Comments on: South Africa: Wikipedia Academies http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/09/south-africa-wikipedia-academies/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:38:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ron Wertlen http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/09/south-africa-wikipedia-academies/comment-page-1/#comment-1205843 Ron Wertlen Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:00:44 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/09/south-africa-wikipedia-academies/#comment-1205843 Wikipedia is an amazing opportunity for Africa to make its mark on the internet, informing the rest of the globe that there is a lot to know about us and to preserve knowledge. Via translation, the poorest of the worlds poor may have an opportunity to access this wonderful knowledge pool. However owing to lacking infrastructure and internet access it will be a while before so-called indigenous knowledge makes it onto Wikipedia. There is also the question of whether such knowledge can ever be captured in such a system. Wikipedia is an amazing opportunity for Africa to make its mark on the internet, informing the rest of the globe that there is a lot to know about us and to preserve knowledge.

Via translation, the poorest of the worlds poor may have an opportunity to access this wonderful knowledge pool.

However owing to lacking infrastructure and internet access it will be a while before so-called indigenous knowledge makes it onto Wikipedia. There is also the question of whether such knowledge can ever be captured in such a system.

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