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Did you know?
Did you know Wikimedia Commons is a multimedia repository which hosts over multimedia files?

Wikimedia volunteer Brianna Laugher introduces Wikimedia Commons to you:

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons.

''Founded just three years ago as a way to avoid uploading the same image to 200 different wikis, Wikimedia Commons began as a central media repository, making life more convenient for Wikimedia editors. Since then it has grown rapidly into a multilingual community of photographers, illustrators, scanners, audio editors, translators, organisers and annotators.''

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Annual Report
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Wikimania 2009
The Foundation has announced that Wikimania 2009 will be held in Buenos Aires.

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