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Together, we are creating the most
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comprehensive encyclopedia that has ever existed
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Wikipedia.
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It’s also free; free to read, free to edit, free to share.
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It is available in more than two hundred languages
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and it’s accessible to anyone with access
to the internet or a mobile phone.
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Roughly 6 out of every 7 people today
have mobile access.
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Mobile technology is the future
of knowledge sharing.
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It has the potential to bring
Wikipedia to billions of people.
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However, despite Wikipedia’s free content,
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most people simply can’t afford
the data charges to access Wikipedia.
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That’s why the non-profit that supports
Wikipedia runs a program called Wikipedia Zero,
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which works with mobile carriers to
waive the data charges for accessing Wikipedia.
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Removing the cost of accessing
Wikipedia may sound trivial,
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but it’s one small change that
makes a huge difference.
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Students will do their homework and research careers.
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Doctors will study treatments.
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Small businesses will find knowledge to innovate.
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People will better understand their
own history, society, and culture.
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We invite mobile operators all over
the world to make knowledge truly free.
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Wikipedia belongs to all of us.
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Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet
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has equal access to the sum of all human knowledge.
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Wikipedia Zero
