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Five years in, Wikimedia Enterprise is one of the ways we get AI and big tech to stop putting strain on the free and open web.

Wikipedia is the backbone of knowledge on the internet, the only top-ten website operated by a non-profit, and maintained by nearly 260,000 volunteer contributors worldwide. As the UK's Online Safety Act is implemented, the Wikimedia Foundation is working to safeguard Wikipedia, its volunteers, and the open internet.

Volunteers at the second UN Open Source Week edit-a-thon, co-hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia NYC at UN headquarters, created 60 new Wikipedia articles and made nearly 700 edits on UN and open source topics.

For the sixth time, China's veto has blocked the Wikimedia Foundation from permanent observer status at WIPO, the UN's intellectual property body.

Three African journalists win the Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards for stories on migration, youth sports, and maternal health.

Add to your knowledge every day to earn a prize and bragging rights with a new Reading Challenge, featuring Baby Globe, Wikipedia’s 25th birthday mascot.

The Wikimedia Foundation celebrates becoming a member of the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA).

Now on its 16th edition, Wiki Loves Monuments still retains its crown as the world’s largest photo contest. Each year since 2010, photographers from around the globe have come together to celebrate cultural heritage through their camera lens—and donate it all to benefit Wikimedia’s freely shared knowledge.  Despite Wiki Loves Monuments’ size and scope, it….

If you just had a quick glance at the above image, you might think it was a screenshot from the latest hit show or nature documentary. But no—it’s one of the winners of this year’s Wiki Loves Earth photo contest. For more than a decade, this volunteer-organized competition has been capturing the breathtaking essence of….

From February 2 to March 1, 2026 African journalists can self nominate stories that help expand knowledge about Africa on Wikipedia.