Language and Wikipedia - A Multilingual Perspective on the Free Encyclopedia

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Description

With more than 50 Mio articles in over 300 language editions, Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual knowledge project on the web. In this talk, I want to briefly highlight why Wikipedia's multilingual nature is both a blessing and a curse and show how multilingualism, i.e., proficiency in multiple languages, affects Wikipedia editing and reading behaviour while focusing on the Nordic countries Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Period17 Oct 2022
Event titleWikimedia Denmark - Wikidag 2022
Event typeConference
Degree of RecognitionNational

Keywords

  • Wikipedia
  • Multilinguality

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