I'd make these edits on FB/G+ if it's not already out -- I think the previous version may not be as accessible to non-Wikimedians unfamiliar with how projects work in the community?

Wikipedia relies on written sources, so how can it capture
indigenous knowledge that does not exist in writing? 
A group of researchers went to Namibia to find out, interviewing village elders for an 'oral citation' project.
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/12/12/tapping-into-the-knowledge-of-indigenous-communities/

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:50 PM, Michael Guss <mguss@wikimedia.org> wrote:
LGTM

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:47 PM, Tilman Bayer <tbayer@wikimedia.org> wrote:
@wikimedia, RT by @wikipedia:
Tapping into the knowledge of indigenous communities: An experiment in
a Namibian village
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/12/12/tapping-into-the-knowledge-of-indigenous-communities/

Double-down:
@wikimedia, RT by @wikipedia:
How could Wikipedia capture indigenous knowledge that is not available
in writing? An experiment on oral citations:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/12/12/tapping-into-the-knowledge-of-indigenous-communities/

FB/G+:
Wikipedia relies on written sources, but how could it capture
indigenous knowledge that does not exist in writing? The oral
citations project tried it out, by interviewing village elders in
Namibia.
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/12/12/tapping-into-the-knowledge-of-indigenous-communities/

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