From the MT:
“Russia Plans Its Own Version of
Wikipedia by 2023”
Russia is aiming to roll out an
online encyclopedia in three years with a readership five times the size of
Wikipedia’s, the RBC news website reported Wednesday, citing procurement
documents.Russia has been planning to create its own version of Wikipedia to
ensure Russians have access to more "detailed and reliable"
information about their country since as far back as 2014. Russia previously
attempted to block Wikipedia over an article containing instructions on how to
prepare a type of cannabis drug. The 2 billion ruble ($30 million) project is
expected to launch at the tail end of 2022, RBC reported. The online
encyclopedia will reportedly contain more than 80,000 articles from the
35-volume Great Russian Encyclopedia. Procurement documents analyzed by RBC
state that Russian Wikipedia will need to have the capacity to handle 15
million unique visitors every day. For comparison, under 3 million Russian
users visited Wikipedia.org every day in July 2019. Registered users will
reportedly be able to propose new entries, but an expert community will have
final say on whether to expand and update the encyclopedia.
^ This seems like a waste of the
$30 Million that could go to help the millions upon millions of ordinary
Russian citizens living just at or below the poverty line. ^
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/10/09/russia-plans-its-own-version-of-wikipedia-by-2023-a67663
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