Participate – Wikimedia Foundation

Wikimedia projects are made by volunteers. Like you.

Editors contribute new articles and improve current articles. Developers write and debug the code that makes the wikis go. Galleries, libraries, archives, and museums share their collections and expertise. All of us have knowledge to share. Here’s how to join our global community.

Get involved as a Wikipedia editor

No previous experience is needed to start editing Wikipedia. Visit the Teahouse for a friendly place to learn about editing. Veteran editors answer questions and help new editors become accustomed to Wikipedia culture.

Join an event or online community

Edit-a-thons and WikiProjects bring people with similar interests together to create and improve Wikipedia articles around a common theme. There are frequent workshops to train new editors.

Find your local Wikimedia community

There are over 170 active Wikimedia affiliates around the world. Each supports Wikimedia projects within a geographical region or thematic area. Find yours.

Contribute your coding skills

Our global technical community welcomes volunteer developers of all levels. We host hundreds of software projects in many different domains. It’s easy to get involved.

Galleries, libraries, archives and museums

Wikimedia projects offer GLAMs and other institutions a powerful platform to share digital collections, institutional knowledge, and expertise with the public.

Share your institution’s knowledge

180+

active Wikimedia affiliates around the world

local Wikimedia chapters around the globe, with at least one on every inhabited continent

300+

languages represented across all Wikipedias

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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

Advocacy Events Wikimedia Foundation

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….