Hello Everyone,


Found this interesting story - it was  published last month, but I believe it is evergreen content therefore I wrote some social.Thanks for reviewing!


It really demonstrates Wikipedia's relative success in brining the world's languages online. Take a look. Some nice graphs here. 


http://www.smartling.com/2015/02/12/global-website-development/


Tweet structure:


Account: @wikipedia


t: Wikipedia supports more languages than any other website on the planet.


t: Study: Wikipedia leads in supporting the most languages online. @Google, @Facebook, @Microsoft follow. #


t: 288 languages and counting. Way to go editors!


Facebook structure:


Account: wikipedia


f: There are 533 proposals for Wikipedia languages in incubator stage, more than twice the number of actual Wikipedias. Wikipedia is on track for doubling their language repository.


f: Most websites have yet to surpass five languages, Wikipedia has close to 300.


f: 288 languages approved, 533 proposed. “What you see reflects user initiative.”


Google+ structure:


Account: wikipedia


g: There are 533 proposals for Wikipedia languages in incubator stage, more than twice the number of actual Wikipedias. Wikipedia is on track for doubling their language repository.


g: Most websites have yet to surpass five languages, Wikipedia has close to 300.


g:288 languages approved, 533 proposed. “What you see reflects user initiative.”


Thanks,

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Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation