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.
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From: Cape Town Press Club <capetownpressclub(a)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(a)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-scott>or contact Lalage on
capetownpressclub(a)gmail.com <capetownpressclub(a)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 *
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727