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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:

Individuals with a registered Wikimedia account are able to edit user and talk pages as well as contribute to translations.

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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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Projects of the Wikimedia Foundation

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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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	Wikimedia Foundation Official Wikimedia Foundation website
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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-The Wikimedia Foundation is the parent organization of some of the largest collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], the award-winning online encyclopedia. Other online projects include [http://www.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page Wiktionary], a multilingual dictionary; [http://wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks_portal Wikibooks], a collection of free content textbooks; [http://wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikiquote], a repository of famous quotes; and [http://sources.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource], a repository for primary source material.
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