About the map: What about Canada? Didnt they start a local chapter recently?
On 1/21/07, Łukasz Garczewski lgarczewski@gmail.com wrote:
On 1/21/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
So what can small Wikipedias (say, under 100,000 articles) do to achieve these effects - breadth and being up-to-date - as well? Are there other tacks they should try taking to achieve greater public awareness?
Thank you for mentioning this, David.
I suppose I wouldn't be a good ChapCom member if my first reply to this question was other than "START A CHAPTER!"
The problem with promoting Wikipedias in languages other than English is that the promotion is not very effective if done in English. The impact is far greater if the communication is done in the native tongue of the journalists and readers/viewers. Also, some of you might be surprised how much the "hot topics" of Wikipedias may differ from one language edition to the other - the English-language press team is simply not prepared to tackle questions on a per project level. Only active contributors to that specific project can do that.
So, my advice to the editors of the various Wikipedias is: If you want to help promote Wikipedia in your language, think about starting a chapter. If you have any questions regarding that, see:
- http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Local_chapter_FAQ
- http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Step-by-step_chapter_creation_guide
(other helpful documents are on the way, stay tuned) Or contact ChapCom directly (see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_committee for more info on how to do that)
We hope for a Wikimedia chapter in every country on earth, and then some ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Wikimedia_local_chapters_map.png). And we're here to help YOU achieve that. :)
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