INDIA, THEN BRAZIL for Wikipedia
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, is all set to open its first overseas office outside of the US in India
The reason behind this which is that it will be focusing on expansion of its database in Hindi and all other official languages of the country
Reasons for choosing India[/b][/b]
India was chosen because of its large population and increasing number of people using the internet especially through mobile phones
India is really high potential for us
India was picked as the first base abroad in the developing world because of its “fruitful environment” including “valuing education, free speech and a culture of intellectual debate.”
Current database for the country’s regional languages is small and the India office would push for growth in this area.
There are “software impediments to interaction” in non-English languages like Tamil or Hindi, which Wikipedia would be working to remove.
They are close to selecting the person who will head the India office, which is expected to open in the next couple of months.
The San Francisco-based online encyclopedia also plans to expand to Brazil the Middle East and North Africa as well.
Wikipedia is currently the world’s fifth most popular site[/b], which operated on a budget of $8 million in 2010, which is far less than the other top sites.
It raised $16 million in its latest fundraiser.[/b][/b]
Wikipedia is rolling out a new five-year strategic plan to increase the number of its users to one billion, its information to 50 million articles and percentage of high quality articles by 25%.
The organization also plans to double the percentage of female participants to 25% and The online encyclopedia had been thriving in many developed countries, the same success had not been replicated in developing countries.
With 8.5 billion monthly page views, an overwhelming majority of Wikipedia page views are from the global North (79.8%).
On average, 2.1 billion (20.2%) of monthly page views are from countries located in the global South.
Wikipedia’s tenth anniversary on Saturday is being celebrated with more than 300 events in different countries out of which 60 are in India
“This certainly validates our decision to put extra attention on India,” said Gardner
Wikipedia corrects its unique visitors figure to 410 million from 440 million in paragraph
Emerging markets viewed to reach goal of 1 billion users
Online encyclopedia vows to maintain non-profit status
We don't move in the world of IPOs and valuation and investment runs the non-profit foundation behind Wikipedia.
INDIA, THEN BRAZIL[/b][/b]
This year it will open its first overseas office, in India, where Wikipedia hopes to increase readership and articles in English and several Indian languages. Among 316 events marking the 10th anniversary in 104 countries, 60 events were scheduled inside India.
Their main strategic focus right now is on India and other countries in the developing world.
Wikipedia claims 440 million unique visitors a month -- fifth most in the world -- making it the envy of many for-profit rivals in the Silicon Valley who aspire to generate such numbers.
The company relies on some 100,000 regular contributors who work for free
Gardener said -- and the general public to write and edit its articles in 270 languages.
The site carries 17 million articles in English, adding 1,100 per day.
Wikipedia, which says its quality controls stop most "vandals" from posting maliciously inaccurate articles for very long, was also working with 12 universities to increase the quality of articles about public policy, Gardner said.
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, is all set to open its first overseas office outside of the US in India
The reason behind this which is that it will be focusing on expansion of its database in Hindi and all other official languages of the country
Reasons for choosing India[/b][/b]
India was chosen because of its large population and increasing number of people using the internet especially through mobile phones
India is really high potential for us
India was picked as the first base abroad in the developing world because of its “fruitful environment” including “valuing education, free speech and a culture of intellectual debate.”
Current database for the country’s regional languages is small and the India office would push for growth in this area.
There are “software impediments to interaction” in non-English languages like Tamil or Hindi, which Wikipedia would be working to remove.
They are close to selecting the person who will head the India office, which is expected to open in the next couple of months.
The San Francisco-based online encyclopedia also plans to expand to Brazil the Middle East and North Africa as well.
Wikipedia is currently the world’s fifth most popular site[/b], which operated on a budget of $8 million in 2010, which is far less than the other top sites.
It raised $16 million in its latest fundraiser.[/b][/b]
Wikipedia is rolling out a new five-year strategic plan to increase the number of its users to one billion, its information to 50 million articles and percentage of high quality articles by 25%.
The organization also plans to double the percentage of female participants to 25% and The online encyclopedia had been thriving in many developed countries, the same success had not been replicated in developing countries.
With 8.5 billion monthly page views, an overwhelming majority of Wikipedia page views are from the global North (79.8%).
On average, 2.1 billion (20.2%) of monthly page views are from countries located in the global South.
Wikipedia’s tenth anniversary on Saturday is being celebrated with more than 300 events in different countries out of which 60 are in India
“This certainly validates our decision to put extra attention on India,” said Gardner
Wikipedia corrects its unique visitors figure to 410 million from 440 million in paragraph
Emerging markets viewed to reach goal of 1 billion users
Online encyclopedia vows to maintain non-profit status
We don't move in the world of IPOs and valuation and investment runs the non-profit foundation behind Wikipedia.
INDIA, THEN BRAZIL[/b][/b]
This year it will open its first overseas office, in India, where Wikipedia hopes to increase readership and articles in English and several Indian languages. Among 316 events marking the 10th anniversary in 104 countries, 60 events were scheduled inside India.
Their main strategic focus right now is on India and other countries in the developing world.
Wikipedia claims 440 million unique visitors a month -- fifth most in the world -- making it the envy of many for-profit rivals in the Silicon Valley who aspire to generate such numbers.
The company relies on some 100,000 regular contributors who work for free
Gardener said -- and the general public to write and edit its articles in 270 languages.
The site carries 17 million articles in English, adding 1,100 per day.
Wikipedia, which says its quality controls stop most "vandals" from posting maliciously inaccurate articles for very long, was also working with 12 universities to increase the quality of articles about public policy, Gardner said.