English subtitles for clip: File:Katherine greeting for Litteraturhuset Wikipedians.webm

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Hello Litteraturhuset Wikipedians,
my name is Katherine Maher,

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and I'm the Executive Director
of the Wikimedia Foundation,

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the organization that supports Wikipedia.

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While I'm based in San Francisco,
I'm really excited to come to you today

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to congratulate you
on all the incredible work

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that you have been doing
at the Litteraturhuset in Gothenburg.

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Every week for the past five years
you have met for fika

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and to engage around questions
of representation of women on Wikipedia.

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You have edited articles

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and made Wikipedia a more inclusive
and welcoming space for women.

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In fact, some of the articles that you
have edited have been so successful

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and your efforts overall so successful

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that those articles have attained
the highest quality rating on Wikipedia,

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rising to become featured articles
which is a true honor and accomplishment.

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I am so grateful for
all the work that you've done

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not just in increasing the amount
of content about women on Wikipedia

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but also in focusing
on how to make Wikipedia

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a more inclusive and welcoming
space for women overall.

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Not just closing the gap in content,

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but also closing the gap
in terms of women's participation.

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In doing so, you have joined a tradition
and series of efforts around the globe

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including the WikiMujeres project
in the Spanish-speaking communities

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and Wiki Women in Red on English Wikipedia

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as all of us come together to think about

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how to make Wikipedia
a more inclusive space.

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So today on International
Women's Day, March 8th,

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I can't tell you how excited I am
to come to you

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and say thank you for all of the work
that you've done.

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I can't imagine a better day, in fact,
to acknowledge and celebrate this work.

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Thank you for five incredible years

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and I really look forward
to what you'll do in the next five.