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From mismanagement and bickering to funds misuse and unequal representation, here’s how things ended for a once-promising collective in the open knowledge movement
An assembly of nearly 1,000 people seems inconsequential in a megapolis bursting at the seams. But for the Wikimedia cognoscenti thronging the neo-Gothic, stained glass splendour of Mumbai University’s convocation hall, 18 November 2011 was at once Anno Domini and a Calling of the Disciples—the day WikiConference, India’s first-ever (and flagship) Wikimedia event kicked off. Wikimedians from across the world congregated in Mumbai to enthuse about India’s role in the open knowledge movement. One of them was the man himself: Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia and its non-profit parent, the Wikimedia Foundation, or WMF.
Just 10 months earlier, his foundation …
The Supreme Court set aside a Delhi High Court ruling that asked Wikipedia to remove an article about court proceedings in a case filed by ANI.
Despite questions swirling around the verity of the online encyclopedia’s content, its open-edit model ensures checks are built in.
Acquisition talks with Airtel have fallen through and India’s oldest music streaming company is making a last, frantic attempt to survive a while longer.
