Wikipedia Monument
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| Artist | Mihran Hakobyan |
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| Type | Sculpture |
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| Subject | Wikipedia community |
| Dimensions | 250 cm × 60 cm × 60 cm (98 in × 24 in × 24 in) |
| Location | Słubice, Poland |
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| Owner | Słubice regional authorities |
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The Wikipedia Monument (Template:Langx), located in Słubice, Poland, is a statue designed by Armenian sculptor Mihran Hakobyan honoring Wikipedia contributors. It was unveiled in Frankfurt Square (Plac Frankfurcki) on 22 October 2014 in a ceremony that included representatives from both local Wikimedia chapters and the Wikimedia Foundation.
Description
The monument in Słubice depicts four nude figures holding aloft a globe based on the Wikipedia logo,[1] reaching over two metres (6 ft 7 in) up.[2][3] The fiber-and-resin statue was designed by Armenian-born artist Mihran Hakobyan, who graduated from the local Collegium Polonicum.[1][3][4] It cost about 50,000 złoty (approximately $13,500; €11,700) and was funded by Słubice regional authorities.[1][4][5] The monument has the following inscription:
With this monument the citizens of Słubice would like to pay homage to thousands of anonymous editors all over the world, who have contributed voluntarily to the creation of Wikipedia, the greatest project co-created by people regardless of political, religious or cultural borders. In the year this monument is unveiled Wikipedia is available in more than 280 languages and contains about 30 million articles. The benefactors behind this monument feel certain that with Wikipedia as one of its pillars the knowledge society will be able to contribute to the sustainable development of our civilization, social justice and peace among nations.[6]
History
The monument was suggested around 2010[5] by Template:Interlanguage link multi, a university professor and director of the Collegium Polonicum in Słubice.[1] Polish Wikipedia is a popular website in Poland and, with over a million articles, was the 10th-largest Wikipedia at the time of construction.[4][7] According to Piotr Łuczyński, deputy mayor, the memorial "will highlight the town's importance as an academic centre".[4] A Wikimedia Polska representative stated that the organization hopes that this project will "raise awareness of the website and encourage people to contribute."[3]
It was unveiled on 22 October 2014,[1] on the Template:Interlanguage link multi,[3][5] becoming the world's first monument to the online encyclopedia.[4] Representatives from the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedia chapters for Poland and Germany (Script error: No such module "Lang". and Script error: No such module "Lang"., respectively) attended the dedication ceremony.[4][8] Dariusz Jemielniak, a professor of management, Wikimedia activist, and author of the 2014 book Common Knowledge? An Ethnography of Wikipedia, delivered an opening ceremony address.[9]
See also
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References
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- ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Poland to Honor Wikipedia With Monument". ABC News. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."World's first Wikipedia monument unveiled in Poland". thenews.pl. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Day, Matthew (10 October 2014). "Polish town to build statue honouring Wikipedia". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Poland to unveil world's first Wikipedia monument". Polskie Radio. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."W nowosolskim Malpolu powstaje pierwszy na świecie pomnik Wikipedii" (in polski). 10 October 2014. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Photograph of the Wikipedia monument inscription". gorzow.gazeta.pl. Adamski, Daniel, photographer. Agencja Gazeta. 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Slubice: Polnische Stadt setzt Wikipedia ein Denkmal". Der Spiegel (in Deutsch). 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wikipedia na cokoły! W Słubicach będzie miała pomnik" (in polski). 21 October 2014. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
External links
- Page Template:Sister-inline/styles.css has no content.Script error: No such module "Sister project logo". Media related to Script error: No such module "Commons link". at Wikimedia Commons
- Press release: First-ever Wikipedia Monument unveiled in Poland, Wikimedia Foundation
- 3D-Model: Wikipedia Monument Sketchfab, 3D-Platform
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