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A few weeks ago a Wikipedian came to me with
a really great and really crazy idea and that

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was for us to try to get Wikipedia recognized
as one of UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage

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Sites. When I first heard the idea I thought
“But does that even make sense?” And I

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went and I looked at the criteria for what
it takes to be one of these sites and Wikipedia

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really fits it.

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A lot of people think of Wikipedia as a technological
phenomenon or a technical achievement but

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in fact it isn’t. What Wikipedia is is a
cultural change, a cultural achievement.

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So what we’re trying to do now is: we got
a petition going, we’re going to try to

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get as many people to sign it as possible,
we’re going to send it to UNESCO and try

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to convince them that this is a really great
idea that’s supported by all the people

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of the world. And people are getting involved
in the campaign, everywhere in the world,

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across many many different languages.

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But I want you to do more than just sign the
petition. If you can share this with your

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friends, send an email to people with this
link. If you are on Twitter, put it on Twitter.

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If you are on Facebook, put it on Facebook.
If you have a blog, blog about it. All the

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places where you are online: if you can help
us just spread the message and get as many

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people as possible, I think it’s gonna happen.

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Just like Wikipedia itself: the more people
will get involved, the greater chance that

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we’ll achieve our goal.

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Please, sign the petition.