Wikipedia:WikiProject WikipediaWeekly/Episode3/script

WELCOME TO ANOTHER WEEK OF WIKIPEDIA WEEKLY, I'M ANDREW LIH, ALSO KNOWN AS USER FUZHEADO ON THE ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA.

WE'RE COMING TO YOU THIS WEEK FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

ON OUR PANEL THIS WEEK, WE'RE THRILLED TO WELCOME SOME NEW VOICES TO THE PODCAST.

DAVEYDWEEB FROM CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA

TAWKER FROM VANCOUVER

ZERO FROM BRISBANE AUSTRALIA

JIMMY WALES, in ST PETERSBREG, FLORIDA

1. The Board voted unanimously to elect Florence Devouard (Anthere) as the Chair of the Board, Tim Shell as Vice-Chair, Erik Möller as Executive Secretary, and Michael Davis as Treasurer. Jimmy Wales assumes the title of Chairman Emeritus of the Foundation.

2. comScore ranking -
 * http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=1049


 * comScore Networks, a leader in measuring the digital age, today reported the latest worldwide ranking of top Web properties, ranked by unique visitors. Of note were the gains experienced by Wikipedia Sites and Youtube.com during September. Both sites were up 12 percent versus August.


 * http://www.watchmojo.com/web/blog/?p=626


 * Average out method 1 and 2 and you are looking at roughly $580 million market value for Wikipedia.org.

3. 100 million dollar dream

4. From Wikizine: Librarian John Hubbard has created an extensive introduction to the English Wikipedia, explaining how to use the site, caveats regarding its accuracy, comparisons to other encyclopedias and its sister projects.
 * http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/courses/wiki/

5. Wikipedia's use by school students is becoming well-recognised, as explained by Montgomery Blair High School's paper Silver Chips Online, in an article entitled Turned off by other resources, Blazers turn to Wikipedia.

6. The Wikimania 2007 wiki has been created, in preparation for next year's gathering in Taipei.