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Site online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, an editor wants to have a more diverse, especially from developing countries.
SAN FRANCISCO - Site online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, an editor wants to have a more diverse, especially from developing countries.
In the age of 10 years, later on January 15, Wikipedia tries to work on the editor of the group are more varied, especially women, Internet users from developing countries and people who are experts from various disciplines.
Search for itself in the near future plans to open offices in India, later also working on other countries such as Brazil, Egypt and other middle eastern countries. Currently, approximately 20 percent of the Wikipedia pages are written in English. The founder of this site tries to change the pattern within the next 10 years.
"Everyone brings their knowledge gradually, such as crumbs, which taken together will turn into a dish on the table. Unfortunately we lost some people on the 'table'," said executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, Sue Gardner, as quoted by the Straits Times, Thursday (01/13/2011).
According to Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, the current average Wikipedia editor is a man aged 20 years and over with a sufficient level of education. 80 percent of them were men and most of them have education equivalent to a PhD degree.
In an effort to diversify, the nonprofit company that recruit students from 16 campuses, including Harvard and Georgetown. Wikipedia tries to teach young people what it takes to perform data entry and editing on the site.
One of its efforts is to work with faculty to provide education in the classroom in writing encyclopedia entries about public policy, complete with footnotes.
By sari, okezone.com, Updated: 1/13/2011 12:04 PM
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