Show your audience the numbers

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Show people some statistics about Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. The numbers are impressive and they tend to increase the sense of importance of the subject and thus the interest in your presentation.

Make your audience realize the large influence that Wikipedia, as the single most used reference work in the world, has on today's knowledge. It will make it easier for people to understand why it is so important to invest in a healthy and diverse community. And of course, why they should contribute themselves.

You can find Wikipedia statistics here. Numbers that might be interesting include:

Total number of articles
Page views per month
Total number of contributors
etc.

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Thanks, that's a very valuable point. --Frank Schulenburg 17:01, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, really useful, sometimes you forget about it --Kippelboy 18:05, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, will definitely do it! --Slashme (talk) 19:02, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ochilov (talk) 17:05, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Lechatjaune (talk) 14:24, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
A lot helpful. Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 19:39, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Shai-WMIL (talk) 11:11, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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