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1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,028 Wikipedia 2 00:00:01,988 --> 00:00:03,553 Hello Wikimedians! 3 00:00:03,553 --> 00:00:05,590 Thank you for letting us join you today 4 00:00:05,590 --> 00:00:07,790 for WikiArabia 2016! 5 00:00:07,790 --> 00:00:09,060 And thank you to our host, 6 00:00:09,060 --> 00:00:10,860 the Wikimedians of the Levant user group, 7 00:00:10,860 --> 00:00:13,090 who have so kindly brought everyone here today. 8 00:00:13,090 --> 00:00:14,090 I’m Katherine Maher, 9 00:00:14,090 --> 00:00:16,950 the Chief Communications Officer here at the Foundation. 10 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:17,980 and I’m Katy Love, 11 00:00:17,980 --> 00:00:20,100 Director of Community Resources. 12 00:00:20,100 --> 00:00:21,820 I got to attend the first WikiArabia 13 00:00:21,820 --> 00:00:23,580 last year in Monastir, Tunisia. 14 00:00:23,580 --> 00:00:25,360 It was such an amazing experience, 15 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,580 and I wish that I were there with you now. 16 00:00:27,580 --> 00:00:29,463 It wasn’t just the Lazer Tag - which we played, 17 00:00:29,463 --> 00:00:31,150 which was pretty fun, 18 00:00:31,150 --> 00:00:32,620 it was learning about how you bring 19 00:00:32,620 --> 00:00:34,930 together the Arabic Wikipedia community 20 00:00:34,930 --> 00:00:36,850 across different dialects and continents, 21 00:00:36,850 --> 00:00:39,740 while strengthening participation back at home. 22 00:00:39,740 --> 00:00:41,160 This past year has been so important 23 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:42,880 as you continue to grow and expand 24 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,510 Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. 25 00:00:45,510 --> 00:00:47,140 We’re thrilled to see how 26 00:00:47,140 --> 00:00:49,620 Wikipedia and education have flourished. 27 00:00:49,620 --> 00:00:51,790 Over the last 4 years for instance, 28 00:00:51,790 --> 00:00:55,000 1,200 students have contributed to the Wikimedia projects 29 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,900 as part of the Wikipedia Education Program in the Arab World. 30 00:00:58,900 --> 00:01:03,450 More than 7% of Good and Featured articles on Arabic Wikipedia 31 00:01:03,450 --> 00:01:04,790 are currently from students, 32 00:01:04,790 --> 00:01:07,890 with more nominated for this quality status. 33 00:01:07,890 --> 00:01:11,070 I had the opportunity to visit Birzeit University last June 34 00:01:11,070 --> 00:01:12,680 during my time in the West Bank, 35 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,400 and it’s so exciting for me to hear that biology students 36 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,600 are now editing Arabic and English Wikipedia. 37 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,180 The articles created and improved by Birzeit student's 38 00:01:20,180 --> 00:01:21,420 last semester have been viewed 39 00:01:21,420 --> 00:01:23,100 more than 28 thousand times 40 00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:24,590 by people around the world. 41 00:01:24,590 --> 00:01:25,820 The impact that these students, 42 00:01:25,820 --> 00:01:26,850 and all of you have had, 43 00:01:26,850 --> 00:01:30,000 on access to free knowledge is real. 44 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:30,960 Events like the one you’ve 45 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:32,980 all joined today are important. 46 00:01:32,980 --> 00:01:35,490 They give us the opportunity to come together, 47 00:01:35,490 --> 00:01:38,380 to share our experiences, and discuss what matters 48 00:01:38,380 --> 00:01:39,900 to us most as Wikimedians 49 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:41,970 and what matters to our movement. 50 00:01:41,970 --> 00:01:44,570 Your community has truly been an inspiration 51 00:01:44,570 --> 00:01:46,770 to all of us here at the Wikimedia Foundation. 52 00:01:46,770 --> 00:01:49,000 We’ve been so happy and impressed to see 53 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,300 so much great work come out of your region! 54 00:01:51,300 --> 00:01:52,930 From here in San Francisco, 55 00:01:52,930 --> 00:01:54,220 we want to thank you all 56 00:01:54,220 --> 00:01:55,960 for coming together today. 57 00:01:56,288 --> 00:01:57,828 We look forward to hearing more about 58 00:01:57,828 --> 00:01:59,558 the outcomes of this WikiArabia, 59 00:01:59,558 --> 00:02:00,398 and can’t wait to see what the 60 00:02:00,398 --> 00:02:02,218 next year will bring for all of you. 61 00:02:02,485 --> 00:02:03,065 Thank you. 62 00:02:03,916 --> 00:02:04,886 Wikipedia