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Analysis and Overview Philipp Schmidt, Rishab Ghosh, Ruediger Glott, The Global Survey of Wikipedia Contributers and Readers, 17/07/2008, during Wikimania 2008, Alexandria, Egypt, 17-19/07/2008. Wikipedia's Networks and Geographies: Representation and Power in Peer-Produced Content, research project started in November 2010 and coordinated by Mark Graham, Oxford Internet Institute. Mark Graham, Wiki Space: Palimpsests and Politics of Exclusion in Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader, eds. Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz, Institute of Network Culture, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 269-282. Articles: Geographic imbalance Wikimedia Documents, Policies and Governance Growing Wikimedia in Developing Nations, 2011. Wikimedia DE Wikimedia’s culture of sharing, Meta contributors, "Fundraising and Funds Dissemination/Wikimedia’s culture of sharing," Meta, discussion about Wikimedia projects, http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/ index.php?title=Fundraising_and_Funds_Dissemination/Wikimedia%E2%80%99s_culture_of_sharing&oldid=3589468 (accessed March 27, 2012). Opinions 2005 Florence Devouard, How to get Wikimedia into the developing world, Series: Wikimedia in the Developing World, 05/08/2005, presentation during Wikimania 2005, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 04-08/08/2005. Kasper Souren, Wikimedia projects and African languages: Thoughts on the Bambara Wikipedia, Series: Wikimedia in the Developing World, 05/08/2005, presentation during Wikimania 2005, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 04-08/08/2005. Achal Prabhala, An overview of the access to learning materials situation in Southern Africa, Series: Wikimedia in the Developing World, 05/08/2005, presentation during Wikimania 2005, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 04-08/08/2005. Milton Ainehuranga, Women of Uganda Network, Global Voices panel, 07/08/2005, presentation during Wikimania 2005, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 04-08/08/2005. Isam Bayazidi, Technology in schools and Open-Content Awareness in Arab Countries, Global Voices panel, 07/08/2005, presentation during Wikimania 2005, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 04-08/08/2005. 2006 Benjamin Martin, Huru na Bure: Swahili collaboration and the future of African languages on the web, Wikimania 2006 International Projects Session, Cambridge Massachusetts, 2006. Kasper Souren, The Bambara Wikipedia, one year later, Wikimania 2006 International Projects Session, Cambridge Massachusetts, 2006. Roland Burger, Wikivoices - Culture and Language, Wikimania 2006 International Projects Session, Cambridge Massachusetts, 2006. A project for the preservation of the languages and cultures of Nigeria and cultural exchange. Florence Devouard, report Presentation of Wikimedia Foundation and Wikiversity, during FLOSS conference, South Africa, 2005. Florence Devouard, Wikipedia: Empowering, Abuja, Nigeria, during the Digital World African Conference, 12-13/09/2006. 2007 Gerard Meijssen, Languages, small projects, the language committee, fund raising, signwriting, 03/08/2007, during Wikimania 2007, Taipei, Taiwan, 03-05/08/2007. Achal Prabhala, Wikimedia in the offline world, 04/08/2007, during Wikimania 2007, Taipei, Taiwan, 03-05/08/2007. 2008 Hussein Ghaly, Building Arabic Engineering Knowledge, 18/07/2008, during Wikimania 2008, Alexandria, Egypt, 17-19/07/2008. Iryna Kuchma, Open Access: How to Create Change, 18/07/2008, during Wikimania 2008, Alexandria, Egypt, 17-19/07/2008. Teemu Leinonen, Open educational resources and globalization, 18/07/2008, during Wikimania 2008, Alexandria, Egypt, 17-19/07/2008. Dror Kamir, Cross-cultural dialogue through Wikipedia, 17/07/2008, during Wikimania 2008, Alexandria, Egypt, 17-19/07/2008. Merrick Schaefer, Making MediaWiki Usable for Youth in Africa, 19/07/2008, during Wikimania 2008, Alexandria, Egypt, 17-19/07/2008. Jay Walsh, Telling our global wiki story, 19/07/2008, during Wikimania 2008, Alexandria, Egypt, 17-19/07/2008. Samuel Klein, Offline Wikipedia and OLPC, during Wikimania 2008, Alexandria, Egypt, 17-19/07/2008. 2010 Mayo Fuster Morell, Wikipedia eco-system: Power embedded in the governance infrastructure, 2010, 2010, during Wikimania 2010, Gdańsk, Poland, 09-11/07/2010. Achal Prabhala, Erik Möller, Delphine Ménard, Lodewijk Gelauff, Phoebe Ayers, Arne Klempert, Milos Rancic, Allow, Invite, Encourage: Growing Wikimedia in the World, 2010, during Wikimania 2010, Gdańsk, Poland, 09-11/07/2010. Asaf Bartov, A Proposed Agenda for the Wikimedia Movement in Developing Nations, 2010, 2010, during Wikimania 2010, Gdańsk, Poland, 09-11/07/2010. 2011 Achal Prabhala, Mohau, Shijualex, Mayur, Asaf Bartov, People are Knowledge, session Global South activities, 05/08/2011 (video), during Wikimania 2011, Haifa, Israel, 4-11/08/2011. The Africa Project - Bringing Wikipedia to Africa, session Wiki Academy: Wiki Technology: Uses in Education and Business, 04/08/2011, during Wikimania 2011, Haifa, Israel, 4-11/08/2011. Iolanda Pensa and Isla Haddow-Flood, WikiAfrica: Call for last mile operators, session Global South activities, 05/08/2011 (video), during Wikimania 2011, Haifa, Israel, 4-11/08/2011. Dror Kamir, Going to Africa, session Global South activities, 05/08/2011 (video), during Wikimania 2011, Haifa, Israel, 4-11/08/2011. Maja van der Velden, When Knowledges Meet: Wikipedia and Other Stories from the Contact Zone in Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader, eds. Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz, Institute of Network Culture, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 236-257. Heather Ford, The Missing Wikipedians in Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader, eds. Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz, Institute of Network Culture, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 258-268. 2012 Stu West, RfC: Geography and Wikimedia in WikiStu, 04/01/2012. Iolanda Pensa, The Power of Wikipedia: Legitimacy and Territorial Control, session GLAM II, 12/07/2012, during Wikimania 2012, Washington DC, 12-15/07/2012. Isla Haddow-Flood, A mutually beneficial partnership: Wikipedia and Africa, session WikiCulture and Community I, 12/07/2012, during Wikimania 2012, Washington DC, 12-15/07/2012. David Mugo Kariithi, The African Story, session WikiCulture and Community XI: Small Languages, 14/07/2012, during Wikimania 2012, Washington DC, 12-15/07/2012. Global South, essay, created in September 2012 by Theo10011. The Impact of Wikipedia: Dumisani Ndubane, video, in Wikimedia Foundation Blog, 04/12/2012. The Impact of Wikipedia: Oarabile Mudongo, video, in Wikimedia Foundation Blog, 18/12/2012. 2014 Florence Devouard and Isla Haddow.Kumusha Takes Wiki: activating communities across Africa, session DIVERSITY II, during Wikimania 2014, London, 6-10/08/2014. Wikipedia’s initiatives in the developing world. Interview with Florence Devouard. Octavio Kulesz for Alliance Lab. China. 16/12/2014 Max Klein. Kumusha Takes Wiki : actionable metrics for Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire. 10/01/2014 2015 Florence Devouard. Activating communities across Africa with Kumusha Takes Wiki and Wiki Loves Africa, session COMMUNITY II, during Wikimania 2015, Mexico City, 15-19/07/2015.