Eleven community-led projects awarded Project Grants
Selected from a field of 26 proposals, these projects focus on software, offline outreach, and online organizing.
Wikimedia Foundation funds six Outreachy interns for round 15
Please join us in welcoming six new Outreachy interns to Wikimedia from Brazil, Cameroon, Germany, and India!
Wikipedia iOS app named an Editor’s Choice
The Wikipedia iOS app is among the newest to hold the "Editors' Choice" distinction in Apple’s App Store.
Wikimedia Foundation appoints Toby Negrin as Chief Product Officer
The Wikimedia Foundation is excited to announce the appointment of Toby Negrin as Chief Product Officer. Toby has been leading the Foundation’s product development in an interim capacity since April. He brings nearly 20 years of experience of integrating data, research, and design to produce effective and popular products. The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization….
Foundation research project learns from Czech and Korean Wikipedia communities
From May to July 2017, researchers conducted in-person interviews with 64 new and experienced editors in South Korea and the Czech Republic. The Czech and Korean Wikipedias were chosen to represent mid-sized wikis.
Matching gift grows Wikimedia Endowment by $10 million
We are excited to announce a matching gift, from Wikimedia Endowment Advisory Board member Peter Baldwin and his wife Lisbet Rausing, co-founders of the Arcadia Fund, of $5 million to the Wikimedia Endowment. Lisbet and Peter’s gift is the largest single gift to the Wikimedia Endowment to date. This grant was matched by $5 million in donations collected from….
Yale Law School and the Wikimedia Foundation create new research initiative to help preserve and protect the free exchange of information online
The Wikimedia Foundation and the Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School recently expanded their longstanding collaboration to focus on raising awareness and conducting research related to threats against intermediary liability protections. Those protections are necessary if online platforms are to remain neutral third parties hosting user-generated content.
Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA: Why we’re here and where we’re going
The Wikimedia Foundation’s mission is to support the communities of readers and contributors who share and consume information on Wikipedia and the other free-knowledge projects. Privacy and anonymity are crucial to the free sharing of knowledge. Mass surveillance erodes our privacy and individualism, and undermines our expressive and associational freedoms.
Discussing fake news and the NSA lawsuit at Yale
As part of our ongoing affiliation and collaboration with Yale Law School, members of the Foundation’s legal team recently participated in two events focused on the issue of fake news and the Wikimedia v. NSA lawsuit.
Michael Kim, investor and civic leader, joins the Wikimedia Endowment Advisory Board
Michael Kim—the founder and Managing Partner of Cendana Capital, an investment firm focused on early stage venture capital, and former trustee of the Asian Art Museum and San Francisco Employee Retirement System—has been appointed to the Wikimedia Endowment Advisory Board. Michael joins Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, venture capitalist Annette Campbell-White, philanthropist and professor Peter Baldwin, and business leader Niels….