Monday, March 15, 2010

Bebaskan Pengetahuan 2010

A writing contest on the #Indonesian #Wikipedia will introduce selected participants from 10 universities within Jakarta greater area to be trained in writing for Wikipedia and compete for three months.

"Bebaskan Pengetahuan 2010" or "Free Your Knowledge 2010" is an ambitious project that aims to bring many new quality articles from what are to be new very active users. This project will pit contestants from 10 Indonesian universities against each other to write articles that provide quality references, a neutral point of view, correct grammar, informative content, and make internet browsing in the Indonesian language a quality experience.

The project is financed by grants from among others the Ford foundation and is seeking additional donations from well wishers.The winner of this contest will visit Wikimania in Gdansk.

The participating universities are:
  • Universitas Indonesia
  • Universitas Mercubuana
  • Universitas Paramadina
  • Universitas Al-Azhar
  • Universitas Bina Nusantara
  • Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Jakarta
  • London School of Public Relation
  • Universitas Pelita Harapan
  • Institut Pertanian Bogor
  • Universitas Atma Jaya 
Thanks,
      GerardM

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