Wikimania hits Egypt

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Wikimania 2008 took place at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina recently, and members gathered to talk about growing and spreading free multi-lingual content.

Wikimania hits Egypt
Alexandria, the second largest city in Egypt, is home to Bibliotheca Alexandrina -- a new state-of-the-art library, and the perfect setting for Wikimania 2008 -- the annual meeting of the Wikipedia Foundation. The foundation is dedicated to growing and spreading free multi-lingual content.

One of the issues at Wikimania 2008: how to increase the number of articles in Arabic -- currently at 64,000 compared to 2.5 million in English.

Another challenge: vandalism on Wikipedia.

Also, Satellite technology that will help tourists find the remains of the Berlin wall and the latest news and sport to your mobile phone; how traditional broadcasters are playing catch-up.

All this and more with Gareth Mitchell and Bill Thompson on "Digital Planet" from the BBC World Service.

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