Wikipedia’s first office outside the US is going to be in New Delhi, India.

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I think all the Internet users through out the world are well acquainted with Wikipedia, the world’s largest online encyclopedia. From a little known resource on the Web 10 years ago, Wikipedia has grown into a mammoth, ever-expanding encyclopedia with more than 19 million articles in 282 languages at last count. The vibrant global community of Wikipedians includes a good number of Indians who contribute to the resource in one way or another. And there is a growing number of Indians among them-who have taken it upon themselves to add, edit and improve Wikipedia in their spare time. According to Alexa.com, an internet information company that tracks traffic to websites, wikipedia.org ranks fifth in terms of traffic. More than 14% of global internet users visit the site at least once a day. India too has been a part of the phenomenon, so much so that Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit body which manages Wikipedia’s affairs, has decided to set up its first office outside the USA in India in her capital, New Delhi later in this year. As an Indian, I feel highly honoured at this declaration. What’s your feeling about it? Do you think it justified on the part of Wikipedia to set up its first office outside the USA in India leaving aside so many developed countries in the world?