Thank you so much for your kind help on this, everyone! We have connected the journalist to a community member in Brazil who volunteered to speak on this subject. I hope we will have more chances like this to work together in the future.
Best, Sam On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Samantha Lien <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm sorry in advance for not being able to write this in Portuguese. My > name is Sam, and I work on the Communications team at the Wikimedia > Foundation. It's very nice to 'meet' you all! > > We recently received an interview request from a journalist at Folha de S. > Paulo who'd like to speak to someone about the Encyclopedia of Diderot > and D'Alembert translation project underway by the University of São Paulo > State in Brazil. Specifically, she'd like to speak to someone in the > community about this encyclopedia's relation to Wikipedia. > > Here are some of the questions she'd like to ask: > > *How would you describe Wikipedia and its role in society today?* > > *Do you see similarities between Wikipedia and other projects of > Enciclopedias, like Britannica, Barsa or even the Diderot and D'Alembert's > Enciclopedia?* > > *Do you feel, or think, that Wikipedia has a political role?* > > We wanted to reach out to this group to see if anyone would be interested > in speaking with the reporter about this project. We'd be happy to provide > any support needed in the interview process including media tips, talking > points, etc. > > As of now we can only connect the journalist with one participant, but > we'll be sure to reach out to this group should another interview > opportunity come along. Feel free to respond to this thread or me directly > if you have further questions or are interested in taking this opportunity. > I will let the group know once we have found someone to take the interview. > Thank you in advance for your cooperation and understanding! > > Best, > Sam > > -- > *Samantha Lien* > Communications | Wikimedia Foundation > 149 New Montgomery Street > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > [email protected] > > > > > > -- *Samantha Lien* Communications | Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 [email protected]
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