Writing the World in 301 Languages: A Political Geography of the Online Encyclopedia Wikipedia
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| Publication date | 2020 |
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| Book title | Handbook of the Changing World Language Map |
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| Volume | Issue number | 6 |
| Pages (from-to) | 3801-3824 |
| Publisher | Cham: Springer |
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| Abstract |
Wikipedia is a free-access, free content Internet encyclopedia created in 2001. One key characteristic of the encyclopedia is its linguistic plurality. Wikipedia consists of 301 language versions, called Wikipedias. Differences between them are, however, huge, each with its own content and editing practices (although individual editors can contribute to different language editions). After a short presentation of the history and the organization of Wikipedia, this chapter focuses on its geographies. It first deals with its geographical reach and then moves to geographical imaginations and the representation of places, and it examines how these geopolitical representations can diverge between different linguistic versions of Wikipedia.
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| Document type | Chapter |
| Note | Also published in 2019 as a Living reference work entry. |
| Language | English |
| Related publication | Writing the World in 301 Languages: A Political Geography of the Online Encyclopedia Wikipedia |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02438-3_199 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73400-2_199-1 |
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