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WORLD'S FIRST WIKIPEDIA MONUMENT UNVEILED IN POLAND
The News, Poland
Oct 23 2014
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge
The world's first monument in tribute to online encyclopedia Wikipedia
was unveiled in the town of Slubice, on the German border, Wednesday.
The monument, which stands 2.5m high, consists of four people raising
aloft a globe-shaped puzzle, the latter being the symbol of Wikipedia.
The sculpture itself was created by Armenian-born Mihran Hakobjan
(pictured below), who studied at Slubice's Collegium Polonicum.
Town authorities funded the monument, which cost 50,000 zloty
(11,800 euro), following a proposal from Dr. Krzysztof Wojciechowski,
administrative director of the college. Wojciechowski argued that
the sculpture was an appropriate symbol for the town, given that the
college itself is a cross-border institution. The Collegium Polonicum
is jointly maintained by the Viadrina European University, which
is based in Slubice's sister city Frankurt (on the Oder) over the
border in Germany, and the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. The
German and Polish branches of Wikipedia are among the most dynamic,
with the German version the fourth largest (out of 287 languages),
while the Polish version has the twelfth highest number of pages. (nh)
http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/185125,Worlds-first-Wikipedia-monument-unveiled-in-Poland
The News, Poland
Oct 23 2014
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge
The world's first monument in tribute to online encyclopedia Wikipedia
was unveiled in the town of Slubice, on the German border, Wednesday.
The monument, which stands 2.5m high, consists of four people raising
aloft a globe-shaped puzzle, the latter being the symbol of Wikipedia.
The sculpture itself was created by Armenian-born Mihran Hakobjan
(pictured below), who studied at Slubice's Collegium Polonicum.
Town authorities funded the monument, which cost 50,000 zloty
(11,800 euro), following a proposal from Dr. Krzysztof Wojciechowski,
administrative director of the college. Wojciechowski argued that
the sculpture was an appropriate symbol for the town, given that the
college itself is a cross-border institution. The Collegium Polonicum
is jointly maintained by the Viadrina European University, which
is based in Slubice's sister city Frankurt (on the Oder) over the
border in Germany, and the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. The
German and Polish branches of Wikipedia are among the most dynamic,
with the German version the fourth largest (out of 287 languages),
while the Polish version has the twelfth highest number of pages. (nh)
http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/185125,Worlds-first-Wikipedia-monument-unveiled-in-Poland