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Wikimania.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- 60 Minutes
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wales, Jimmy,.
- Wikipedia.
- Computer Science.
- 2010s.
- Technology in Education.
- Internet.
- Electronic publishing.
- Information technology occupations.
- Local Subjects:
- Wales, Jimmy,.
- Wikipedia.
- Computer Science.
- 2010s.
- Technology in Education.
- Internet.
- Electronic publishing.
- Information technology occupations.
- Genre:
- News story
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (13 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2015.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- A report on Wikipedia, the free Internet encyclopedia, and how the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation has kept the website among the ten most popular advertisement-free sites. Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikimedia Foundation and co-founder of Wikipedia, discusses his vision of this charity and how he's trying to get more women involved as Wikipedians, the volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia's articles. Includes interviews with: Jimmy Wales; Sue Gardner, former executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation; Lila Tretikov, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation; Amanda Levendowski, Wikipedian; and Dumi Ndubane, engineer and Wikipedian. Also includes comments by unidentified people attending Wikimania event.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 11, 2023).
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