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Wikimedia Foundation announces new CFOO; Heads of Business Development and Communications The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of three new staff members: Veronique Kessler, Chief Financial and Operating Officer (CFOO); Kul Takanao Wadhwa, Head of Business Development; and Jay Walsh, Head of Communications. Read more (29 January 2008)

 Wikimedia Picture of the Year 2007, "Broadway Tower in Cotswolds, England" by Newton2 Wikimedia Commmons announces Picture of the Year 2007 The Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee has announced the result of annual Picture of the Year competition, 2007. The winner is Broadway Tower in Cotswolds, England. photographed by an English Wikipedia contributor Newton2. Voting was in two rounds and in the first round 665 voted for 514 images. The top 28 made it to the final, where 919 voted. Congratulations to all the contributors who helped create these beautiful works and made them available to the world as free content. See more (27 January 2008)

Wikimedia Foundation and UNU-MERIT announce First Survey of Wikipedians The Wikimedia Foundation and the Collaborative Creativity Group at UNU-MERIT [a joint research and training centre of United Nations University (UNU) and Maastricht University] are pleased to announce a collaboration to conduct the first-ever, comprehensive Wikipedia survey. Read more (24 January 2008)

The Cape Town Open Education Declaration Launched Today The Cape Town Open Education Declaration, launched today, is part of a dynamic effort to make learning and teaching materials available to everyone online, regardless of income or geographic location. The Declaration is supported by an international coalition of foundations, educators, and internet pioneers. Read more (22 January 2008)

Wikipedia Invites Users to Take Part in Open, Collaborative Video Experiment The Wikimedia Foundation, Kaltura and WikiEducator have announced a beta program to allow users to create collaborative video and other forms of rich media. Under this project, users will be invited to test new functionality that could one day enable Wikipedia articles to include collaboratively created video, audio, animations, and slideshows as well as text and images. Read more (17 January 2008)

Wikipedia Celebrates its Seventh Birthday It's Wikipedia's birthday!! Founded on January 15, 2001, Wikipedia has become one of the world's ten most visited websites, and the fastest growing, most current encyclopedia ever created. Currently, the website has nine million articles in over two hundred and fifty languages. Read more (14 January 2008)

Deputy Director Hired The Wikimedia Foundation today announced the appointment of Erik Moeller as Deputy Director, effective January 10, 2008. Read more (9 January 2008)