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Welcome to the Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki.

This public wiki is where the Wikimedia Foundation and its related entities publish governance materials such as:

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The nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation provides the essential infrastructure for free knowledge. We host Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, created, edited, and verified by volunteers around the world, as well as many other vital community projects. All of which is made possible thanks to donations from individuals like you. We welcome anyone who shares our vision to join us in collecting and sharing knowledge that fully represents human diversity.

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Nine South Asian language communities come together to document their oral culture via Wikimedia projects (2024-04-26)
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Welcoming New Faces to AffCom: Embracing Change and Building Capacity (2024-04-26)
- Jackie Koerner
International Museum Day 2024: A call to increase museum coverage on Wikimedia (2024-04-25)
- Giovanna Fontenelle
New Board of Trustees of Wikimedia Spain elected at its last General Assembly 2024 (2024-04-25)
- Sara Santamaria WMES

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Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia	Commons Free media collection	Wikibooks Free textbooks
Wikidata Free knowledge base	Wikifunctions Free function library	Wikinews Free news source
Wikiquote Free quote compendium	Wikisource Free content library	Wikispecies Free species directory
Wikiversity Free learning resources	Wikivoyage Free travel guide	Wiktionary Free dictionary
MediaWiki Free & open wiki software		Meta-Wiki Community coordination & documentation

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Test Wikipedia For testing software changes	Wikimania The International Conference	Wikimedia Cloud Services Hosting environment for community tools
Wikimedia Incubator For language versions in development	Wikimedia Mailservices Wikimedia mailing lists	Wikimedia Outreach Wikimedia outreach wiki
Wikimedia Phabricator Issue tracker & planning tool for software projects	Wikistats Wikimedia statistics	Wikitech Wikimedia technical documentation
Wikimedia Endowment Ensuring free knowledge for future generations	Wikipedia Store Where everything Wikimedia comes to life	Wikimedia Enterprise APIs for high volume use

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-To see how best help the projects, see [[how you can help]].
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