viernes, 21 de enero de 2011

Wikipedia 10th anniversary

Wikipedia has just celebrated its 10th anniversary. To commemorate the occasion, a video was made, and is narrated by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.

Self-study activity:
Watch the video and choose the two topics on the list below which are not mentioned in the narration.



Challenges for Wikipedia for the next decade.
New projects resulting from Wikipedia.
Obstacles Wikipedia had to overcome initially.
Statistics about the use of Wikipedia.
The expansion of Wikipedia around the world.
The Wikipedia foundation.
Who edits Wikipedia.
Why its founder decided to create a free online Encyclopedia.
Why Wikipedia took a key role in the project.
Wikipedia as part of another project.

You can read the transcript of the video here.

Key:
Obstacles Wikipedia had to overcome intially.
Why its founder decided to create a free online Encyclopedia.

H/T to Jeffrey Hill.