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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.37,0:00:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.58,0:00:12.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the chair of Wikimania 2012,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.71,0:00:14.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,James Hare.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.100,0:00:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.04,0:00:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good morning everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.82,0:00:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On behalf of Wikimedia District of Columbia
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.26,0:00:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to welcome all of you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.81,0:00:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Wikimania 2012.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.26,0:00:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.79,0:00:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to thank our partners and collaborators:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.92,0:00:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the US Department of State Office of E-Diplomacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.78,0:00:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Library of Congress,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.26,0:00:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Wikimedia Foundation,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.89,0:00:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikimedia Deutschland,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.56,0:00:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the National Archives and Records Administration,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.08,0:00:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OpenHatch, the Broadcasting Board of Governors,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.26,0:00:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for working with us to make
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.36,0:01:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this conference possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.14,0:01:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.42,0:01:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would also like to thank our sponsors:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.18,0:01:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Google, Ask.com, Zoomph, the Encyclopedia of Life,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.16,0:01:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Richard Lounsbery Foundation, Wikia,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.63,0:01:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Saylor Foundation and wikiHow
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.84,0:01:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their generous contributions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.90,0:01:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.90,0:01:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, I would like to thank
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.05,0:01:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our incredible conference organizing team
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.13,0:01:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has been working in one way or another
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.14,0:01:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since January 22nd 2011 to make
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.33,0:01:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this conference possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.13,0:01:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nicholas Bashour, Katie Filbert, Tiffany Smith,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.90,0:01:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Orsolya Virág, Deror Lin, Sage Ross,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.29,0:01:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chad Horohoe, and our legion of volunteers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.73,0:01:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all led by Danny B.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.54,0:01:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[cheers and applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.08,0:01:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would also like to point out
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.16,0:02:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that during this conference there will be
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.37,0:02:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many side events taking place during the evening.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.63,0:02:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tonight we have GLAM Night Out at the Newseum
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.68,0:02:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the official Wikimania Happy Hour
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.37,0:02:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sponsored by Zoomph at Tonic.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.52,0:02:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Check out the information desk on the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.74,0:02:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,third floor of the Marvin Center if you'd
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.20,0:02:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like to learn more about our side events.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.53,0:02:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm glad you could join us this morning
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.88,0:02:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this excellent weather.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.28,0:02:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, I edited the Wikipedia article
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.61,0:02:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on DC summers to say that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.03,0:02:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't have 100 degree heat waves
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.67,0:02:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and apparently it worked!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.76,0:02:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter and applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.91,0:02:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have attended a previous Wikimania
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.86,0:02:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,welcome back!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.10,0:02:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this is your first Wikimania,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.49,0:02:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to introduce you to the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.80,0:02:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,events of the next few days.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.51,0:02:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikimania is where you go to meet the people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.52,0:02:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who work on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.85,0:02:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is maintained by volunteers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.12,0:02:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and operated by the Wikimedia Foundation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.76,0:02:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's Wikimedia with an "M".
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.82,0:02:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.88,0:02:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that runs Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.67,0:03:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikiversity,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.64,0:03:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikispecies, the MediaWiki software project,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.10,0:03:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikimedia Commons, and I'd like to introduce
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.97,0:03:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our latest project under development, WikiData.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.56,0:03:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.60,0:03:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Volunteers for all these projects and more
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.74,0:03:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be here today, discussing their latest findings,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.07,0:03:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pondering the future of the Wikimedia projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.93,0:03:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is going to be an exciting four days.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.02,0:03:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But first I would like to introduce our first speaker
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.45,0:03:33.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dawn Nunziato.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.85,0:03:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Professor Nunziato is an internationally recognized
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.92,0:03:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expert in the area of free speech and the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.45,0:03:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her primary teaching and scholarship interests
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.65,0:03:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are in the areas of Internet law, free speech and digital copyright.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.23,0:03:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She recently published her book
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.60,0:03:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Virtual Freedom: Net Neutrality and Free Speech in the Internet Age"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.93,0:03:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has lectured and written extensively on
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.71,0:03:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,issues involving free speech and the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.88,0:03:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen, Professor Dawn Nunziato.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.11,0:04:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.72,0:04:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good morning and thank you for that kind welcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.80,0:04:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On behalf of GW Law School
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.53,0:04:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to welcome you all to our Lisner auditorium.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.81,0:04:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a great honor for GW Law School
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.16,0:04:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to partner with the Department of State
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.74,0:04:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on important and exciting events like this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.33,0:04:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And GW Law School, under our relatively new dean,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.12,0:04:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul Berman, is particularly committed to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.48,0:04:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bridging the gap between the ivory tower of academia
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.84,0:04:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the real world of law and policy and practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.62,0:04:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're particularly committed to capitalizing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.84,0:04:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on our location in the nation's capital
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.50,0:04:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are very honored to sponsor and support
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.100,0:04:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,events like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.02,0:04:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we said, at GW Law, professors like myself
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.15,0:05:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are particularly focused on cyberlaw issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.65,0:05:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I teach in the area of Internet law, digital copyright
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.97,0:05:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and free speech.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.72,0:05:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And toward that end with Microsoft's generous support
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.98,0:05:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my colleague Artuno Carrillo and I created
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.46,0:05:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a program and a speaker series
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.18,0:05:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on global Internet freedom and human rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.35,0:05:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're very excited to be sponsoring
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.36,0:05:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a number of speakers in connection with
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.74,0:05:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that speaker series:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.11,0:05:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vint Cerf is going to come and speak to us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.99,0:05:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a couple of months;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.66,0:05:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ai Weiwei, Chinese human rights activist,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.49,0:05:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is hopefully going to be let out of China
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.51,0:05:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come speak to us on global Internet freedom issues;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.25,0:05:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we sponsored Rebecca MacKinnon,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.32,0:05:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the author of "Consent of the Networked",
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.94,0:05:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an Internet free speech activist,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.27,0:05:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,last year as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.64,0:05:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we're really excited about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.73,0:05:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GW Law was recently chosen to be the new home
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.38,0:06:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Federal Communications Law Journal,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.69,0:06:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we look forward to working with the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.25,0:06:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Federal Communications Bar here in DC
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.42,0:06:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on cutting-edge issues of communications law.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.18,0:06:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in connection with that, FCC Chairman Genachowski
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.86,0:06:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to come to speak to us
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.33,0:06:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to launch that new journal in a few months.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.60,0:06:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're very active on these types of issues
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.07,0:06:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're very exciting to be sponsoring
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.26,0:06:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and supporting events like these.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.06,0:06:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm also very proud of the work of my colleagues
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.52,0:06:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dan Solove and Orin Kerr,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.88,0:06:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who you may be familiar with,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.32,0:06:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are leaders in the areas of
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.22,0:06:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Internet privacy and cybercrime.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.35,0:06:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we've got a lot going on here
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.40,0:06:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at GW Law, and in particular our new dean,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.76,0:06:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul Berman, is a world-reknowned expert in Internet law issues
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.68,0:06:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the author of a well-regarded casebook
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.25,0:06:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the subject.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.47,0:06:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So once again welcome to all of you
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.66,0:07:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on with the show!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.10,0:07:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.32,0:07:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At Wikimania we have the great privilege
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.44,0:07:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of working with the US Department of State
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.55,0:07:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our Tech@State track.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.14,0:07:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our next speaker Richard Boly is a career US diplomat
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.49,0:07:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the current Director of the Office of eDiplomacy
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.10,0:07:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an applied technology think tank for the US Department of State.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.04,0:07:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Previously he was a National Security Affairs Fellow
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.14,0:07:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.72,0:07:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he launched a global entrepreneurship program.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.26,0:07:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen, Richard Boly.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.26,0:07:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.32,0:07:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good morning Wikipedians and Wikimedians!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.73,0:07:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.01,0:07:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name's Richard Boly and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.17,0:07:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am part of the Office of eDiplomacy
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.06,0:07:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the State Department, despite the suit,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.66,0:07:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we feel that we are kindred spirits with you!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.85,0:08:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, actually I would like to ask
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.20,0:08:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the people from eDiplomacy here to stand up briefly
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.85,0:08:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just stand up so you can search them out
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.06,0:08:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find out more about what we're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.88,0:08:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.28,0:08:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're so excited about being able to partner
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.96,0:08:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with you and with GW Law School
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.11,0:08:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will have as part of our Tech@State track
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.89,0:08:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some really interesting presentations
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.86,0:08:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which dovetail perfectly with the conference.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.99,0:08:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually one of the two best known platforms
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.98,0:08:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have or products that we offer
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.36,0:08:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in eDiplomacy are Tech@State,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.37,0:08:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this quarterly conference on the convergence
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.26,0:08:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of technology, foreign policy and development; and
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.26,0:08:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other is Diplopedia, built on MediaWiki.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.89,0:08:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you'll get a chance tomorrow morning to hear
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.99,0:08:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Tiffany Smith and Chris Bronk
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.70,0:08:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will be talking about that as part of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.73,0:08:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Tech@State track.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.67,0:08:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also wanted to give a shout out to Tim Hayes
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.42,0:08:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has been curating these Tech@States,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.51,0:09:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think he's still over at the Marvin Center
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.07,0:09:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,checking people in.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.26,0:09:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim has been a huge driver in making
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.33,0:09:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this collaboration possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.10,0:09:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But really, my goal here is to bring the words
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.87,0:09:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.62,0:09:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Secretary of State would have loved to have been here
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.17,0:09:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but unfortunately is travelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.64,0:09:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she did pen a letter that she asked me
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.79,0:09:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to share with you and we will scan the signed letter
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.76,0:09:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make it available obviously on the wiki website.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.81,0:09:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here goes.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.64,0:09:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.00,0:09:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On behalf of the US Department of State,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.73,0:09:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am delighted to extend my heartfelt congratulations
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.30,0:09:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the opening of Wikimania 2012
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.65,0:09:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Tech@State Wiki.gov.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.04,0:09:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I commend each of you for your dedication
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.11,0:09:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enhancing global understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.44,0:09:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the many projects and initiatives
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.56,0:09:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Wikimedia Foundation supports.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.55,0:10:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikimania 2012 highlights the intersection
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.04,0:10:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of government and community goals.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.64,0:10:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It demonstrates how we are breaking down the barriers
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.64,0:10:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between governments and the citizens they serve
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.78,0:10:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by making readily available critical information
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.83,0:10:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is often difficult to find.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.25,0:10:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The US Department of State supports these
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.05,0:10:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,endeavours in technology, knowledge sharing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.36,0:10:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and community building, as they are important
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.82,0:10:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pillars of our 21st century state-craft agenda.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.93,0:10:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a staunch advocate of bringing technology
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.90,0:10:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and knowledge to citizens around the world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.85,0:10:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I believe it is vitally important that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.01,0:10:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our diplomats understand the huge potential
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.27,0:10:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of using connection technologies
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.25,0:10:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a way to reach foreign audiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.92,0:10:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world is more connected now
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.79,0:10:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than ever before.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.48,0:10:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is still much work to be done
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.26,0:10:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fully capitalize on the potential of
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.73,0:10:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this interconnection.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.03,0:10:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many people who are
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.08,0:10:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disenfranchised because they lack access to information.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.78,0:11:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are others whose contribution would
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.42,0:11:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make our collective knowledge richer
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.63,0:11:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they face risks and difficulties in doing so.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.04,0:11:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your work in the Wikimedia Foundation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.47,0:11:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contributes greatly to achieving our shared goal
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.07,0:11:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of making information more open and accessible.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.60,0:11:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for your efforts
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.02,0:11:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and please know you have my best wishes
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.34,0:11:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a productive and enjoyable Wikimania 2012.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.75,0:11:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With appreciation and best regards,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.09,0:11:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am, sincerely yours, signed,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.07,0:11:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.92,0:11:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.92,0:11:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.60,0:11:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I would like to introduce
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.32,0:11:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our keynote speaker for Wikimania 2012,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.54,0:11:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mary Gardiner.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.12,0:11:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is an open source developer,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.46,0:11:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,computer science graduate student,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.12,0:11:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and women in open source advocate
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.82,0:11:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with over 10 years of experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.14,0:12:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mary's research is in lexical semantics
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.37,0:12:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and concentrates on how changes in word choice
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.71,0:12:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can affect meaning and tone.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.28,0:12:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before entering graduate school she worked
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.89,0:12:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a senior software engineer for a year
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.98,0:12:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and contributed code to the Python-based
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.87,0:12:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twisted project.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.58,0:12:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2011, she co-founded the Ada Initiative,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.34,0:12:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supporting women in open technology and culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.07,0:12:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen, Mary Gardiner.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.38,0:12:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.51,0:12:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good morning Wikimanians,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.88,0:12:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good morning Tech@State attendees.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.24,0:12:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.57,0:12:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as interesting as computational lexical semantics
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.34,0:12:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and computational sentiment analysis are
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.84,0:12:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not going to talk about my PhD work today
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.06,0:12:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am talking about my new project,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.34,0:12:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work with my new project, the Ada Initiative,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.29,0:13:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a US-based non-profit
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.54,0:13:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supporting women in open technology and culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.72,0:13:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which very much includes wiki projects
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.88,0:13:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other open knowledge projects,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.46,0:13:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also open source, remix culture, open government,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.24,0:13:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,open data projects and similar.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.46,0:13:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I'm going to talk about specifically
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.18,0:13:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is fostering diversity in these kinds of projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.53,0:13:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Broadly, uh, not only gender diversity
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.26,0:13:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but diversity across different economic backgrounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.19,0:13:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different geographic origins, different ethnic origins,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.79,0:13:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.74,0:13:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, so I subtitled my talk maybe
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.76,0:13:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a slightly inflammatory way,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.80,0:13:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote "not a boring chore, a criticial opportunity"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.29,0:13:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there can this temptation
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.22,0:13:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hopefully not succumbed to too much within this room
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.48,0:13:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to view diversity as essentially a PR exercise
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.09,0:13:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a more diverse project looks better.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.33,0:13:58.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is however of course crucial in a project
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.100,0:14:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a mission like that of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.10,0:14:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to encompass some, in the case of Wikipedia
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.55,0:14:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an encyclopedia covering the um, the sum of human knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.04,0:14:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ultimately, obviously to incorporate the sum of human knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.88,0:14:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to incorporate the sum of humans in some crucial way.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.17,0:14:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it should be fairly obvious that therefore
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.48,0:14:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,diversity is one of the key goals of Wikimania projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.94,0:14:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so first of all I just want to talk a little bit about
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.17,0:14:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wiki projects as social change.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.22,0:14:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, it's not what everyone involved in wiki projects
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.88,0:14:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is aiming for, uh, I mean there are different
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.94,0:14:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reasons you want to build the sum of human knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.96,0:14:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and creating social change is only one of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.25,0:14:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is something that happens as we build these projects
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.38,0:14:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make them freely available, that things change
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.38,0:15:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both because of the project and ah,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.45,0:15:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the momentum of the projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.06,0:15:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So just ah as a very narrow example,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.72,0:15:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is from Joseph Reagle's keynote last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.67,0:15:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he mentioned the Aardwolf article
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.11,0:15:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in 2001 on Wikipedia,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.69,0:15:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back when each Wikipedia title had to
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.48,0:15:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contain at least two captial letters,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.14,0:15:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is why it's AardwolF with a captial F.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.94,0:15:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And South AfricA, yes, so it has a terminal A and so forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.56,0:15:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway so apparently the article read in total
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.51,0:15:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Aardwolf, small animal from South Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.96,0:15:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,related to the hyena, lives in the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.86,0:15:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nocturnal hunter."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.03,0:15:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now you have the typical Wikipedia zoological article
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.23,0:15:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with zoological classifications, behavior characteristics,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.85,0:15:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,geographic distribution and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.41,0:15:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, OK, so that's not social change,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.81,0:15:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's Wikipedia changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.17,0:16:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stepping out to one particular individual.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.32,0:16:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That, that's me when I was fourteen years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.25,0:16:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason this is not the most flattering
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.69,0:16:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,photo of me at fourteen years old is that
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.88,0:16:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean I was pretty sort of awkward and gawky and so on
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.83,0:16:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not the most flattering photo
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.48,0:16:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the reason is that I asked my father to scan these
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.70,0:16:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this was the most flattering photo
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.14,0:16:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the ones he sent.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.10,0:16:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.24,0:16:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the Wikipedia related point here is that
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.87,0:16:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a pretty nerdy teenager, um, I would have been
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.76,0:16:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about fourteen.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.61,0:16:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For my fourteenth birthday I got
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.05,0:16:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a reference work for my birthday.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.60,0:16:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was "The Penguin Book of Curious Interesting Numbers".
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.95,0:16:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It goes from minus one up to Graham's number
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.26,0:16:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,skipping some numbers in between.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.70,0:16:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, and I read it in numerical order.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.13,0:16:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a person who really needed Wikipedia,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.30,0:16:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it didn't exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.77,0:16:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so now that person, when I wrote these slides
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.43,0:17:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these were the last fifteen or so Wikipedia pages
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.33,0:17:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that showed up in my browser history
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.94,0:17:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,skipping all articles I read on individual
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.14,0:17:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,members of the Beatles, because
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.64,0:17:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wouldn't be very interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.02,0:17:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.47,0:17:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you know, OK, that's not social —
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.85,0:17:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean that's social change in that it affected me
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.35,0:17:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's important to note that like,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.55,0:17:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am in my early thirties
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.72,0:17:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been taken from this thing of you know
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.54,0:17:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having my one book, my one precious book
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.81,0:17:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of numbers that you know
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.29,0:17:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read to death, through to be able to
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.64,0:17:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,read about colorectal cancer and T-Mobile USA
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.63,0:17:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the same two day period.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.01,0:17:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK. Uh, again social change that Wikipedians
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.38,0:17:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are very familiar with.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.68,0:17:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1990 Encyclopedia Britannica sold, had their
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.52,0:17:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,highest sales volume before or since of
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.28,0:17:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,120 000 printed copies of the encyclopedia.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.44,0:17:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never had one, I spent most of my—
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.12,0:17:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe not when I was fourteen
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.34,0:18:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I spent most of my pre-teen years wishing that I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.55,0:18:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, well, a couple of years ago as you know
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.73,0:18:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they sold around 8500 copies and they closed
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.10,0:18:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their printed edition down
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.56,0:18:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they did report that they had
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.80,0:18:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,450 million visits to their website.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.28,0:18:15.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That does include the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.95,0:18:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Way back in 2006, practically pre-history,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.45,0:18:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,18% of the world's population was using the Internet
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.61,0:18:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only 3% of the, of the two continents listed here
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.49,0:18:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the two smallest percentages reported on
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.84,0:18:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Wikipedia page that I'm using as a reference.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.82,0:18:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm told you're not meant to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.25,0:18:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not sure if that's true in this crowd.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.82,0:18:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.90,0:18:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3% of the African population using the Internet
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.95,0:18:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 11% of the Asia-Pacific population
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.08,0:18:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.21,0:18:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, again using Wikipedia as a reference
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.98,0:18:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,35% of the world's population using the Internet,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.68,0:18:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,13% of the African population, a four times increase.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.62,0:19:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,27% of the Asia-Pacific population, more than doubled
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.36,0:19:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.71,0:19:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here we have real social change.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.39,0:19:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Encyclopedia Britannica has gone away
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.07,0:19:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 35% of the world's population is using the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.80,0:19:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the kind of story that as you know
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.07,0:19:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikimedia projects are part of.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.60,0:19:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mooted at least death of print,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.00,0:19:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,open access, e-books, ultimately the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.99,0:19:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so we get to the topic of diversity
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.20,0:19:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how that relates.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.58,0:19:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the good news with Wikipedia is that
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.30,0:19:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Internet projects go it's definitely a very diverse project
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.81,0:19:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along many dimensions.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.62,0:19:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of May there were 285 Wikipedias,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.77,0:19:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four of them had over a million articles,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.10,0:19:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forty including that four — English, German, French, Dutch —
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.38,0:19:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think are the four,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.76,0:20:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a hundred thousand articles,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.84,0:20:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,112 have at least ten thousand articles.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.19,0:20:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's 112 different languages
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.41,0:20:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can read ten thousand articles
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.23,0:20:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about human knowledge in.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.83,0:20:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's extremely diverse.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.41,0:20:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are of course somewhere between
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.04,0:20:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it depends on what you define as a language
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.65,0:20:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somewhere between 3000 and 8000 languages spoken worldwide
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.09,0:20:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of which the vast majority have no written form
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.48,0:20:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but maybe that ultimately that won't stop Wikimedia projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.22,0:20:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm not here today to argue that
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.67,0:20:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a linguistic diversity problem at least with,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.89,0:20:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as compared with your competitors.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.80,0:20:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, again. some figures from the Wikipedia survey of 2010
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.26,0:20:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of editors and contributors.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.14,0:20:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pie chart shows every country
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.36,0:20:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that constituted more than 1% of respondants.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.85,0:20:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A great number of diverse countries represented here.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.60,0:20:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poland, the Czech Republic, China, the USA, Russia, and so on,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.36,0:21:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,India is in there, although as a share of
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.92,0:21:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its world population it's vastly underrepresented.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.66,0:21:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so less good news again as many people here will know
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.06,0:21:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that about a third of Wikipedia readers
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.10,0:21:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who responded to this survey
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.54,0:21:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reported being women.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.79,0:21:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even less good news is that
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.57,0:21:22.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slightly less than a tenth of the editors
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.71,0:21:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reported being women despite
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.23,0:21:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women comprising 51% of the world's population.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.71,0:21:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, which, one is inclined to suspect that there is a link.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.60,0:21:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That if women are not using Wikipedia,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.80,0:21:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they are not finding it useful
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.31,0:21:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the same numbers that men do,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.71,0:21:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they find it even less interesting to contribute to.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.95,0:21:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in addition to other factors
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.96,0:21:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the usefulness and representativeness
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.44,0:21:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the knowledge contained within Wikimedia projects
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.77,0:21:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will affect the willingness of diverse people
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.34,0:22:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to contribute to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.32,0:22:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay. So having made this argument that
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.06,0:22:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikimedia projects are part of social change
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.93,0:22:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether or not Wikimedia projects are always
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.71,0:22:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intending to drive social change, they are in some way part of social change
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.63,0:22:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes they are intending to be part of
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.26,0:22:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,driving social change, giving people like my
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.17,0:22:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fourteen-year-old self more information about
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.20,0:22:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,colo-rectal cancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.76,0:22:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to talk a little bit about the general
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.16,0:22:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,principles of diversity. So if we wish to increase diversity
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.52,0:22:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the project, well, why do you want to do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.13,0:22:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I'll say a little something about 'how'.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.17,0:22:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay. So the term used a little bit in some of
Dialogue: 0,0:22:47.75,0:22:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the literature about instrumental diversity
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.73,0:22:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in particular: so, instrumental diversity is essentially
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.68,0:22:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the question of how diverse participation make
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.55,0:23:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikimedia projects better.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.03,0:23:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the argument would be: we have people
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.21,0:23:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with different perspectives and different knowledges
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.86,0:23:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming in - their knowledge might make Wikipedia
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.95,0:23:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more comprehensive, more representative
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.68,0:23:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, that's instrumental
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.30,0:23:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you are primarily arguing for diversity
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.30,0:23:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to help Wikipedia rather than the other way around
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.83,0:23:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can argue the other way around:
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.58,0:23:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a more representative Wikimedia project
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.96,0:23:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with knowledge to more people will benefit those people
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.58,0:23:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the extreme end, the instrumental argument
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.81,0:23:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is sort of the PR argument - that is one of the instrumental arguments.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.34,0:23:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes us look better to have diversity
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.91,0:23:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that helps us. It also makes the actual product better.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.18,0:23:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have to balance these arguments.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.06,0:23:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't think entirely in terms of instrumental diversity
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.41,0:23:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's not fair to the people you are asking
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.70,0:23:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.66,0:23:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to be an exchange where
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.48,0:24:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to ask people to make the Wikimedia
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.10,0:24:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,projects better, there has to be some
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.20,0:24:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way the Wikimedia projects plan to serve those people.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.68,0:24:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have here one of the more difficult things
Dialogue: 0,0:24:18.22,0:24:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to accept about diversity:
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.75,0:24:21.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this slogan, "nothing about us without us"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.100,0:24:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes out of the disability activist community
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.59,0:24:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which in turn adopted it from the foreign affairs community
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.87,0:24:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What this is is essentially you cannot dictate
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.66,0:24:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to people with a particular interest:
Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.50,0:24:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you cannot tell women, you cannot tell people
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.74,0:24:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with different ethnic backgrounds and so on
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.63,0:24:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"this is how we are making things better for you"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.73,0:24:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is good, we have done this"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.10,0:24:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you choose not to accept this, you are
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.09,0:24:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being ungrateful and diversity is no longer our problem
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.68,0:24:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is yours.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.88,0:25:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is difficult, right, because you have a vicious
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.34,0:25:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cycle. Well, you don't have any people from
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.58,0:25:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a certain background participating
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.01,0:25:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then there's nobody to ask to participate
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.99,0:25:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you end up spinning your wheels.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.76,0:25:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the question then is outreach.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.74,0:25:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You simply have to identify your failings
Dialogue: 0,0:25:20.48,0:25:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reach out to people.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.02,0:25:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Essentially, keep the project, keep the discussions
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.98,0:25:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,open to criticism which says
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.63,0:25:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this would make it easier for you to participate,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.28,0:25:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this would make it beneficial for me to participate.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.40,0:25:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Constantly asking, constantly listening to their
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.83,0:25:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,responses and believing them.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.63,0:25:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talking just quickly about the rationale for diversity:
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.78,0:25:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Western liberal philosophical tradition,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.38,0:25:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the traditional argument is it promotes oneness
Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.11,0:25:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and harmony, essentially.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.21,0:26:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That as people talk more, we will converge
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.88,0:26:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on one point of view, converge on one culture
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.22,0:26:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one way of thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.94,0:26:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I expect you know, that's not a very popular
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.76,0:26:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,view at present.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.39,0:26:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A more contemporary argument is that it
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.08,0:26:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enables all people to change and grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.39,0:26:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To integrate contact between diverse peoples
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.23,0:26:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allows them to borrow from each other while
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.75,0:26:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continuing to maintain some of their differences
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.89,0:26:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both in points of view and cultural traditions
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.92,0:26:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.38,0:26:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, very quickly, an example of this discussed
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.08,0:26:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Peter Emberley in a 2011 book chapter
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.46,0:26:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is two Indian art cultures that are both affiliated
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.23,0:26:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with religious practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.60,0:26:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Docra(?) of India are sculptors traditionally
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.73,0:27:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sculpting the divine forms.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.55,0:27:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Emberley argues that as they have had more
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.58,0:27:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contact with Western culture in particular,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.54,0:27:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their art forms, especially in the younger artists,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.37,0:27:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while continuing to maintain artist-driven,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.20,0:27:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,culture-driven integrity to themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.84,0:27:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are moving away from divine forms to secular forms
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.89,0:27:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and moving into 2D rather than 3D representations,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.87,0:27:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at the same time, not moving to actually
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.69,0:27:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,produce Western art.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.09,0:27:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Likewise, the Baul people who are Bengali musicians,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.36,0:27:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emberley argues in the music produced by the
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.71,0:27:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,younger people now, they are starting to move
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.36,0:27:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again towards some representation of less
Dialogue: 0,0:27:55.55,0:28:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eternal, more ephemeral aspects of human nature
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.80,0:28:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are utilising things like musical notation,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.48,0:28:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,musical recording, anthropological recordings of their own culture
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.09,0:28:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to maintain it. But at the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.93,0:28:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,viewing themselves as continuing in their own
Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.91,0:28:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traditions, integrating the aspects of Western
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.31,0:28:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,modernity that they can use but without moving
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.15,0:28:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their music towards a more mainstream Indian
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.99,0:28:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Anglo style of music, but allowing them to
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.05,0:28:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,access the audience through modern means.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.83,0:28:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in terms of Wikimedia projects, you may have
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.72,0:28:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same effect, part of the contribution of
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.47,0:28:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikimedia projects in documenting the sum of
Dialogue: 0,0:28:41.39,0:28:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human knowledge is allowing people to preserve
Dialogue: 0,0:28:43.48,0:28:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their own traditions and ways of thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.49,0:28:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for themselves rather than necessarily only
Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.93,0:28:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,benefiting me as a person who wants to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.55,0:28:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more about Indian art.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.43,0:29:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, I wanted to talk about, well, this has been
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.63,0:29:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very abstract. What do we do
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.93,0:29:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we want to recruit diverse peoples?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.95,0:29:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just wanted to talk about some
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.01,0:29:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,general principles there.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.48,0:29:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first is, so Sue Gardner has mentioned this
Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.56,0:29:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in conversations about various things, is the
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.76,0:29:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,power of invitation is one way of talking about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.36,0:29:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's a story about this that I know fairly well.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.90,0:29:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2006, the GNOME free desktop project,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.94,0:29:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they ran Google Summer of Code.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:28.18,0:29:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a programming project - Google
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.82,0:29:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Summer of Code invites university students
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.10,0:29:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working on the project with a stipend.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.71,0:29:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They got 200 applications and there were zero from women.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.52,0:29:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, zero with an '0'.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.78,0:29:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two GNOME developers - Chris Ball and Hannah Wallach - created what
Dialogue: 0,0:29:54.87,0:29:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they called the GNOME Women's Outreach Project,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.13,0:30:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was almost - they were paid slightly less money
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.05,0:30:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- almost identical to the Google Summer of Code
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.60,0:30:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except it was the GNOME Women's Outreach Project.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.46,0:30:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They received 186 applications, I believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:10.100,0:30:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of them from women.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:13.58,0:30:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was some question: why didn't they apply
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.80,0:30:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the other one, which was the same except
Dialogue: 0,0:30:18.41,0:30:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paying slightly more money and slightly more
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.73,0:30:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prestigious in that you were selected from
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.68,0:30:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a wider field.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.68,0:30:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer seems to be somewhere between
Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.92,0:30:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two things:
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.14,0:30:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have a picture of a woman computing student
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.54,0:30:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you read a thing saying "spend your summer
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.98,0:30:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working on a coding project", you have a picture
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.10,0:30:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your head of someone who's not necessarily
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.63,0:30:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you working on a summer coding project.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.90,0:30:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's usually that guy, you know, "that guy".
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.39,0:30:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one you think of as spending all his time
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.21,0:30:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in front of a computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:52.08,0:30:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So by saying "for women", the picture automatically
Dialogue: 0,0:30:54.29,0:30:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changes: "well, I'm the woman in my classes
Dialogue: 0,0:30:58.68,0:31:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who spends all her time in front of a computer."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.73,0:31:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other thing is that other women were really
Dialogue: 0,0:31:04.83,0:31:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keen: other computer science professors in this case
Dialogue: 0,0:31:07.84,0:31:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were really keen to do outreach for them
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.42,0:31:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once they had explicitly said that this is for
Dialogue: 0,0:31:13.44,0:31:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women, it welcomed women, it was in order
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.34,0:31:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to promote women.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.81,0:31:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women computer scientists were forwarding it
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.84,0:31:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to each other, some were encouraging 10 or 15
Dialogue: 0,0:31:24.36,0:31:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their students to apply, so you had this
Dialogue: 0,0:31:26.77,0:31:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,double effect of encouraging people, tapping
Dialogue: 0,0:31:31.35,0:31:33.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into networks of people who specifically want to
Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.85,0:31:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mentor women.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:35.64,0:31:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saying "oh, this is for us, I've set up a network
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.24,0:31:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting to give women opportunities, here's
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.99,0:31:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a woman opportunity coming along".
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.31,0:31:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have this double invitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.34,0:31:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second one is simply reaching out to groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:47.47,0:31:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What that means is you find more than one:
Dialogue: 0,0:31:55.24,0:31:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to use women as an example, if you invite one
Dialogue: 0,0:31:58.43,0:32:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,woman into your editathon or hackfest, and
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.76,0:32:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suddenly she is THE woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:06.29,0:32:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's some statistical figure, it is around 20% or 30%
Dialogue: 0,0:32:09.45,0:32:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where women stop feeling like "the woman".
Dialogue: 0,0:32:13.48,0:32:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They stop feeling like everything they do will
Dialogue: 0,0:32:15.68,0:32:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be read as "well she only says that because
Dialogue: 0,0:32:17.46,0:32:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's a woman", or "she only does that because
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.45,0:32:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's a woman" or "we'll ask her opinion about
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.00,0:32:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women".
Dialogue: 0,0:32:24.54,0:32:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you can bring in more than person at a time
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.80,0:32:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by identifying existing groups of diverse people
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.93,0:32:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that reduces that effect.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.18,0:32:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The final thing is: once you've recruited diverse
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.12,0:32:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people, there's a tendency to say...
Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.69,0:32:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Say I identify as a woman Wikipedia editor
Dialogue: 0,0:32:44.13,0:32:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(actually, I do, I do edit Wikipedia)
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.37,0:32:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a tendency to believe the two identities are
Dialogue: 0,0:32:49.43,0:32:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in conflict: the more I identify as a woman
Dialogue: 0,0:32:51.73,0:32:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikipedia editor, it becomes more like:
Dialogue: 0,0:32:53.88,0:32:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WOMAN (Wikipedia editor).
Dialogue: 0,0:32:57.68,0:32:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that the only way to get me to identify
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.43,0:33:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a Wikipedia editor is to discourage my
Dialogue: 0,0:33:02.28,0:33:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,woman identification.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:06.34,0:33:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that's not actually true. Identity is
Dialogue: 0,0:33:11.95,0:33:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not a zero-sum game like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:13.73,0:33:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out the more you encourage people to
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.51,0:33:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,retain parts of their identity that are important
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.51,0:33:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to them: in my case, being a woman is important
Dialogue: 0,0:33:20.80,0:33:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to me in that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:24.08,0:33:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To retain and enhance my ability to continue
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.06,0:33:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a woman, that also increases my identification
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.79,0:33:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a Wikipedia editor.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.31,0:33:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you get this false problem sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.20,0:33:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people will argue that having the groups for
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.42,0:33:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women or the groups for diverse participants
Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.70,0:33:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discourages them, an isolationist kind of thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:51.84,0:33:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It actually encourages both identities.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.06,0:33:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a very important principle of diversity
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.44,0:34:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,too, that you allow people to acknowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.46,0:34:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they are part of a minority within a larger culture
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.77,0:34:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to embrace being part of a minority within a larger culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:09.90,0:34:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To conclude my talk, I want to give a couple of
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.69,0:34:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specific examples of possible outreach avenues
Dialogue: 0,0:34:18.48,0:34:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for diversity.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:20.12,0:34:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have had the pleasure of meeting people over
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.63,0:34:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the last week who work with Wikimedia on diversity
Dialogue: 0,0:34:29.30,0:34:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and outreach, and outreach to different groups
Dialogue: 0,0:34:32.65,0:34:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and educational projects, so not to say that
Dialogue: 0,0:34:36.87,0:34:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none of this has occurred to people in the room
Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.29,0:34:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so a couple examples of how outreach might happen:
Dialogue: 0,0:34:44.65,0:34:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first, let's use an example of primarily technological
Dialogue: 0,0:34:48.83,0:34:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outreach which I didn't really expect.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.31,0:34:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I talked a little bit to Andy Gunn at the Open Technology Institute
Dialogue: 0,0:34:55.54,0:35:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is in turn part of the Detroit Digital Justice Coalition here in the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:35:06.58,0:35:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working with people in Detroit in particular.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:09.45,0:35:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Non-white people who are young, building up
Dialogue: 0,0:35:15.37,0:35:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,communication and access to media and technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:22.31,0:35:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their overall mission statement is that people and
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.04,0:35:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organisations in Detroit who believe that communication
Dialogue: 0,0:35:29.24,0:35:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a fundamental human right.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:35.44,0:35:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an excerpt: they have the principles of digital justice on their website.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:41.68,0:35:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The webpage is quite long, there are 20 principles;
Dialogue: 0,0:35:46.10,0:35:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recommend having a look at the web page
Dialogue: 0,0:35:48.56,0:35:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:49.84,0:35:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll notice, I have an excerpt here: equal access
Dialogue: 0,0:35:51.82,0:35:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to media and technology as producers as well as consumers.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.34,0:35:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prioritising participation of people who have traditionally been excluded.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:59.81,0:36:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Advancing our ability to tell our own stories:
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.16,0:36:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again referring to people who have traditionally been excluded.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:06.89,0:36:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The creation of tools and technologies that are freely shared.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:10.50,0:36:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, points 1 and 4 are very compatible with
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.44,0:36:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the broader open movement, open access,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:16.56,0:36:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,open knowledge, wiki culture and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:22.03,0:36:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Points 2 and 3 relate more to diversity concerns.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.70,0:36:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I emailed them and Andy, what immediately
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.65,0:36:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leapt to mind, was technological outreach.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:33.31,0:36:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sees the problem with getting his community
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.53,0:36:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to participate in Wikimedia projects is technological.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:40.06,0:36:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are very focussed on mesh networking,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:43.64,0:36:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community, neighbourhood mesh networking
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.93,0:36:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,setting up ad-hoc wifi networks that have a
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.06,0:36:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flaky, not-always-on uplink to the Internet
Dialogue: 0,0:36:52.14,0:36:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you primarily exchange information within
Dialogue: 0,0:36:55.36,0:36:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your mesh network.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.81,0:37:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what he said was "well, in order for
Dialogue: 0,0:37:00.65,0:37:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikipedia to be useful, we would have to
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.09,0:37:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cater for those uses", which is of course
Dialogue: 0,0:37:06.36,0:37:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,possible under the license but it wasn't
Dialogue: 0,0:37:08.28,0:37:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fact immediately obvious to him
Dialogue: 0,0:37:14.68,0:37:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there was something now that could be