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Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment.
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The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, a top-ten internet property.

Wikimedia Strategic Plan Our strategic priorities: Stabilize infrastructure Increase participation Improve quality Increase reach Encourage innovation Wikimedia Foundation targets for 2015: Increase the total number of people served to 1 billion Increase the number of Wikipedia articles we offer to 50 million Ensure information is high quality by increasing the percentage of material reviewed to be of high or very high quality by 25 percent Encourage readers to become contributors by increasing the number of total editors who make at least 5 edits per month to 200,000 Support healthy diversity in the editing community by doubling the percentage of female editors to 25 percent and increase the percentage of Global South editors to 37 percent Wikimedia Blog The latest news and views from the Wikimedia Foundation: Wikimedia Research Newsletter, January 2012 by Tilman Bayer (January 31, 2012) Getting ready for when the freeze is done by Gerard Meijssen (January 31, 2012) October 2011 Coding Challenge winners by Erik Möller (January 31, 2012) US National Archives turns to Wikimedia to help release new JFK assassination discovery by Dominic (January 30, 2012) Beta cluster allows Wikimedians to test upcoming software on Labs before deployment by hexmode (January 28, 2012) Readers compare Wikipedia favorably with most major websites by Ayush Khanna (January 28, 2012) See blog posts from the Wikimedia community on Planet Wikimedia. You can also follow us on Twitter or identi.ca. Job openings Wikimedia's content is written by volunteers. Wikimedia Foundation staff and contractors work in technical operations, software development, global community programs, finance/administration and fundraising. Current openings Global Development: Communications Intern Wikimedia Merchandise Manager Mobile Partner Development Technical Manager Administration: Head of Office Administration Community: Summer Community Analytics Technology: Senior Software Engineer Frontend Systems Engineer - Data Analytics Software Developer Backend Software Developer Frontend Director of Features Engineering Software Developer, Mobile Software Security Engineer Interaction Designer Operations Engineer Call for independent contractors Technology: Executive Dashboard - Analytics XML Dumps Help Mobile UI/UX Redesign Mobile QA Human Resources: Engineering Recruiter Global Development: Global Education Program Consultant Global Education Program Online Communications Contractor Brazil National Program Director See the Job openings page for more information. Follow Wikimedia HR updates on Twitter or identi.ca.

2010–11 Annual Report Read the 2010–11 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Report 2011–12 Annual Plan Read the Foundation's 2011–12 Annual financial plan, which also includes strategic targets, activities, and staffing overview. 2011–12 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan (PDF) 2011–12 Annual Plan Questions and Answers Latest reports Wikimedia Foundation report and Wikimedia Highlights for December 2011 Metrics report card for November 2011 (being overhauled) Engineering report for December 2011 Website availability status dashboard Receive reports and announcements by e-mail Latest press releases Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation partner to offer Wikipedia in Africa and the Middle East at no extra cost More than 70 million Orange customers in Africa and the Middle East (AMEA) with mobile access can access Wikipedia with no data charges. Read more (24 Jan 2012) Statement from the Wikimedia Foundation regarding developments in Washington on SOPA and PIPA Comments from Sue Gardner in response to developments in Washington this morning. Read more (20 Jan 2012) Wikipedia blackout affirms overwhelming support for free and open Internet Millions “Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge” and act to oppose SOPA/PIPA Read more (18 Jan 2012) English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA The Wikipedia community has chosen to protest against proposed legislation in the United States — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. Read more (16 Jan 2012) Wikimedia Foundation Rings In New Year With Record-breaking Fundraiser This year's annual campaign raised a record-breaking USD 20 million from more than one million donors in nearly every country in the world. Read more (2 Jan 2012) See current events for more information. Support us The Wikimedia Foundation relies heavily on the generous support from our users. Please consider making a donation today, be it time or money. The benefactors page is dedicated to some of the companies and individuals helping to sustain the Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia Foundation does not necessarily endorse the activities of its Corporate Benefactors. The Wikimedia Foundation is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States, and donations from US citizens are tax deductible. Donations made by citizens of other countries may also be tax deductible. Please see deductibility of donations for details. Please see our fundraising page for details of making donations via PayPal, MoneyBookers, postal mail or direct deposit. For all other types of donations, please contact us. Transparency The Wikimedia Foundation is proud to be one of the most transparent non-profit organizations in the world. For updates about our program activities and our Annual Report, see the other links on this page. Additionally, we provide the following information: Core financial information. On the financial reports page, you will find audited financial statements, detailed financial plans, and our form 990. Board meeting minutes and outcomes. The Wikimedia Board of Trustees is the ultimate corporate authority in the Wikimedia Foundation. On the meetings and resolutions pages, you will find information about its decisions. Policies and procedures. Beyond key policies like the Privacy Policy, Donor Privacy Policy and Trademark Policy, we publish all other key policies and procedures governing Wikimedia operations. Wikimedia Foundation staff regularly participate in open office hours on IRC (an online chat system). Our fundraising work is public and community-driven as well. If you'd like to jump right in, visit the community fundraising landing page.

Projects of the Wikimedia Foundation (read more...)

 

	Wikipedia Free encyclopedia			Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus			Wikinews Free content news source
	Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals			Wikiquote Collection of quotations			Wikisource Free source documents
	Wikiversity Free learning tools			Wikispecies Directory of species			Commons Shared media repository

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Privacy policy: If you browse the Wikimedia project websites, we gather no more information than is typically collected in server logs. If you contribute to the Wikimedia projects, you are publishing every word you post publicly. You should assume that anything you write will be retained forever. This includes articles, user pages, talk pages and other pages on the websites. See the official policy for full details.