2025:Program/Let's Travel: who needs Wikipedia offline, and why
Session title: Let's Travel: who needs Wikipedia offline, and why
- Session type: Lecture
- Track: Partnerships
- Language: en
đ„ Session recording: https://w.wiki/F8bJ đ„
Wikipedia offline is used in schools, in refugee camps, on boats, on planes, at Antarctic bases, in nuclear research facilities, in prisons, in North Korea - and pretty much anywhere there's no internet.
If you are a Wikimedian, it is time to come and meet readers you did not know existed.
Description
The session aims to show that use what could be considered fringe use cases for Wikipedia readership, but people without reliable internet access actually number in the millions (or closer to 3-4 BILLIONS, in fact). Wikipedia offline has found them (or rather, they have found Wikipedia), and they're making use of it in ways we may not have considered.
There will be lots of pictures, lots of cool stories that should energize you and make you proud to be a Wikimedian.
- How does your session relate to the event theme, Wikimania@20 â Inclusivity. Impact. Sustainability?
inclusivity and impact
- What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?
Everyone can participate in this session
Resources
Speakers
- Stephane @Kiwix
- Stephane is one of the co-founders of Kiwix, the offline Wikipedia reader. Living in Switzerland, he's been editing since 2004 and thinks most speaker biographies are boring. His talks are *not* boring.