Tweet
Armenia: Citizens urged to write Wikipedia entry each
31 July 2014 Last updated at 16:00
By News from Elsewhere... ...media reports from around the world,
found by BBC Monitoring
National heritage is getting a boost via a flurry of articles on
Armenian Wikipedia
Armenians are being urged to do their patriotic duty - by each writing
an article on Wikipedia, it seems.
The campaign - One Armenian, One Article, dreamed up by the government
- hopes to increase the number and quality of articles in the Armenian
language and script, promote Armenian culture, and perhaps compete
with neighbouring Georgia and Azerbaijan in the Wikipedia stakes,
according to an advertisement running on EU Armenia TV.
The ad started out as a YouTube clip, but it's recently been given a
new lease of life running on satellite TV to Armenians all over the
world. The Armenian diaspora - thought to number some eight million
people - far outnumbers the country's resident population of about 3
million.
High profile artists, musicians and politicians are getting in on the
act. Education minister Armen Ashotyan says in the clip: "One
Armenian, one article - I will definitely do that and believe you will
too." The Defence Minister, Seyran Ohanyan, says he's already added an
article about the Armenian army. Articles by celebrities and ordinary
citizens are equally valued, the ad says. A young person is shown
writing an article about radishes.
There may be a competitive edge in the promotion. Reporting the number
of Wikipedia articles has been on the agenda of Armenian TV and news
agencies since the campaign began in March, and it seems Armenian
Wikipedia is currently outstripping its neighbours in page numbers,
racking up more than 125,000 articles compared to around 102,000 in
Azerbaijan and almost 84,000 in Georgia.
Use #NewsfromElsewhere to stay up-to-date with our reports via Twitter.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-28588188
31 July 2014 Last updated at 16:00
By News from Elsewhere... ...media reports from around the world,
found by BBC Monitoring
National heritage is getting a boost via a flurry of articles on
Armenian Wikipedia
Armenians are being urged to do their patriotic duty - by each writing
an article on Wikipedia, it seems.
The campaign - One Armenian, One Article, dreamed up by the government
- hopes to increase the number and quality of articles in the Armenian
language and script, promote Armenian culture, and perhaps compete
with neighbouring Georgia and Azerbaijan in the Wikipedia stakes,
according to an advertisement running on EU Armenia TV.
The ad started out as a YouTube clip, but it's recently been given a
new lease of life running on satellite TV to Armenians all over the
world. The Armenian diaspora - thought to number some eight million
people - far outnumbers the country's resident population of about 3
million.
High profile artists, musicians and politicians are getting in on the
act. Education minister Armen Ashotyan says in the clip: "One
Armenian, one article - I will definitely do that and believe you will
too." The Defence Minister, Seyran Ohanyan, says he's already added an
article about the Armenian army. Articles by celebrities and ordinary
citizens are equally valued, the ad says. A young person is shown
writing an article about radishes.
There may be a competitive edge in the promotion. Reporting the number
of Wikipedia articles has been on the agenda of Armenian TV and news
agencies since the campaign began in March, and it seems Armenian
Wikipedia is currently outstripping its neighbours in page numbers,
racking up more than 125,000 articles compared to around 102,000 in
Azerbaijan and almost 84,000 in Georgia.
Use #NewsfromElsewhere to stay up-to-date with our reports via Twitter.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-28588188