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„Imagine„Imagine aa worldworld inin whichwhich everyevery singlesingle humanhuman beingbeing cancan freelyfreely shareshare inin thethe sumsum ofof allall knowledge.knowledge. That'sThat's ourour commitment.”commitment.” JimmyJimmy „Jimbo”„Jimbo” Wales Wales –– founder founder ofof WikipediaWikipedia

As defined by itself:

Wikipedia is a free multilingual, open content project operated by the non-profit . Its name is a blend of the words (a technology for creating collaborative websites) and encyclopedia. Launched in January 2001 by and , it is the largest, fastest-growing and most popular general reference work currently available on the Internet. OpenOpen and and free content

RichardRichard StallmanStallman definition definition of of free : software: „The„The wordword "free""free" inin ourour namename doesdoes notnot referrefer toto price;price; itit refersrefers toto freedom.freedom. First,First, thethe freedomfreedom toto copycopy aa programprogram andand redistributeredistribute itit toto youryour neighbors,neighbors, soso thatthat theythey cancan useuse itit asas wellwell asas you.you. Second,Second, thethe freedomfreedom toto changechange aa program,program, soso ththatat youyou cancan controlcontrol itit insteadinstead ofof itit controllingcontrolling you;you; forfor this,this, thethe sourcesource codecode mustmust bebe mademade availableavailable toto you.”you.” GNUGNU FreeFree DocumentationDocumentation LicenseLicense CreativeCreative CommonsCommons LicenseLicense DesignDesign ScienceScience LicenseLicense FreeFree CreationsCreations License,License, FreeFree Art Art LicenceLicence OpenOpen ContentContent LicenseLicense OpenOpen DirectoryDirectory ProjectProject LicenseLicense OpenOpen GamingGaming LicenseLicense OpenOpen PublicationPublication LicenseLicense WikiWiki WikicodeWikicode WikiWiki self-control…self-control… HistoryHistory of of Wikipedia Wikipedia

MarchMarch 20002000 JimmyJimmy WalesWales ii LarryLarry SaSangernger launchedlaunched NupediaNupedia priorprior art.:art.: Interpedia,Interpedia, Everything2,Everything2, h2g2;h2g2; writtenwritten byby expertsexperts only,only, 7-level7-level peer-reviewpeer-review system,system, results:results: 2424 acceptedaccepted articles,articles, 7474 inin progress,;progress,; projectproject closedclosed inin 20032003 r.;r.; RichardRichard StallmanStallman fromfrom FSFFSF establishedestablished GNGNUpedia,Upedia, firstfirst encyclopediaencyclopedia thatthat everyoneeveryone cancan edit,edit, butbut notnot inin wikiwiki stylestyle 1515 JanuaryJanuary 20012001 WikipediaWikipedia launchedlaunched firstfirst launchedlaunched asas aa somesome sortsort ofof sandboxsandbox forfor NupediaNupedia that that everyoneeveryone cancan edit.edit. NoNo needneed toto log-log-inin even,even, justjust gogo andand write.write. ItIt waswas basedbased onon ModwikiModwiki software software 1212 DecemberDecember 20022002 WiktionaryWiktionary created created thethe firstfirst multilingualmultilingual dictionarydictionary basedbased onon wikiwiki softwaresoftware –– other other projects:projects: ,Wikinews, ,Wikibooks, ,Wikiquote, WikisourcesWikisources 2003, 2003, Comons,Comons, WikispeciesWikispecies 2004,2004, WikiversityWikiversity 2006 2006 2020 JuneJune 20032003 WikimediaWikimedia FoundationFoundation establishedestablished JimmyJimmy WalesWales donateddonated serversservers andand brandbrand namename ofof Wikipedia,Wikipedia, formerlyformerly belongingbelonging toto hishis andand TimTim Shell’sShell’s companycompany „”.„Bomis”. ProgressProgress overover timetime CurrentCurrent WikipediaWikipedia

•Over 2.3 million articles in • 250 language versions • More than 10 million articles in all versions • Over 2.5 million files in • Database size: around 2.5 TB • 8-10. most popular website in the world (Alexa) • 80 000 – 100 000 unique visits per day • Around 10 000 – 20 000 regular editors • Around 2 million irregular editors • Polish Wikipedia: 480 000 articles, 4-th largest 55 pillarspillars

z Wikipedia is an encyclopedia - all articles must follow no original policy, and strive for verifiable accuracy. z Wikipedia has a neutral point of view, which means we strive for articles that advocate no single point of view. z Wikipedia is free content that anyone may edit. Articles can be changed by anyone and no individual controls any specific article. z Wikipedia has a code of conduct: Respect your fellow Wikipedians even when you may not agree with them. z Wikipedia does not have firm rules besides the five general principles presented here. Be bold in editing, moving, and modifying articles. Although it should be aimed for, perfection is not required. Wikipedia:Wikipedia: AA MillionMillion MonkeysMonkeys TypingTyping ? ?

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„In„In thethe periodperiod ofof itsits revolutionaryrevolutionary ascent,ascent, thethe bourgeoisiebourgeoisie foughtfought forfor knowledgeknowledge asas cruciacruciall forfor economiceconomic progressprogress andand asas aa weaponweapon againstagainst feudalistfeudalist clericalclerical tyranny.tyranny. Diderot’sDiderot’s EncyclopedistsEncyclopedists helped helped toto ideologideologicallyically armarm thethe GreatGreat FrenchFrench RevolutionRevolution ofof 1789-93.1789-93. Today,Today, ccapitalismapitalism inin itsits deathdeath agonyagony createscreates aa barrierbarrier toto thethe expansiexpansionon ofof thethe meansmeans ofof productionproduction whilewhile draggingdragging cultureculture backback intointo aa newnew darkdark age.age. WhatWhat qualityquality educationeducation thethe U.S.U.S. bourgeoisiebourgeoisie maintainsmaintains isis increasinglyincreasingly restrictedrestricted toto eliteelite universitieuniversities.s. TheThe growthgrowth andand influenceinfluence ofof WikipediaWikipedia occursoccurs inin aa periodperiod whenwhen publicpublic educationeducation isis inin tatterstatters andand massesmasses ofof ghettoghetto andand barriobarrio youthyouth rotrot inin today’stoday’s Bastilles.”Bastilles.” So,So, whowho really really edits? edits?

AaronAaron Swartz,Swartz, WhoWho Writes Writes Wikipedia?, Wikipedia?, RawRaw Thought,Thought, 2006-09-042006-09-04

„When„When youyou putput itit allall together,together, thethe storystory becomebecome clear:clear: anan outsideroutsider makesmakes oneone editedit toto addadd aa chunkchunk ofof information,information, thenthen insidersinsiders makemake severalseveral editsedits tweakingtweaking andand reformattingreformatting it.it. InIn addition,addition, insidersinsiders rackrack upup thousandsthousands ofof editsedits doingdoing thingsthings likelike changingchanging thethe namename ofof aa categorycategory acrossacross thethe entireentire sitesite ---- the the kindkind ofof thingthing onlyonly insidersinsiders deeplydeeply carecare about.about. AsAs aa result,result, insidersinsiders accountaccount forfor thethe vastvast majoritymajority ofof thethe edits.edits. ButBut it'sit's thethe outsidersoutsiders whowho provideprovide nearlynearly allall ofof thethe content.”content.”

Comment:Comment: MostMost ofof thethe editorseditors startstart asas „outsiders”„outsiders” toto becomebecome „insiders”„insiders” after after writingwriting aa substantialsubstantial numbernumber ofof articlesarticles WikimaniaWikimania 2006 2006 –– Harvard Harvard LawLaw SchoolSchool PolishPolish Wikipedia Wikipedia editorseditors profile profile

•• WikipediansWikipedians •• around around 200 200 newnew per per dayday •• around around 2 2 000000 occasionaloccasional editors editors (5 (5 editsedits per per month)month) •• very very active: active: 350350 (more(more than than 100 100 editsedits per per month)month) •• AgeAge •• from from 10 10 tilltill 71 71 •• 50% 50% 18-27,18-27, 20%20% 28-37,28-37, 20%20% 14-1714-17 •• EducationEducation •• from from primary primary school school pupils pupils till till – – university university professors professors •• majority: majority: undergraduateundergraduate and and PhD PhD students students •• then: then: secondarysecondary school school students, students, andand young young scientis scientis WikipediaWikipedia communitycommunity

Everyone can edit, and every user has the same right to decide the final shape of articles, however some users have access to technical features that help with maintenance of the projects: z Unloged users and freshly logged users – can edit existing articles but cannot upload files and start new articles z Loged users – can do everything except deleting and blocking articles and banning other users z Sysops – can delete and block articles, can ban users, can fast-revert articles, can edit blocked articles – they are elected by local community and have to follow all rules and policies. z Bureaucrats – can give sysop status – but must follow the results of elections. They are usually elected by local community but in new or small projects they can get their status „by granted”. z Stewards – can nominate bureaucrats. They are choosen by all Wikimedia community – they take care of small and new projects – they cannot use their power in their mother projects. SisterSister projectsprojects WikimediaWikimedia CommonsCommons http://commons.wikimedia.org/ • Launched: 7 September 2004 • repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files • Established by Eric Moller to reduce duplication of effort across the Wikimedia projects and languages, as the same file had to be uploaded to many different separately before the Commons was created. • Actually contains over 2,6 million, well described and categorized files – all of them free and open • Grows 3 times faster than Wikipedia WikimediaWikimedia FoundationFoundation

zz non-profitnon-profit charitablecharitable organizationorganization headquarteredheadquartered inin SanSan Francisco,Francisco, California,California, USA,USA, andand organizedorganized underunder ththee lawslaws ofof thethe statestate ofof .Florida. zz managedmanaged byby internationalinternational BoardBoard ofof TrusteesTrustees (7(7 people,people, 55 ofof themthem choosenchoosen by by WikimediaWikimedia project’sproject’s community)community) andand 1212 employeesemployees zz budget:budget: USD:USD: 5656 000000 (2004),(2004), 283283 000000 (2005),(2005), 11 066066 000000 (2006),(2006), aroundaround 33 000 000 000000 (2007) (2007) zz locallocal chapterschapters (or(or ratherrather „partners”):„partners”): Germany,Germany, France,France, Italy,Italy, Poland,Poland, Serbia,Serbia, Switzerland,Switzerland, Sweden,Sweden, UK,UK, Israel,Israel, Netherlands,Netherlands, Taiwan,Taiwan, Hong-Kong,Hong-Kong, Australia,Australia, ArgentinaArgentina –– mainly mainly assocationsassocations of of locallocal editorseditors FundrisingFundrising

zz IndividualIndividual donations donations are are collected collected via via „sitenotice”„sitenotice” of of Wikimedia’s Wikimedia’s projects.projects. zz CorporateCorporate donations donations are are collected collected via via individualindividual links links of of staff staff and and membersmembers of of Board Board of of Trustees, Trustees, especiallyespecially Jimmy Jimmy Wales. Wales. zz DonationsDonations in in 2007: 2007: 22 112112 251,73251,73 USDUSD zz 2008:2008: SloanSloan Foundation:Foundation: 33 000000 000000 USD USD,, VinodVinod and and Neeru Neeru Khosla Khosla : : 500500 000000 USD,USD, VirginVirgin Inc. Inc. 11 000000 000000 over over next next 3 3 years,years, etc.etc. zz SomeSome income income from from selling selling trademark’s trademark’s licences licences (Answer.com, (Answer.com, Babylon,Babylon, TomRider,TomRider, NokiaNokia etc.) etc.) SpendingSpending 2007-2008 2007-2008

Area of Spending $’000’s Percentage Technology 2,573 57% Finance and Administration 699 15% Office of the Executive Director 509 11% Program Services 185 4% Legal 182 4% Board of Trustees 201 4% Conference 150 3% Communications 113 2% TOTAL: $4,611 100% ServersServers ServersServers – – more more details details

zz AroundAround 350 350 serversservers – – expected expected demands demands for for firstfirst half half of of 2008:2008: 500500 000000 USDUSD –– by by thethe end end of of the the year: year: USDUSD 2,52,5 million.million. zz Network:Network: Tampa:Tampa: 200-350200-350 Mbps,Mbps, 1000-30001000-3000 connectionsconnections perper minuteminute – – around around 50 50 000000 USD/monthUSD/month + + Paris,Paris, Seul,Seul, AmsterdamAmsterdam –– next next 50 50 000000 USD/month.USD/month. zz DatabaseDatabase size: size: roughlyroughly 2,5 2,5 TBTB –– hosting hosting ofof database database in in a a minorminor costcost – – vast vast majority majority of of servers servers are are squids squids and and apache’sapache’s servers servers distributing distributing data data toto users.users. TheoreticalTheoretical valuevalue

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fromfrom 500500 millionmillion tilltill 55 billionbillion USDUSD !!!!!!!!

…… but but wewe areare notnot forfor sale…sale… http://www.watchmojo.com/web/blog/?p=626 …… but but othersothers can can do do bussinessbussiness on on us.us.

•• Content Content isis underunder freefree andand openopen licenselicense –– therefore therefore itit doesdoes notnot belongbelong toto WikimediaWikimedia FoundationFoundation –– useuse itit freefree ifif youyou wantwant –– just just followfollow GNUGNU FDL.FDL. FoundationFoundation encouragesencourages andand helpshelps withwith itit !!!!!!

•• ForksForks ii mirrorsmirrors makemake profitprofit onon adds:adds: encyklopedia.servis.plencyklopedia.servis.pl •• MobileMobile applicationsapplications -- TomeRider TomeRider – – buy buy SDSD cardcard forfor 2525 $$ withwith allall Wikipedia.Wikipedia. •• WikireadersWikireaders –– books books basedbased onon Wikipedia,Wikipedia, GermanGerman WikipressWikipress – – 9,99 9,99 EUREUR forfor bookbook •• SearchSearch machinesmachines –– answers.com, answers.com, ask.com,ask.com, babylon,babylon, netsprintnetsprint •• On-lineOn-line mapsmaps:: clickclick onon WikipediaWikipedia articlearticle aboutabout aa place:place: googlegoogle maps,maps, targeo.pltargeo.pl •• CD/DVDCD/DVD –– in in Germany,Germany, Poland,Poland, FranceFrance andand UKUK –– in in cooperationcooperation withwith locallocal chapterschapters LicenceLicence

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• Logos and names of Wikipedia, all other Wikimedia projects, and logo Wikimedia Foundation Fundacji are registered trademarks of Wikimedia Foundation and cannot be used without agreement. • All Wikipedia screenshots were made by Tomasz Ganicz under GNU FDL 1.2 • Picture of Jimmy Wales has been copied from Wikimedia Commons. Author: user:Danny, GNU FDL 1.2 • Wikipedia progress is in •Picturesofservers has been copied from Wikimedia Commons. Author: David Monniaux, CC-BY-SA 1.0 • Picture of chlidren at PC’s shows a School in Bangladesh supported by USAID – public domain. • Picutre of Wikipedians has been taken during Wikimania 2006. Source: Wikimedia Commons, author: Gus Freedman, CC-BY-SA 2.5 • Picture o Polish Wikipedians was taken during „Opłatek Wikimedian 2005”. Surce: Wikimedia Commons. Author: User:Julo, public domain. •GraphicsofWikimedia servers has been copied form Wikimedia Commons, Author, User:Sansculottei, CC-BY- SA 2.5 • Picture of Richard Stallman. Source: Wikimedia Commons, Author: Bill Ebbesen, public domain • Picture of . Soruce: Wikimedia Commons, Author: Paula Wilson, CC-BY-SA 2.5 • Picture of Eric Muller: Source: Wikimedia Commons, Author: Eric Muller, free copyrighted use • Picture of Florence Nibart-Devouard : Source: Wikimedia Commons, Author: Florence Nibart-Devouard, public domain. • Picture of Jimmy Wales in France: Source: Wikimedia Foundation wiki, Author: Jimmy Wales, GNU FDL1.2. • Picture of Frieda Briochi: Source: Wikimedia Foundation wiki, Author: User:Senpaiottolo from Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-ND 2.5 • Picture of : Source: Wikimedia Commons, Author: Eva Krause, GNU FDL 1.2 • Picture of Kat Walsh, Source: Wikimedia Commons, Author: Gregory F. Maxwell, GNU FDL 1.2 and CC-BY-SA 1.0