Equitable Governance in Multilingual Wikipedia

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Equitable Governance in Multilingual Wikipedia CC BY chargrillkiller @ ﬂickr Stian Håklev, WikiWars, Bangalore January 2010

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 all people who speak some English, but need support

Background knowledge map of governance processes day to day vs. long-term strategic questions demographics

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 translated reduce number of languages (combine, eliminate) ambassadors and better integration between discussions in different languages

Real-world communications Crutches: Translated Powerpoints, live tweeting/IRC transcripts Better integration between regional conferences, Blogging from conferences in different languages

Thank you! ! ध"यवाद! ! ‫!$#"ا‬ CC BY bitzi @ ﬂickr Stian Håklev, shaklev@gmail.com, http://reganmian.net

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