The digital encyclopedia Submit said on Wednesday “great honor” to receive the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation 2015 an award to the “core” of your existence and use to explore new “opportunities” on free access to information in Spanish.
“Cooperation is the core what we are “, Efe said Katherine Maher, head of communications for the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs and manages Wikipedia based in San Francisco (USA.).
For Maher was “a surprise” dawn with news of the award, that valued “the major example of international cooperation, democratic, open and participativ or “that represents the digital free encyclopedia containing more than 37 million articles written in 288 languages by volunteers around the world.
” We are really excited about this incredible recognition, “ Maher said of the” honor “of Wikipedia to join organizations that previously received the award and linked to topics like health and education.
According to data provided by Wikimedia, the Spanish edition of Wikipedia is one of the largest, with almost 1,200,000 articles, and in May its pages received over 1,400 million hits.
In addition, last month she participated in a total of 4,318 publishers “assets”, which are those that perform five or more monthly issues.
It also highlights edition Catalan encyclopedia with more than 460,000 articles and 1,500 publishers ‘active’.
“The work of our community (volunteer) in extraordinary Spanish “said Maher, scoring the award leads to a ” new task “ to start a conversation” about what opportunities “and” what can we do with this fabulous and generous “recognition.
The Princess of Asturias Awards, which bear the title of the heir to the Spanish Crown, are endowed with the reproduction of a sculpture designed by Joan Miró, 50,000 euros in cash, a diploma and a badge.
According to Maher, the award has come at a time “exceptional” for the Hispanic community of Wikipedia , as your conference Annual (Wikimania) will be held this time in Mexico next month.
At the conference, there will be a special chapter topics and presentations in Spanish , according to the Wikimedia Foundation.
Established in 2001 by American entrepreneur Jimmy Wales with the help of the philosopher Larry Sanger, Wikipedia is managed since 2003 by the foundation, reaches about 500 million visitors only a month and is among the ten most visited websites in the world.
The “secret” of his success “is that everybody uses it and everyone is part it , “said Maher.
Wikipedia” does not belong to the foundation or a company, belongs to the people who create and use. It belongs to the world, “he added.
At the award received by Wikipedia chose 24 candidates from ten countries, including Unesco , the Sherpas of the Himalayas, the Spanish armed forces, the European Space Agency, former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres and former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos.
The Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation is granted to those “whose work with another or others in areas such as public health, universal education, environmental protection and social and economic development, among others, constitutes a significant contribution at international level “.
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