Wikimedia+Education Conference 2019/Submissions/Nationwide project Million+: what, why, how?
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- Submission no.
- Title of the submission
- Nationwide project Million+: what, why, how?
- Author(s) of the submission
Sirli Zupping
- E-mail address
sirli.zupping@ut.ee
- Country/place of origin
Estonia
- Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
University of Tartu
- Main theme
- free knowledge for the world
- Type of session
- Poster
- Scope
- Teachers, students
- Do you want to submit a paper for peer-reviewing?
- No
- Abstract
- Miljon+ is an nationwide project to get the Estonian Wikipedia among the Wikipedia versions with over 1 million articles. This is important because Estonian society needs a high quality free encyclopedia. So by the end of the project there should roughly be as many articles as there are Estonian language speakers.
We have powerful partners to support more and more contests to upgrade Estonian Wikipedia and Miljon+ team offers free trainings sessions for those who need it. I will give an overview how build up cooperation with universities, museums, companies and other institutions to achieve the project goals.
- How does your proposal add knowledge to the international community in Wikimedia and education?
People can learn from our experiences.
- Who is the intended ideal audience for the topic?
People from small countries.