David, The Thinker and Rocky now have company: Wikimedians have a statue to call their own
WIkimedians -- those people who contribute to the free Wikipedia website -- were recognized for their selfless work on Wednesday in Slubice, Poland with the unveiling of a monument.
The fiber-and-resin sculpture,designed by Armenian Mihran Hakobyan, depicts the Wikipedia globe held up by four people. Consistent with the Wikipedia logo's globe, the world is shown as being unfinished, ready to accept more knowledge. The sculpture stands 5-and-a-half feet high in Frankfurt Square.
The idea to create a monument came from Dr. Krzysztof Wojciechowski, director of Collegium Polonicum.
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Started in 2001, Wikipedia now includes more than 33 million articles in 287 languages, and is one of the world's most popular websites, with about half a billion monthly visitors.
"It is a truly special and exciting day, and one that I hope shines the spotlight on the thousands of Wikimedians who edit Wikipedia and make it the source of free knowledge it has come to be. I look forward to visiting SBubice one day to see the monument for myself and perhaps meeting some of those involved in the project." said Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, in a statement.
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The Government has issued new Wikipedia rules for Whitehall staff after a civil servant posted Hillsborough slurs.
The Merseyside official was sacked in June after he made sick changes to Wikipedia pages on the 1989 disaster, which claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool FC fans.
The ECHO revealed that while working as an administrative officer, the man edited the phrase Youll never walk alone, to read: Youll never walk again.
He also wrote This is a s***hole on the Anfield Wikipedia page and nothing for the victims of the Heysel disaster to a section of the site dedicated to the stadiums Hillsborough memorial.
The new guidelines, titled social media guidance for civil servants read: Care should be taken when editing collaboratively edited websites such as Wikipedia and engaging with chat forums and commentable articles posts can be linked back to government IP addresses.
Anyone found to be making inappropriate edits will be disciplined which could lead to dismissal.
The man behind the posts, in his mid-twenties and originally from the south of England, was dismissed for gross misconduct.
The junior officer was not named at the request of Hillsborough support groups.
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An inquiry was launched after the edits were revealed in April, which was overseen by Liverpool-born MP Andy Burnham.
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