2. Wikipedia is...
● Not-for-profit organization that
owns Wikipedia
● Based in San Francisco, USA
with 75 staff
● Budget for 2011/12 of US$30
million
● Funded mostly by over 500,000
donors who give an average of
~$25
● 32 affiliated but independent
chapter organizations around the
world
● World's #5 Internet site in terms
of monthly unique visitors
according to ComScore
● Over 19.9 million articles in 280+
languages:
● 3.5M in English
● 92K in Hindi
● 35K in Marathi
● Built and maintained by over
90,000 volunteers
● Founded January 15, 2001 by
Jimmy Wales
The Wikimedia Foundation is...
3. Our vision: A world in
which every single
human being can
freely share in the
sum of all knowledge.
CCBYSA3.0
by Nicolas Goldberg
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4. January July January July January July January April
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
Wikipedia
New York Times
CNN
BBC News
Merriam Webster
MSN Encarta
National Geographic
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Wall Street Journal
PBS
NPR
2007 2008 2009 2010
Measured using unique visitors. Data from comScore MediaMetrix.
(Global Unique Visitors, in millions of users)
Wikipedia is the top online information source
5. MOBILE OFFLINE
INTERNET
~450M unique~450M unique
visitorsvisitors
30% of internet30% of internet
populationpopulation
Est. 10M uniqueEst. 10M unique
visitorsvisitors
<1% of mobile<1% of mobile
populationpopulation
Est. 18M uniqueEst. 18M unique
visitorsvisitors
<1% of offline<1% of offline
populationpopulation
Current access of Wikipedia
6. Estimated that over 1B people in
India do not have a subscription
to InternetSource: ITU, 2010
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Internet Users per 100 people
World and India, 2001-2009
World
India
Wikipedia is currently limited to <30% of the world
<1% broadband
8. 1 content
packages of sub-collectons of Wikipedia to be
displayed offline
2
reader
software for reading the stored offline packages
3
distribution
partnerships for spreading the informaton
11. On Linux, an HTTP server can also be set up to read
offline content
2
Provides a search
engine like Kiwix itself
Accessible by any
computer connected to
one running the Kiwix
12. We need your help in distributing knowledge in India3
CC-BY-2.5IN
By Lajpatdhingraz
13. Ways to move forward3
CC-BY-2.5IN
By Lajpatdhingraz
● Download Kiwix and a collection to test
● Decide on the type of install(s) that would be most
helpful for your networks
● Operating system(s) (available for Windows, OSX,
Linux, and Sugar)
● Content packages (size restraints and languages)
● HTTP server or individual software installations
● Communicate to us your decisions and
preferences to get any additional help
● Go share the knowledge!
