At the ALA Conference President\u2019s Program on Sunday, June 26th,\u00a0 Sue Gardner,\u00a0 Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation presented some interesting facts about Wikipedia.<\/p>\n
Did you know that\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2022\tThe Wikipedia offices are located in San Francisco, CA and presently employ 75 people.
\n\u2022\tWikipedia has real-time monitoring and relies on over 100,000 people from around the world who add and edit content on a regular basis.
\n\u2022\tMost Wikipedians are men and librarians are a welcome group.
\n\u2022\tIt is most popular in Canada where education levels are high and contributors are affluent.
\n\u2022\tThere are presently 410 million readers every month.
\n\u2022\tAnyone can edit or add content.
\n\u2022\tIf inappropriate content is added or plagiarism is detected, a warning message pops up when adding content.
\n\u2022\tInappropriate or inaccurate content is removed as soon as it is discovered.<\/p>\n
Does any of this make you feel differently about Wikipedia?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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