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Announcing English Wikipedia’s most popular articles of 2024

Politics, sports, and movies: The 25 most-read English Wikipedia articles in 2024.

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Love Wikipedia? Get to know the nonprofit behind it

Most people don't know that Wikipedia is hosted by a nonprofit. Accurate information online is needed now more than ever, as is the work of the Wikimedia Foundation.

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7 reasons you should donate to Wikipedia

People give to Wikipedia for many different reasons. The Wikimedia Foundation ensures that every donation we receive is invested back into serving Wikipedia, Wikimedia projects, and our free knowledge mission.

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O valor da Wikipédia na era da IA generativa

Se houvesse um sistema de inteligência artificial generativa que pudesse escrever, por conta própria, todas as informações contidas na Wikipédia, seria igual à Wikipédia que temos hoje?

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Ahead of UN General Assembly, Wikipedia nonprofit calls on governments to ensure the future internet is shaped by communities for the public interest

21 September 2024, New York USA ― As UN Member States are gathering in New York for the 79th United Nations General Assembly, the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, is calling on governments and the UN to ensure that stakeholders from all sectors can work together in deciding how….

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Wikimania 2024 in Poland celebrates global volunteers who make Wikipedia and sister projects possible

The nineteenth edition of the global event will take place in Katowice, Poland (the 2024 European City of Science), from 7 - 10 August.

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Wikimedia Foundation calls on US Supreme Court to strike laws that threaten Wikipedia

The Foundation supports challenges to laws in Texas and Florida that jeopardize Wikipedia's community-led governance model and the right to freedom of expression.

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Wikimedia Foundation’s Accreditation to World Intellectual Property Organization Blocked for a Fourth Time by China

Yesterday, the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts and supports Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, was again denied accreditation as a permanent observer to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

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Wikimedia Foundation statement on volunteer processes on reliable sources

There has been recent media coverage regarding a decision by Wikipedia's volunteer community on the reliability of the Anti-Defamation League as an encyclopedic source in specific subject areas. In an effort to promote better understanding of how Wikipedia works, the Wikimedia Foundation has issued a statement.

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The Wikimedia Endowment welcomes Mayree Clark as its newest Board member 

The Wikimedia Endowment is delighted to welcome Mayree Clark as a new member of its Endowment Board. Mayree, a finance expert, will bring her extensive governance expertise to the Wikimedia Endowment, a nonprofit charitable organization providing a permanent safekeeping fund to support the Wikimedia projects in perpetuity.

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