Tuesday 30 June 2009

Wikipedia - Case Study.






Wikipedia




1. Owner of the Website: Wikimedia Foundation. Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger.
2. They also own Wikipedia and wikihow. They have no traditional other media websites!
3. Wikipedia own www.wikihow.com/, www.wikipedia.org/ , www.wikimedia.org/




4. Wikipedia's revenue for the year is $70080000.
5. The Value of Wikipedia - $224,910,378




6. >>1 fact - Wiki pedia have 2 926 000+ articles .....




>>2 fact - A Free Enclyclopedia.....




>> 3 fact - Wikipedia is a non-profit organisation.....




>>4 fact - Wikipedia is a non-commertial website......




>>5 fact - Wikipedia is 8 years old and was launched on 15th January 2001.




7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About >> 260 Languages




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About >> 13,000,000 articles




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About >> 65 million visitors




8. Greenford high school article.




>> Ms Griffin has been the head teacher from 1991




>> the school was built in 1939




>> Specialised Language college




>> The School has a 6th form




>> The uniform of the schools students are black.




8a. ) http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Current_staff




>> Represents the organization; serves as its public face as appropriate
>> Oversees marketing, media relations, public relations and issues management activities
>> Ensures compliance with all appropriate regulation




>> Ensures compliance with all appropriate regulations
>>Ensures appropriate information flow both within and outside the organization;




Key Information:




Main homepage




Todays featured article, Did you know??, In the news, on this day, todays featured picture, other areas of wikipedia, wikipedias sister projects, wikipedia languages.







No comments:

Post a Comment