Monthly Archives: July 2011

Legal vs. Illegal: Understanding Dutch Copyright

Megan Adams | 23 July 2011, 2:40 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , , , , , ,

If one were to compare the Netherlands to the United States on just a topical issues alone it would seem like oil and water.  The obvious differences, are well, just that – obvious (no need to discuss coffee shops, socialism and the red light district here).  As an expat and self proclaimed geek, the thing that I have found to…


An interview with User:Markellos, prolific editor and administrator on the Greek-language Wikipedia.

Ilektra Pavlaki | 23 July 2011, 12:37 pm | tags: ,

This is an interview with Markellos Stevis, an administrator of the Greek-language Wikipedia and one of its most prolific editors. Markellos participates actively in the “I participate in Wikipedia” initiative, a campaign that aims at the development and enrichment of the Greek – language Wikipedia. Here, he shares some of his observations about the experiential workshops that were held as…


The development of the Greek-language Wikipedia: An interview with the general coordinator of the “I participate in Wikipedia” campaign- PART III.

Ilektra Pavlaki | 09 July 2011, 9:45 pm

You can also read part I and part II of the interview here: PART I, PART II

Wikipedia & Greece

In your presentation of the campaign in TedXAthens, you mentioned that “through Wikipedia, Greece can claim a better place on the digital map”. What would that mean in practice? What could…


The development of the Greek-language Wikipedia: An interview with the general coordinator of the “I participate in Wikipedia” campaign. PART II.

Ilektra Pavlaki | 07 July 2011, 9:04 am | 1 comment | tags: , , , ,

You can read part I of the interview here.

The existing community & the new users

Usually, the users are the ones who approach Wikipedia. With this campaign, however, it is the Wikipedia community that approaches the public. What is the difference between the experience offered to the user by an organized effort and…


The development of the Greek-language Wikipedia: An interview with the general coordinator of the “I participate in Wikipedia” campaign.

Ilektra Pavlaki | 05 July 2011, 11:03 am | 2 comments | tags: , , , ,

Yiannis Giannarakis is the general coordinator of the “I participate in Wikipedia” campaign, which aims at the development and enrichment of the Greek – language Wikipedia. The initiative, launched in January 2011, is supported by the Greek-language Wikipedia community, the Greek Ministry of Education, the Greek Free/Open-Source Software Society (GFoss) and the Greek Research and Technology Network (GrNet).

Here,…