Date: 2011/1/5
Subject: [WikiX-l] Fwd: W10 Media Advisory: Posted Tomorrow
To: Planning for WP 10th anniversary <
wikix-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
All:
Pasted below is a simple draft media advisory we plan to share on
ten.wikipedia, as well as disseminate using a wire service. This
isn't a press release, but a simple media "note" to make sure that
press understand that the 10 year birthday is approaching and
encourage them to start writing stories if they haven't yet.
We hope to have a draft release for you to use by Monday end of day.
Also, as mentioned before, we plan to use the hashtag #wp10 for our
social media posts.
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Cheers,
Moka
Moka Pantages
415.839.6885 x 635
@moka
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Wikipedia to Celebrate 10th Birthday January 15, 2011
January 15, 2011 will mark a decade of Wikipedia. Founded by Jimmy
Wales in 2001, Wikipedia has become the fifth most popular website in
the world with 410 million monthly readers (comScore, November 2010).
Just three years after its founding, Wikipedia reached 500,000
articles in 50 languages. Now, at 17 million articles in 270 languages
and growing, Wikipedia is the only top-ten website in the world that
is truly user-generated, supported and maintained. Over the last ten
years, hundreds of thousands of people have contributed more than one
billion edits to this vital resource.
To commemorate this historical milestone, people all over the world
are gathering at events -- at least five on every continent -- to
celebrate Wikipedia. 17 volunteer-planned events will be taking place
in India alone. We invite you to join volunteers in A Coruņa, Spain,
Bangalore, India, Skopje, Macedonia, London, England, Nairobi, Kenya
or any of the 150 (and counting) events all over the world :
http://ten.wikipedia.org/
About Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the a non-profit organization which
operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Based in San Francisco,
California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity
that is funded primarily through donations and grants.
http://ten.wikipedia.org/
http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_timeline
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_room
For more information, contact Moka Pantages at
Wikipedia10@wikimedia.org or call 415.839.6885 ex 6745
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Cheers,
Moka
Moka Pantages
415.839.6885 x 635
@moka
--
Cheers,
Moka
Moka Pantages
415.839.6885 x 635
@moka
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