Hong Kong Confirmed Host of Wikimania 2013

For Release: 3-May 2012

HONG KONG -  The Wikimedia Foundation, an international nonprofit organization behind the Wikipedia, the largest online encyclopedia, announced today that it will stage its 2013 Wikimania conference in Hong Kong. The event will take place from 7th to 11th August 2013 in Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

香港 – 營運全球最大的網絡百科全書的維基媒體基金會今早宣佈，香港獲得明年的維基媒體國際會議的主辦權，會議將在2013年8月7日－11日假香港理工大學舉行。

This is the ninth annual conference of Wikimania, a global event which has taken place in Frankfurt, Germany; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Taipei, Taiwan; Alexandria, Egypt; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Gdańsk, Poland; Haifa, Israel. Wikimania will be second time in East Asia, as the 2007 one was in Taipei. This is also the first Wikimania is being held among NYLONKONG, the three major global financial centres. In 2012, the eighth conference will be held in Washington, DC, the capital of United States and the global political centre.

維基媒體國際會議曾在德國法蘭克福、美國麻省劍橋、台北、埃及亞歷山大港、阿根廷布宜諾斯艾利斯、波蘭格但斯克、以色列海法舉行。2012年得年會將在美國首都華盛頓市舉行。香港主辦的將會是第九屆維基媒體國際會議，也是第二次在東亞舉行，更是在「紐倫港」這三大世界金融中心，率先獲得主辦權的城市。

This is a momentous event for the world of free culture and for collaborative free knowledge initiatives. This annual meeting is intended for the global community of users and editors who contribute daily to Wikimedia’s projects, including Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikibooks, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikispecies, Wikiversity, and Wikinews. Participation is open to all members of the public with an interest in Wikimedia’s projects, as well as other wiki-related projects, open-source technologies and platforms, free culture, and open education initiatives.

維基媒體國際會議是維基媒體基金會主辦的有關維基及維基計畫的學術會議，使維基編者及用戶得以相見，並與維基研究者、Wiki開發者、媒體及公眾，共同探討維基各計畫、圍紀技術與文化、自由內容與文化運動的實踐、進展與未來。

Hong Kong is chosen after a five-month official bidding process, during which competing with other cities includes, London, Napels, Bristol, & Surakarta. The Jury found consensus that the Hong Kong bid was the stronger, especially our strong advance planning; solid support by the local Wikimedia Chapter, the community, local government, and a partner organisation that is experienced in planning conferences, as well as good combination of venue and accommodation.

香港是在歷經5個月的遴選程序，和倫敦、那不勒斯、布里斯托和蘇祿等城市競爭過後，獲選為2013年年會的主辦城市。評審團認為香港的詳細企劃，本地分會、社群、政府和友好機構的齊心支持，以及會場和住宿的安排都是香港獲勝的重要因素。

The Hong Kong chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Hong Kong, will be in charge of general coordination of the conference, with the support of the Wikimedia Foundation, and the Macau & Taiwan Chapter, as well as Internet Society Hong Kong (ISOC-HK), DotAsia Organization, Hong Kong Tourism Board and the School of Design of Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

香港維基媒體協會將和維基媒體基金會主辦是次會議，並承蒙台灣和澳門的維基媒體協會，以及香港互聯網協會、DotAsia、香港旅遊發展局以及香港理工大學設計學院等機構的支持。

Also there will be a press brief about the event at 7pm tomorrow (4-May) in Room 1002, 10/F, Wanchai Central Building, 89 Lockhart Road, Wanchai. Please Feel free to come to meet us!For more information: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013 ###

Please note that most of the key organizers are volunteers, they are only available for interviews in persons on Sundays and public holidays. For more information: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013 ###

請留意籌辦團隊皆為義工，如欲親身訪問，則請儘力安排在週末或公眾假期為宜，多謝合作。更多詳情可以瀏覽我們的臨時網頁：http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013

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三藩市 – 英文維基百科的管理員周一公佈，英文維基百科將會在香港時間18日(三)下午1點開始，停止服務24小時，以示對美國國會內的禁止網絡盜版法案(SOPA)的抗議聲音。基金會聲明指出，該項法案一旦通過將會嚴重損害網絡自由。

San Francisco — January 16, 2012
On January 18, 2012, beginning at 05:00 UTC (13:00 HKT), in an unprecedented decision, the Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against proposed legislation in the United States — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. If passed, this legislation will harm the free and open Internet and bring about new tools for censorship of international websites inside the United States.

Wikipedia administrators confirmed this decision Monday afternoon (PST) in a public statement.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action#Summary_and_conclusion)

“Today Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their opposition to this destructive legislation,” said Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. “This is an extraordinary action for our community to take – and while we regret having to prevent the world from having access to Wikipedia for even a second, we simply cannot ignore the fact that SOPA and PIPA endanger free speech both in the United States and abroad, and set a frightening precedent of Internet censorship for the world.”

維基百科創辦人衛詹美(Jimmy Wales)指出：「今天世界各地的維基人表達了對這個大殺傷力立法的反對聲音。我們其實不想見到大家無法上維基百科找資料，哪怕是一秒。但我們的社群決定要採取這個前所未見的行動，是因為SOPA等立法，會嚴重威脅美國和海外的言論自由，並為世界上的互聯網審查設下危險的先例。

附：英文維基百科管理員聲明、維基媒體基金會新聞稿

維基媒體基金會
香港維基媒體協會傳訊署 譯

2012年1月17日

Q: Why UNESCO World Heritage?

A: Wikipedia is an international project and therefore to apply for the UNESCO World Heritage status seems appropriate.

The UNESCO World Heritage agreement is the most successful agreement on the protection of culture and nature that the international community has ever reached. Over 180 countries have signed the UNESCO agreement from 1972 for the protection of world heritage. No other UNESCO project gets as much attention from the german public as the UNESCO World Heritage.

Q: Wikipedia is located in the USA and the operator of Wikipedia is the Wikimedia Foundation. Is WMF ok with the project?

A: The idea was developed in Germany, but we always intended it to be an international project. We presented the idea at the Wikimedia Chapters Conference and received positive feedback only. Today we know that there are many chapters from all over the world who are going to take part in the “Wikipedia for World Heritage” project.

Q: Is there a benefit for Wikipedia?

A: Appreciation for Wikipedians, higher attention for Wikipedia in the public, inform about and elucidate free knowledge, increasing awareness of free knowledge and  protect free knowledge and access to it.

Q: Which UNESCO World Heritage criteria does Wikipedia meet?

A: Wikipedia meets many of the UNESCO criteria, e.g. “the site represents a masterpiece of human creative genius”. However, it is not our main objective to meet single UNESCO criteria but to emphasize the project as the greatest ever collection of human knowledge, collected and supplemented by many people from all over the world. It is not only a success story in the history of the internet, but a success story for a paradigm change in the treatment of free knowledge. Therefore we deem Wikipedia ready to join the ranks of other UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Q: What exactly are you trying to protect?

A: We are trying to protect the biggest constantly evolving collection of human knowledge that is open to everyone. It is important for us to secure free access to this project in the future and to keep it free from ads.

Q: Why does Wikipedia not use the formal way of application?

A: The formal way is rather time consuming and only possible via national states. We are taking this way as well, but we think that a petition signed by many people all over the world is a wonderful representive for the idea behind Wikipedia.

Q: Which goals you are trying to achieve?

A: We want to create awareness and acceptance. Additonally we want to use the chance and educate people regarding the idea of free knowledge.

問：為甚麼要申請成為世界文化遺產？

答：維基百科搜集世界知識，成為世界文化遺產最適合不過。自1972年以來，《保護世界文化和自然遺產公約》已有超過180個簽署國，是國際間最重要的文化相關條約。世界文化遺產計劃亦是聯合國教科文組織最為公眾認識的計劃。

問：「維基百科也申遺」是誰主辦的活動？

答：活動由德國維基媒體協會發起，並得到營運維基百科的維基媒體基金會支持。世界各地的維基媒體地方分會，包括香港維基媒體協會，都會協辦活動。

問：申遺對維基百科有甚麼益處？

答：認同維基人所作的貢獻、加強公眾對維基百科的認識、推廣對自由知識的正確觀念、保護自由知識和存取知識的渠道

問：維基百科憑甚麼做世界遺產？

答：維基百科符合列為世界遺產的多項條件，例如它是「表現人類創造力的經典之作」。當然，維基百科的成就不只是達成了幾項條件。維基百科是史上最大的知識庫，參與的編輯來自全球各地。它的協作模式不單是互聯網史上的成功，還標誌著人類處理知識的文化已經轉變。故此，我們認為維基百科成為世界文化遺產，當之無愧。

問：維基百科有甚麼「遺產」需要保護？

答：我們要確保維基百科裡的知識繼續開放給全人類自由使用，繼續免費、免廣告。

問：為甚麼維基百科不循正式途徑申遺？

答：正式的申遺建議只能由聯合國成員國提出，且花費大量時間。我們也正循這途徑進行申請，但我們認為舉行一個全球網上聯署行動更能體現維基百科背後的理念。

問：申遺的目的是甚麼？

答：我們想令更多人認同維基百科的成果和明白自由知識的意義。

HONG KONG, 13 June 2011 – On last Saturday, the 2nd Directory of Wikimedia Hong Kong was officially assembled and swore in, and list of the new board as follows

Rover WONG
President

Ivy WONG
Deputy President

Vincent TSUI
Secretary

Tango CHAN
Secretary

Alexander CHEUNG
Director & Commissioner for Ourtreach

Carol TANG
Director & Commissioner for Communication

The Directors are expected to serve a two-year terms until 2013.

Secretariat, Wikimedia Hong Kong

香港維基媒體協會有限公司
組織章程細則
理事會附例
Bylaw of the Council,
Articles of Association
Wikimedia Hong Kong

選舉結果公告
Notice of results of Election

第二屆理事會選舉
Election of Second Directory

3 June 2011

1. 上述選舉已於二零一一年五月二十八日之本會第五次會員大會(周年)上舉行，特此公告下列候選人正式當選香港維基媒體協會第二屆理事會理事：
It is hereby notified that the following candidates is declared to be elected as Directors, in the  above-mentioned election on the fifth meeting (annual) of Members Assembly on 28 May 2011.

陳子恩
CHAN Tsz Yan, Tango
鄧玉燕
TANG Yuk Yin, Carol
黃挺峯
WONG Ting Fung, Rover
徐湛彥
TSUI Cham Yin, Vincent
王嘉樂
WONG Ka Lok, Ivy
張鎮瀧
CHEUNG Chun Lung, Alexander

2. 第二屆理事會第一次會議將會於六月十一日舉行，並會訂出各理事職位。
The first meeting of the Second Directory will be held on 11 June 2011, where the particular portfolio of the Directors decided.

二零一一年六月三日

香港維基媒體協會選舉事務委員會
Electoral  Affairs Committee, Wikimedia Hong Kong

BERLIN, 27 May 2011 –  Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales calls for signatures to be collected and presented to the UNESCO.

德國柏林 - 維基百科創始人衛詹美呼籲大家收集簽名以交與聯合國教科文組織，支持維基百科成為世界文化遺產。

On Monday, 23 May 2011, Wikimedia Deutschland started a worldwide collection of signatures for the Wikipedia for World Heritage! initiative. People are invited to join the list now by signing an online form. The list will ultimately be presented to the World Heritage Committee at the beginning of 2012.

自2011年5月23日，德國維基媒體協會開始在全球範圍內徵集網上簽名(簽名表格)，以爭取維基百科成為世界文化遺產，並將於2012年初向世界文化遺產委員會遞交支持者的名單。

To date more than 7000 people from over 100 countries have already signed the petition. Each signature supports the initiative’s claim that Wikipedia as the largest collection of human knowledge should be recognized as the first ever global and digital World Heritage site.

到現時為止，來自100個國家將近7000人簽署支持這個提案，都支持維基百科這個人類知識最大的資料庫，應當獲得認可為首個環球數碼文化遺產。

Altogether there are ten UNESCO criteria for recognition as a World Heritage site. The first of those criteria demands that World Heritage sites “represent a masterpiece of human creative genius”. The online petition is quoting these exact words. By signing it participants confirm that Wikipedia has universal value and that the claim is true in its case.

根據聯合國教科文組織，世界文化遺產必須達到10項條件，而其中第一項就是｢人類創意和才能的一大傑作」，而網上連署的内文正正直接引用這些原文，意味著連署的人真確的認可維基百科對世界的貢獻和存在意義。

The initiative was introduced in March 2011 at the international Wikimedia Chapters Conference in Berlin. Chapters from all over the world will accompany the initiative’s activities regarding Wikipedia’s recognition as a World Heritage site. Wikimedia Deutschland will entertain an expert round on the subject on 31 May 2011 at the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin. The event will be a public kick-off. Further activities with the international community will follow. Additionally, public discussion provides a chance to explain how to deal with free knowledge and to stress its meaning for society.

該項提案源自2011年3月在德國柏林舉行的地方分會會議，各地分會將會在此後陸陸續續舉行相關活動來支持這個提案。其中德國分會將在2011年5月31日假柏林德意志科技博物館舉行啟動禮，其後將會有更多各項的活動，討論自由文化的未來和對社會的價值。

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales was the first to sign the petition. In a video statement he calls for support of the initiative. In his appeal Jimmy Wales puts emphasis on how important international awareness is to the free encyclopedia: “A lot of people think of Wikipedia as a technical phenomenon, a technical achievement. But in fact it isn’t. What Wikipedia is, is a cultural change, a cultural achievement. We are going to try to get as many people as possible to sign the petition. Just like Wikipedia itself, the more people we get involved, the greater the chance that we’ll achieve our goal. Please sign the petition!”

Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia for World Heritage

維基百科創始人衛詹美是第一位連署者，並親自錄製了短片支持行動，並強調維基百科的人文價值：｢很多人認為維基百科是一個技術成就，或者科技成就，但事實並非如此。維基百科其實是一個文化上的變革，是一個文化成就。我們要儘量爭取愈多人連署這個提案。就像維基百科本身，愈多人參與，愈大機會成功達到我們的目標，請簽名支持這個提案吧！」

德國維基媒體協會
香港維基媒體協會 譯

2011年5月27日

Links ※ 連結:
Petition※ 連署: http://wikipedia.de/wke/Main_Page?setlang=en

Video statement by Jimmy Wales※衛詹美的支持短片 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLrYndLxEAw

HONG KONG, 9 May 2011 –  Wikimedia Macau was officially recgonised as an official local chapter by the Wikimedia Foundation on 24th April, 2011. As a prolonged neighbour and a contiguous partner, Wikimedia Hong Kong would like to express our cheerfulness and congratulations towards the recognition of Wikimedia Macau, and we hope the cooperation between the chapter can continue as before.

Communications Commission
Wikimedia Hong Kong

香港- 本會得聞澳門維基媒體協會獲得維基媒體基金會認可，特此恭賀，願合作永固。

香港維基媒體會傳訊署
2011年5月9日

黃挺峯

《信報》 2010-12-16
P 50 科技創意- 科技新視野

香港人生活節奏快，有時候為節省時間，說話也比其他地方的人來得精簡。我的朋友過往總喜歡用「維基」來稱代維基百科，這個稱呼雖然簡潔易記，但其實不甚正確。

本來用「維基」來稱呼維基百科，沒有帶來什麼不便，更省下不少字數和「口水」。但近日「維基解密」引起的風波，主事人阿桑奇面臨官非，全城支持者都喊着「維基」。這樣，就出事了。

「電器」不同「電視機」

「維 基解密」，顧名思義，是一個跟「維基百科」運用相同平台的網站，這個平台就是「Wiki」。但是， 「維基解密」跟「維基百科」的關係就好像電燈膽與電視機，雖然也是依靠電力而運作，但我們不能單靠一個「電」字就將兩件不同功用的物品歸為一類。原來，我 們一直給維基百科起的簡稱，就像稱呼電視機為「電器」一樣「無賴」，當電器的種類變得千變萬化，一個「電」字，便不敷應用。

聞說維基創始 人坎寧安（Ward Cunningham）把該平台命名的靈感，來目美國檀香山國際機場的穿梭巴士「Wiki-Wiki-Bus」。「Wiki」在夏威夷語指意外和十分快 速。我們稱呼的「維基」，就是「Wiki」的中譯。「Wiki」的概念和夏威夷穿梭巴士着實沒甚關係，它是一種允許任何訪客在網站平台快速並輕易地添加、 刪除、編輯所有的內容，而且過程通常不用訪客登錄。這個平台使資訊交換更為迅速，特別適合團隊合力寫作。

均運用Wiki 平台網站事實上，維基百科並不是唯一一個運用「Wiki」平台的網站。單單在維基百科母公司—維基媒體基金會轄下就有維基字典（Wiktionary）、 維基共享資源（Wiki media Commons）等等。維基媒體基金會是一個設於美國三藩市的慈善組織，負責營運維基百科等平台網站。維基百科和維基媒體基金會均由衞詹美（Jimmy Wales ）創辦，簡娜素（Sue Gardner）是維基媒體基金會的現任行政總裁。而世界各地的「維基人」（意指參與維基式共享資源的人）在基金會認可下，會組成旨在推廣維基媒體計劃的 地方分會，往往叫作某地的維基媒體協會，香港維基媒體協會是近三十個分會的其中一個。

在維基媒體基金會以外，也有不少很成功的「Wiki」平台網站，如Wikitravel 、Wikia 和Wikihow 等等，而各位網民常用的香港網絡大典（Wikia）就正正在這個「Wiki」平台網站上面，當然還包括近日大紅大紫的WikiLeaks 維基解密。

因此我希望大家在閱讀相關報道時，能想起這篇文章，不要一看到標題就望文生義，見到「維基」就預設理解為「維基百科」。畢竟「維基」並不是「維基百科」或「維基媒體」所獨有，他是一個理念，讓全世界都能分享知識。

作者為香港維香港維基媒體協會外展署長。

維基百科十週年誌慶

6th December, 2010

HONG KONG – On January 15, 2011, Wikipedia will celebrate her 10th anniversary. As part of global community, the Hong Kong chapter will organize two events for such occasion.

In the afternoon of the exact date of the anniversary, we will have a barbecue party in Yuen Long, featuring review of milestones of the local and global community and video chat with other communities in their nearby region.

Also we will have a stall in Chinese New Year’s Fair in Kwai Chung District, where you can purchase our latest souvenirs, and get our promotional materials for free. The stall will be No. 101 in Kwai Chung Sports Ground during 28th January to 3rd February.

We also accept sponsorship and various forms of co-operation, please don’t hesitate to contact our executives for further information.

Further details will be released later, please stay tuned, and we are looking forward to seeing you there!

Communications Commission
Wikimedia Hong Kong

香港 － 二零一一年一月十五日，維基百科將會慶祝上線十週年，本會理事會於本年十二月二日之會議確定舉辦以下活動，和全球各地維基社群共襄盛舉：

十週年正日下午，本會會在元朗西鐵燒烤場舉行週年誌慶派對，屆時將回顧維基百科十年來在本地和世界各地的發展，並會與附近地區的社群舉行視像連線，同喜同賀。

另維基百科十週年，適逢華人新春喜慶，本會特在葵青區辛卯年年宵市場設攤檔乙個（101號檔），發售最新紀念品，以及免費派發最新宣傳品。年宵攤檔位於葵涌運動場，展銷期為二零一一年一月二十八日至二月三日（農曆年廿三至年三十）。

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