equitable governance in multilingual wikipedia
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Talk given at Critical Points of View - WikiWars conference at Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, January 2010. NOTE: Audio available here: http://reganmian.net/file/WikiWars-Bangalore-Jan2010.mp3. Video will be added.TRANSCRIPT
维基百科是否多语言的一个项目?
维基百科开始的时候是英文的项目
目前它是英文为主, 别的语言为副? 还是真正的多语言项目?
如果我们想让不会说英语, 或者英语很弱的会员全面得参加维基百科的管理, 我们该怎么办?
Equitable Governance in Multilingual Wikipedia
Stian Håklev, WikiWars, Bangalore January 2010
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That’s how many people feel all the time with things going on in
English
Some history
Current situation
Many barriers to participation, but this is
key!
Not just Wikipedia!
Is/should WP aim to be truly multilingual/
international?
Pragmatic vs. idealist approach
No perfect solution - but let’s be creative and
try to improve the situation!
Two kinds of users
people who don’t speak English at allpeople who speak some English, but need support
Background knowledge
map of governance processesday to day vs. long-term strategic questionsdemographics
Online/textual communication
Crutches:
Already lot’s of online tools to aid reading, but people drown in information. Can we provide indices,ways for them of finding the important discussions/ contributions?
Online/textual communication
Non-English speakers:
translation, but very demanding.
reduce amount of text to be translatedreduce number of languages (combine, eliminate)
ambassadors and better integration between discussions in different languages
Real-world communications
Crutches:
Translated Powerpoints, live tweeting/IRC transcriptsBetter integration between regional conferences, Blogging from conferences in different languages
Thank you! 谢谢! ध"यवाद! 감사합니다! شكرا!
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Stian Håklev, [email protected], http://reganmian.net