Wikipedia Challenge: Become a Contemporary Encyclopedist!

Α competition of collaborative encyclopedia entries for Wikipedia.

The 200-year anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821 as well as Wikipedia’s twentieth birthday are a double inspiration for the Panhellenic School Competition for Encyclopedia Entry Writing, organized by the Onassis Foundation and the Onassis Library.

Reading archives and exploring sources, teams of students from across Greece and abroad will have the opportunity to have an overview of Greek history but also of the evolution and development of encyclopedic knowledge through the digital encyclopedia Wikipedia. At the same time, the critical thinking and scientific approach required for the writing, editing and structure of encyclopedia entries will give them important tools and a stance of life: respect of different opinions, flexibility, and Internet etiquette.

Exploring the past creatively and collectively through teamwork, students will actively contribute to enriching Wikipedia, this powerful tool of education and source of information internationally, with new or translated entries for 1821 and the Greek Revolution.

The teams that will be distinguished will received praise as well as prize money in the form of free technical equipment for their schools. Are you ready to write history?

"WIKIPEDIA CHALLENGE: BECOME A CONTEMPORARY ENCYCLOPEDIST" COMPETITION – PHASE TWO DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, 25.05.2022

We would like to announce that – following requests made by a number of student teams – the Phase Two deadline for the "Wikipedia Challenge: Become a Contemporary Encyclopedist" competition has been extended to Wednesday, May 25, so that all teams have the time they need to complete and submit their encyclopedia entries.

In light of this, the competition schedule now stands as follows:

→ 25.05.2022 – Phase Two competition deadline for the submission of applications/reports pertaining to the school teams’ contributions overall.

→ 10.06.2022 – Announcement of the three student teams that have made the most extensive and highest quality contributions to Greek Wikipedia on the topic of the 1821 Greek Revolution.