Hello everyone,
As many of you no doubt know this week Wikipedia will be celebrating its 20th birthday! Yay. As part of this event Wikimedia South Africa will be presenting on Wikipedia in South Africa to the Cape Town Press Club. Please feel free to join us for this presentation/Q&A event with the press next week Tuesday at noon. Details in the email below.
Regards,
Douglas.
---- Forwarded message ---- From: Cape Town Press Club capetownpressclub@gmail.com Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 at 08:23 Subject: CT PRESS CLUB/WIKIPEDIA : Douglas Scott on Free knowledge and the growth of Wikipedia over the past 20 years: LIVE STREAM 12.00 TUES 19 JANUARY 2021 To: Cape Town Press Club capetownpressclub@gmail.com
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*DOUGLAS SCOTT*
*This January, Wikipedia turned 20 years old. It has been an extraordinary achievement with daily page views running in the billions. Millions of people use it, but also millions of people volunteer their time to edit and update it.One of these people is Douglas Scott, who has been an editor on English language Wikipedia since 2006. Douglas has been a Wikipedia community leader since 2012. He is currently a board member of Wikimedia South Africa and was the chapter's president from 2015 to 2020. Wikimedia South Africa is the non-profit membership organisation for Wikipedia editors in the country. He will be talking about the challenges Wikipedia and other internet based free knowledge projects face within South Africa in the next 20 years. He will be speaking on behalf of Wikimedia South Africa."*
*In 2018, Douglas Scott was the organising chairperson for Wikimania that year, the official annual international Wikipedia conference, and was deeply involved in both bringing the event to South Africa for the first time and in organising the event.Scott will address the Cape Town Press Club on the status of free knowledge in South Africa and the growth of Wikipedia over the past 20 years. He will take questions.Where : The comfort of your own homeWhen : Tuesday 19th January 2021Time : 12.00h SA TimeCost : Free*
*Accessing the live-streamed event is as easy as opening a webpage. You will also be able to ask questions via our online chat function. But it is essential that you register by clicking on this LINK https://www.magriet.co/ctpc-douglas-scottor contact Lalage on capetownpressclub@gmail.com capetownpressclub@gmail.com or 0828200190 *
*Once registered, we will email you a confirmation and the access link shortly before the event.Presented by the Cape Town Press Club in conjunction with WIKIPEDIA *