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{{Short description|Sculpture in Poland}}
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| title = ''Wikipedia Monument''
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| image_file = File:Wikipedia Monument 2.JPG
| caption =
| alt = Four figures stand in a circle holding up the symbol of Wikipedia, which consists of a globe made of jigsaw pieces, with few pieces missing, symbolizing that the work of the encyclopedia will never be finished
| other_language_1 = Polish
| other_title_1 = Pomnik Wikipedii
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| artist = [[Mihran Hakobyan]]
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| year = {{start date|2014|10|22|df=y}}
| type = Sculpture
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* [[Fiberglass]]
* [[resin]]
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| subject = [[Wikipedia community]]
| height_metric = 250
| width_metric = 60
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| city = [[Słubice]], [[Poland]]
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| coordinates = {{coord|52|20|57.5|N|14|33|37.3|E|region:PL|display=inline, title}}
| owner = Słubice regional authorities
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The '''''Wikipedia Monument''''' ({{lang-pl|Pomnik Wikipedii}}), located in [[Słubice]], [[Poland]], is a statue designed by [[Armenians|Armenian]] sculptor [[Mihran Hakobyan]] honoring [[Wikipedia community|Wikipedia contributors]]. It was unveiled in Frankfurt Square (Plac Frankfurcki) on 22 October 2014 in a ceremony that included representatives from both local [[Wikimedia chapter]]s and the [[Wikimedia Foundation]].

==Description==
The monument depicts four nude figures holding aloft a globe based on the [[Logo of Wikipedia|Wikipedia logo]],<ref name=ABC/> reaching over {{convert|2|m|spell=in}} up.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/185125,Worlds-first-Wikipedia-monument-unveiled-in-Poland|title=World's first Wikipedia monument unveiled in Poland|publisher=thenews.pl|accessdate=24 October 2014 |language=}}</ref><ref name=telegraph/> The [[Fiberglass|fiber]]-and-[[resin]] statue was designed by Armenian-born artist Mihran Hakobyan, who graduated from Collegium Polonicum.<ref name=ABC/><ref name=telegraph>{{cite news | title=Polish town to build statue honouring Wikipedia | last=Day | first=Matthew | date=10 October 2014 | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/11153603/Polish-town-to-build-statue-honouring-Wikipedia.html | accessdate=11 October 2014 }}</ref><ref name=PR>{{cite web|title=Poland to unveil world's first Wikipedia monument|url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/183717,Poland-to-unveil-worlds-first-Wikipedia-monument|publisher=Polskie Radio|accessdate=9 October 2014}}</ref> It cost about 50,000 [[Polish złoty|złotys]] (approximately $13,500; 11,700 euros) and was funded by [[Gmina Słubice, Lubusz Voivodeship|Słubice regional]] authorities.<ref name=ABC/><ref name=PR/><ref name=sb/>

==History==
The monument was suggested around 2010<ref name=sb/> by {{Interlanguage link multi|Krzysztof Wojciechowski|pl|3=Krzysztof Wojciechowski (filozof i socjolog)|vertical-align=sup}}, a university professor and director of the {{Interlanguage link multi|Collegium Polonicum|pl|3=Collegium Polonicum w Słubicach|vertical-align=sup}} in Słubice.<ref name=ABC>{{cite news|title=Poland to Honor Wikipedia With Monument|url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/poland-honor-wikipedia-monument-26069258|accessdate=9 October 2014|publisher=ABC News|date=9 October 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011113635/http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/poland-honor-wikipedia-monument-26069258|archivedate=11 October 2014}}</ref> [[Polish Wikipedia]] is a popular website in Poland and, with over a million articles, the 12th-largest Wikipedia in the world.<ref name=PR/><ref name=MetaList>[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias List of Wikipedias – Meta]. Retrieved 8 September 2014.</ref> According to Piotr Łuczynski, deputy mayor, the memorial "will highlight the town’s importance as an academic centre".<ref name=PR/> A [[Wikimedia Polska]] representative stated that the organization hopes that this project will "raise awareness of the website and encourage people to contribute."<ref name=telegraph/>

It was unveiled on 22 October 2014,<ref name=ABC/> on the {{Interlanguage link multi|Plac Frankfurcki|pl|3=Plac Frankfurcki w Słubicach|vertical-align=sup}},<ref name=telegraph/><ref name=sb>{{cite web|url=http://www.strefabiznesu.gazetalubuska.pl/artykul/w-nowosolskim-malpolu-powstaje-pierwszy-na-swiecie-pomnik-wikipedii|title=W nowosolskim Malpolu powstaje pierwszy na świecie pomnik Wikipedii|date=10 October 2014|accessdate=13 October 2014|language=Polish}}</ref> becoming the world's first monument to the online encyclopedia.<ref name=PR/> Representatives from the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] as well as from the Wikimedia chapters for Poland and Germany ({{lang|pl|Wikimedia Polska}} and {{lang|de|Wikimedia Deutschland}}, respectively) attended the dedication ceremony.<ref name=PR/><ref>{{cite web|title=Slubice: Polnische Stadt setzt Wikipedia ein Denkmal|url=http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/wikipedia-polnische-stadt-will-online-lexikon-ein-denkmal-setzen-a-996324.html|work=Der Spiegel|accessdate=10 October 2014|language=German}}</ref> [[Dariusz Jemielniak]], a professor of management, Wikimedia activist, and an author of ''Common Knowledge? An Ethnography of Wikipedia'', delivered an opening ceremony address.<ref name=gw>{{cite web |url=http://gorzow.gazeta.pl/gorzow/1,36844,16746877,Wikipedia_na_cokoly__W_Slubicach_bedzie_miala_pomnik.html |title=Wikipedia na cokoły! W Słubicach będzie miała pomnik |date=21 October 2014|accessdate=21 October 2014|language=Polish}}</ref>

==Inscription==
<blockquote>With this monument the citizens of Słubice would like to pay homage to thousands of anonymous editors all over the world, who have contributed voluntarily to the creation of Wikipedia, the greatest project co-created by people regardless of political, religious or cultural borders. In the year this monument is unveiled Wikipedia is available in more than 280 languages and contains about 30 million articles. The benefactors behind this monument feel certain that with Wikipedia as one of its pillars the knowledge society will be able to contribute to the sustainable development of our civilization, social justice and peace among nations.<ref>{{cite news |others=Adamski, Daniel, photographer |date=2014-10-22 |title=Photograph of the Wikipedia monument inscription |website=gorzow.gazeta.pl |url=http://gorzow.gazeta.pl/gorzow/51,36844,16849625.html?i=20 |agency=Agencja Gazeta |accessdate=2014-10-22}}</ref></blockquote>

<gallery class="center">
Celebration of the Wikipedia monument in Słubice – talk (DerHexer) 04.jpg|Symposium in the Collegium Polonicum
Celebration of the Wikipedia monument in Słubice – unveiling (DerHexer) 11.jpg|Unveiling of the ''Wikipedia Monument''
Enthüllung des Wikipedia-Denkmals 3.webm|Video of the unveiling
Celebration of the Wikipedia monument in Słubice – unveiling (DerHexer) 18.jpg|Representatives and persons responsible at the unveiling
</gallery>

==Statement from Jimmy Wales==

{{quote|When Wikipedia started back in 2001 I have to say that I never imagined a day when Wikipedia would be honored with a monument {{ndash}} we write about them, we photograph them with our Wiki Loves Monuments competition, and now we have a monument of our own. It is a truly special and exciting day, and one that I hope shines the spotlight on the thousands of Wikimedians who edit Wikipedia and make it the source of free knowledge it has come to be. I look forward to visiting Słubice one day to see the monument for myself and perhaps meeting some of those involved in the project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/First-ever_Wikipedia_Monument_unveiled_in_Poland|title=Press releases: First-ever Wikipedia Monument unveiled in Poland|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|date=22 October 2014|accessdate=25 October 2014 |language=}}</ref>|[[Jimmy Wales]], the co-founder of Wikipedia, on the occasion of the unveiling}}{{Clear}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Wikipedia Monument}}
*[https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/First-ever_Wikipedia_Monument_unveiled_in_Poland Press release: First-ever Wikipedia Monument unveiled in Poland], Wikimedia Foundation

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