Great to know that a sculpture has been installed in Poland depicting the
power of global Wikimedia movement. The sculpture looks fantastic and
implies the collaborative nature of the movement. Congratulations to WMPL
and others concerned for such a great initiative!
Tanweer
Wikimedia Bangladesh
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 2:40 AM, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hi Felipe,
The event and unveiling was organized by Slubice and the Collegium
Polonicum. WMPL, WMDE, and WMF were all represented, and I'm sure other
Wikimedians attended in their personal capacities. We did want to have a
set of photos ready to go with the release, but we weren't able to
coordinate that with the organizers in time. That said, I'm happy to report
there are some lovely photos on Commons (
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Monument), and I'm
told there was an excellent turnout of the press so I'm sure there will be
good coverage, including images.
Katherine
On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Felipe Schenone <schenonef(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
No picture, seriously?
On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> This press release is also available online here:
>
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/First-ever_Wikipedia_Mo…
> Wikipedia Monument unveiled in Poland
>
> - *Monument in Słubice, Poland honors free knowledge and human
> collaboration*
>
> Wikimedians -- the editors, creators, and contributors behind the free
> encyclopedia Wikipedia -- were honored today with the unveiling of a
> monument in Słubice, Poland. The monument, which is the first of its
kind,
> is a celebration of the power of free
knowledge and human collaboration.
>
> The monument, designed by Armenian sculptor Mihran Hakobyan, depicts the
> Wikipedia globe held aloft by four figures. As in the original, the
> Wikipedia globe remains unfinished, as a testament to the ever-expanding
> realm of human knowledge. The idea to create a monument came from Dr.
> Krzysztof Wojciechowski, the director of Collegium Polonicum, and was
> brought to fruition through the support of Tomasz Ciszewicz, the mayor
of
> Słubice.
>
> "On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, thank you for this remarkable
> recognition. We hope this will be an enduring reminder of the
importance of
> free knowledge. It is humbling for all of us
to be a part of something
so
> much larger than any one person." said
Lila Tretikov, Executive
Director,
> Wikimedia Foundation.
>
> Wikipedia is the largest collection of free knowledge ever assembled,
> including more than 33 million articles in 287 languages. Together,
> Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects are the world’s 5th most
visited
> website, with nearly half a billion monthly
visitors and roughly 80,000
> active volunteers contributing every month.
>
> “When Wikipedia started back in 2001 I have to say that I never imagined
> a day when Wikipedia would be honored with a monument - we write about
> them, we photograph them with our Wiki Loves Monuments competition, and
now
> we have a monument of our own. It is a truly
special and exciting day,
and
> one that I hope shines the spotlight on the
thousands of Wikimedians who
> edit Wikipedia and make it the source of free knowledge it has come to
be.
> I look forward to visiting Słubice one day to
see the monument for
myself
> and perhaps meeting some of those involved in
the project.” said Jimmy
> Wales, founder of Wikipedia.
>
> Guests attending the unveiling ceremony included representatives of
> Wikimedia Poland, Wikimedia Deutschland, and the Wikimedia Foundation,
the
> non-profit organization that operates
Wikipedia.
> About the Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
https://wikimediafoundation.org
>
>
https://blog.wikimedia.org
>
> The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates
> Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Across its 287 language versions,
> Wikipedia contains more than 33 million articles. Every month, roughly
> 80,000 active volunteers contribute to Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia
> projects. According to comScore Media Metrix, the projects operated by
the
> Wikimedia Foundation receive 413 million
unique visitors per month on
> desktop alone, making them the fifth-most popular web property worldwide
> (July 2014). Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia
Foundation
> is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is
funded primarily through
donations
and
grants.
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