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Some Interesting Facts about Wikipedia
By alicia | July 5, 2011
At the ALA Conference President’s Program on Sunday, June 26th, Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation presented some interesting facts about Wikipedia.
Did you know that…
• The Wikipedia offices are located in San Francisco, CA and presently employ 75 people.
• Wikipedia has real-time monitoring and relies on over 100,000 people from around the world who add and edit content on a regular basis.
• Most Wikipedians are men and librarians are a welcome group.
• It is most popular in Canada where education levels are high and contributors are affluent.
• There are presently 410 million readers every month.
• Anyone can edit or add content.
• If inappropriate content is added or plagiarism is detected, a warning message pops up when adding content.
• Inappropriate or inaccurate content is removed as soon as it is discovered.
Does any of this make you feel differently about Wikipedia?
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