,” Wired Magazine 13.03, March 2005

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