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[[File:World Cultural Heritage Site.jpg|thumb|A visual presented supporting Wikipedia's listing at the Wikimedia Conference Berlin 2011]]
'''Wikipedia for World Heritage''' refers to the efforts put forth to get [[Wikipedia]] listed as a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage site]]. The idea was originally proposed to the [[Wikimedia chapter]] by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] at the 2011 Wikimedia Conference in Berlin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2011/Documentation/Common_Project_I:_10_years_Wikipedia|title=Wikimedia Conference 2011/Documentation/Common Project I: 10 years Wikipedia|publisher=Wikimedia Meta-Wiki|accessdate=27 May 2011}}</ref><ref name="O'Brien">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/technology/23wikipedia.html|title=Worthy Online Resource, but Global Cultural Treasure?|last=O'Brien|first=Kevin J.|date=23 May 2011|work=The New York Times|accessdate=27 May 2011}}</ref> An online petition was started at the German Wikipedia on May 23, 2011.<ref name="Williams">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/8538333/Wikipedia-seeks-World-Heritage-Site-status.html|title=Wikipedia seeks World Heritage Site status|last=Williams|first=Christopher|date=May 26, 2011|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|accessdate=27 May 2011}}</ref> The bid is considered to be the first for a digital entity and is expected to be controversial with the list's maintainers who are notably conservative.<ref name="O'Brien"/>
[[Jimbo Wales]] has stated that "the basic idea is to recognize that Wikipedia is this amazing global cultural phenomena that has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people."<ref name="O'Brien"/>
If Wikipedia fails to get listed as a World Heritage site, it has been suggested that they apply for [[UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists]].<ref name="Williams"/>
==References==
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[[Category:UNESCO]]
[[Category:Wikipedia]]
{{Wikipedia-stub}}
[[File:World Cultural Heritage Site.jpg|thumb|A visual presented supporting Wikipedia's listing at the Wikimedia Conference Berlin 2011]]
'''Wikipedia for World Heritage''' refers to the efforts put forth to get [[Wikipedia]] listed as a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage site]]. The idea was originally proposed to the [[Wikimedia chapter]] by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] at the 2011 Wikimedia Conference in Berlin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2011/Documentation/Common_Project_I:_10_years_Wikipedia|title=Wikimedia Conference 2011/Documentation/Common Project I: 10 years Wikipedia|publisher=Wikimedia Meta-Wiki|accessdate=27 May 2011}}</ref><ref name="O'Brien">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/technology/23wikipedia.html|title=Worthy Online Resource, but Global Cultural Treasure?|last=O'Brien|first=Kevin J.|date=23 May 2011|work=The New York Times|accessdate=27 May 2011}}</ref> An online petition was started at the German Wikipedia on May 23, 2011.<ref name="Williams">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/8538333/Wikipedia-seeks-World-Heritage-Site-status.html|title=Wikipedia seeks World Heritage Site status|last=Williams|first=Christopher|date=May 26, 2011|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|accessdate=27 May 2011}}</ref> The bid is considered to be the first for a digital entity and is expected to be controversial with the list's maintainers who are notably conservative.<ref name="O'Brien"/>
[[Jimbo Wales]] has stated that "the basic idea is to recognize that Wikipedia is this amazing global cultural phenomena that has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people."<ref name="O'Brien"/>
If Wikipedia fails to get listed as a World Heritage site, it has been suggested that they apply for [[UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists]].<ref name="Williams"/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:UNESCO]]
[[Category:Wikipedia]]
{{Wikipedia-stub}}
