Annual reports
Annual reports Look back on a year in the life of the Wikimedia Foundation. What to expect Our annual reports celebrate our global community and major milestones, while highlighting how we uphold our financial obligations. 2024 – 2025 The people’s knowledge 2023 – 2024 The internet we were promised 2022 – 2023 The humans behind….
Open letter to protect Wikipedia and other public interest projects in the Global Digital Compact
A new open letter from the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, and Wikimedia affiliates around the world calls on UN Member States to protect Wikipedia and other public interest projects in the forthcoming Global Digital Compact.
Wikimedia Foundation and global communities call on UN Member States to protect Wikipedia and other public interest projects in the Global Digital Compact
New open letter calls for UN Member States to include three key commitments in the Global Digital Compact that can allow public interest projects and the people who create them to thrive.
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.
The Wikipedia Library
The Wikipedia Library Partnering the world’s top publishers with Wikipedia Get to know us Wikipedia is one of the most widely used sources of information on the internet, with more than 62 million articles in over 300 languages. All of the information on Wikipedia is curated by a global community of volunteer editors. These editors….
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.
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).
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.
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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