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[[Image:Wikimedia.png|framed|right|200px|''Logo of the Wikimedia foundation, designed by Wikipedia user "Neolux"'']] |
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The '''Wikimedia Foundation Inc.''' is the parent organization of [[Wikipedia]], [[Wiktionary]], [[Wikiquote]], [[Wikibooks]], [[Wikisource]], [http://sep11.wikipedia.org/ In Memoriam 9/11] and [[Nupedia]]. It is a [[non-profit]] corporation organized under the laws of [[Florida]], [[United States|USA]]. Its existence was officially announced by former [[Bomis]] CEO and Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimbo Wales]] on [[June 20]], [[2003]]. |
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==The goals of the foundation== |
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The goals of the foundation are to maintain and develop [[open content]], [[wiki]]-based projects and to provide the full contents of those projects to the public [[gratis|free of charge]]. In addition to managing the already developed multilingual general [[encyclopedia]] ''Wikipedia'', there is a multi-language [[dictionary]] and [[thesaurus]] named Wiktionary, an encyclopedia of [[quotations]] named Wikiquote and a collection of [[e-book]] resources aimed specifically toward students (such as [[textbook]]s and annotated [[public domain]] books) named Wikibooks. The Foundation also manages a memorial collection of articles about the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|Sept. 11. attacks]] and the operations of the largely dormant Nupedia project (which is not a wiki but is open content). The continued growth of each of the Wikimedia projects is dependent on [http://wikimediafoundation.org/fundraising donations]. The Wikimedia Foundation aims to increase revenue by finding alternative means of financing, including [[federal grant|grant]]s and sponsorship. |
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{{WMFAbout}} |
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==Todo== |
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*Rephrase the content (perhaps make a sub page for the history) |
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*fix the links |
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*The new page should explain what the Foundation Wikimedia is about, with in particular links to "projects" supported, links to charter. |
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*Should be in several languages (go hunt for versions in other languages) |
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*Organisation of the Foundation |
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* Board |
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**#Add a page to define current board and how it was elected. Description of each trustee (transparency) |
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**Meetings |
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**Reports |
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*Legal records: bylaws, AoI, Public Record, 501(c)(3), RfS |
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**By-laws (link to non-pdf version) |
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*Members |
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*Committees |
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*Official positions |
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*Org chart |
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*links to finance, budget (which will also be available from membership and donation main pages) |
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etc... |
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Latest revision as of 11:53, 31 March 2024
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