CONSENSUS
on
LOCALIZATION
in a multi-stakeholder community:
Wikimedia projects
as a case study
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Access to Knowledge,
Centre for Internet and Society
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L10N
Product translation
Cultural adaptation
Product
Translation
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L10N
Localized strings
Consensus
Community
Acceptance
Conflict
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A Bed Of Coals (cartoon).jpg, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1904-01-14/ed-1/seq-2/ (The Tacoma Times) (PD-US)
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Mavrak.jpg by Emy Mostar (CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Distant tragedies - Phillip mourning the sinking of his model boat, New Brighton, Merseyside, 1959 - Flickr - PhillipC.jpg, Phillip Capper, CC-BY-2.0
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'In Medio Tutissimus', cartoon from Punch, 1874 Wellcome L0002746.jpg, Wellcome Images, CC-BY 4.0
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HOW?
All behind you Winston.jpg, David Low, PD-NZ
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Consensus among three Wikipedians.svg, Images: Jelly Helm. Diagram: Rodney Dunican and Sage Ross, CC-BY-SA 3.0
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Consensus among three Wikipedians.svg, Images: Jelly Helm. Diagram: Rodney Dunican and Sage Ross, CC-BY-SA 3.0
GUIDELINES
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TanjoreDollDance.gif, WikiGlider, CC-BY-SA-3.0
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