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-----Original Message-----
From: Netra Parikh
Sent: 29/10/2010 11:05:18
Subject: [BCM] Meet The Movement: A public talk with Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, and members of Wikimedia India

Dear All

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.

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.

Date: Sunday October 31
Time: 6.30 pm
Venue: Sophia Bhabha Hall, Sophia College campus, Bhulabhai Desai
Road, Breach Candy, Mumbai 400026

This talk is open to the public on a first-come-first-seated basis.

For more information, please visit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai3