WIKIMEDIA AND THE CULTURAL SECTOR

Paris, December 2, 2010Erik Moeller

Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation

A world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.

VISION

5RANK OF WIKIPEDIA IN TOP WEB PROPERTIES, GLOBALLY

408,000,000NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO READ WIKIPEDIA EVERY MONTH

54PAID EMPLOYEES

100,000NUMBER OF ACTIVE WIKIMEDIA VOLUNTEERS

Reach

2015 GOALS

TOWARDS EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANETFROM >400 MILLION TO 1 BILLION PEOPLE WITH ACCESS TO

WIKIPEDIA

TOWARDS THE SUM OF ALL HUMAN KNOWLEDGEFROM 16 MILLION TO 50 MILLION ARTICLES

THE HIGHEST QUALITY INFORMATIONA 25% INCREASE IN HIGH QUALITY ARTICLES

A GLOBAL, HEALTHY, DIVERSE COMMUNITYFROM 100,000 TO 200,000 ACTIVE EDITORS

FROM 12.5% TO 25% FEMALE CONTRIBUTORSFROM 18.5% TO 37% GLOBAL SOUTH CONTRIBUTORS

PRESERVING CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

PRESERVING CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

THEY ARE HERE NOW.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER. :-)