[WikiX-l] [Wmfcc-l] press release wikipedia for world heritage

Fri May 27 07:46:44 UTC 2011

That's 31 May, you're right! It's a mistake. Thanks!
Michael

2011/5/26 Itzik Edri <itzik at infra.co.il>

> "...Wikimedia Deutschland will entertain an expert round on the subject on
> 31 March 2011 at the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin. The event will be a
> public kick-off. "
>
> March or May?
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Catrin Schoneville <
> catrin.schoneville at wikimedia.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> here comes the english translation of our press release - we will send it
>> out as soon as we get the video message ready (hopefully tomorrow). Feel
>> free to use it or improve it as you like.....
>> Catrin.
>>
>> PRESS RELEASE
>>
>> Berlin, 26 May 2011
>>
>> *
>> **Wikipedia for World Heritage! *
>>
>> *
>> *
>>
>> *Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales calls for signatures to be collected and
>> presented to the UNESCO.*
>>
>>
>> On Monday, 23 May 2011, Wikimedia Deutschland started a worldwide
>> collection of signatures for the Wikipedia for World Heritage!<http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>initiative. People are invited to join the list now by signing an online
>> form <http://wikipedia.de/wke/Main_Page?setlang=en>. The list will
>> ultimately be presented to the World Heritage Committee<http://whc.unesco.org/en/comittee>at the beginning of 2012. To date more than 7000 people from over 100
>> countries have already signed the petition. Each signature supports the
>> initiative’s claim that Wikipedia as the largest collection of human
>> knowledge should be recognized as the first ever global and digital World
>> Heritage site. Altogether there are ten UNESCO criteria for recognition as a
>> World Heritage site. The first of those criteria demands that World Heritage
>> sites “represent a masterpiece of human creative genius”. The online
>> petition is quoting these exact words. By signing it participants confirm
>> that Wikipedia has universal value and that the claim is true in its case.
>> This petition is the starting point for a global discussion of Wikipedia’s
>> cultural meaning. Currently the free encyclopedia provides free access to
>> more than 18 million articles in over 280 languages. Since the beginning of
>> the new millennium Wikipedia has evolved into the collective memory of the
>> world. Having Wikipedia recognized as a Unesco World Heritage site is a huge
>> step towards preserving its cumulative knowledge for future generations.
>>
>>
>>  “Millions of people take Wikipedia for granted. They use it each and
>> every day. Still, free access to the sum of human knowledge is not a matter
>> of course in many places. It is a global challenge to recognize, support and
>> preserve the work that hundreds of thousands of volunteers invest in this
>> community project. The key to free exchange of knowledge is public
>> recognition”, says Pavel Richter, CEO of Wikimedia Deutschland.
>>
>>
>> The initiative was introduced in March 2011 at the international Wikimedia
>> Chapters Conference in Berlin. Chapters from all over the world will
>> accompany the initiative's activities regarding Wikipedia’s recognition as a
>> World Heritage site. Wikimedia Deutschland will entertain an expert round on
>> the subject on 31 March 2011 at the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin. The
>> event will be a public kick-off. Further activities with the international
>> community will follow. Additionally, public discussion provides a chance to
>> explain how to deal with free knowledge and to stress its meaning for
>> society. The advertising agency Leo Burnett supports Wikimedia Deutschland
>> in the initiative’s realization.
>>
>>
>> Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales was the first to sign the petition. In a video
>> statement <http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page> he calls for support
>> of the initiative. In his appeal Jimmy Wales puts emphasis on how important
>> international awareness is to the free encyclopedia: “A lot of people think
>> of Wikipedia as a technical phenomenon, a technical achievement. But in fact
>> it isn't. What Wikipedia is, is a cultural change, a cultural achievement.
>> We are going to try to get as many people as possible to sign the petition.
>> Just like Wikipedia itself, the more people we get involved, the greater the
>> chance that we'll achieve our goal. Please sign the petition!”
>>
>>
>> Links:
>> Petition: http://wikipedia.de/wke/Main_Page?setlang=en
>>
>> International website and video statement by Jimmy Wales:
>> http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
>>
>>
>>
>> *
>> *
>>
>> *About the UNESCO World Heritage:*
>> UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
>> Organization. Its list of World Heritage sites currently recognizes 911
>> properties as parts of the cultural and natural heritage of the world and
>> worthy of protection. The basis for this list is the World Heritage
>> Convention, established in 1975. The convention has been signed by 187
>> countries so far. By doing so they have committed to protect World Heritage
>> sites in their respective territories and to support each other’s efforts.
>> Further information: http://whc.unesco.org/
>>
>> *About Wikimedia Deutschland:*
>> Wikimedia Deutschland is a non-profit organization that supports the
>> advancement of free knowledge. Since its foundation in 2004 the organization
>> has been supporting the Wikimedia projects, the most well-known of which is
>> Wikipedia. Wikimedia Deutschland promotes free of charge access to free
>> knowledge, thereby endorsing the fundamental human right to education.
>> Wikipedia, like its sister projects, is ad-free and independent. This is
>> only possible through volunteer dedication and donations.
>>
>>
>> Further information about Wikimedia Deutschland:
>> Website: www.wikimedia.de
>> Blog: www.blog.wikimedia.de
>> Twitter: www.twitter.com/WikimediaDE
>>
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Catrin Schoneville
>> spokeswoman
>> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
>>
>>
>>
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