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+== 2012 ==
+{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2012-12|{{News-en/2012-12}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2012-11|{{News-en/2012-11}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2012-10|{{News-en/2012-10}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2012-09|{{News-en/2012-09}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2012-08|{{News-en/2012-08}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2012-07|{{News-en/2012-07}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2012-06|{{News-en/2012-06}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2012-05|{{News-en/2012-05}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2012-04|{{News-en/2012-04}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2012-03|{{News-en/2012-03}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2012-02|'''Telenor and the Wikimedia Foundation partner to offer Wikipedia free to mobile customers in Asia and Southeastern Europe'''<br />
+Up to 135 million Telenor customers in Asia and Southeastern Europe with mobile access can access Wikipedia without incurring data charges.
+[[Press releases/Telenor_and_WMF_partner_on_Wikipedia_mobile|Read more]] (28 Feb 2012)
+----<!-- {{News-en/2012-02}} -->}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2012-01|'''Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation partner to offer Wikipedia in Africa and the Middle East at no extra cost'''<br />
-=== April 2005 ===
+More than 70 million Orange customers in Africa and the Middle East (AMEA) with mobile access can access Wikipedia with no data charges.
-*'''U.S. Internal Revenue Service grants 501(c)(3) status to Wikimedia Foundation'''.
+[[Press releases/Orange_and_WMF_partner_on_Wikipedia_mobile|Read more]] (24 Jan 2012)
-*:The Wikimedia Foundation has finally been classified as a public charity and granted 501(c)(3) (tax exempt) status by the [[w:U.S. Internal Revenue Service|IRS]]. [[Fundraising|Donations]] to the Foundation are now tax deductible. We our qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts. The effective date of the exemption is June 20, 2003 (the date on which the Foundation was created) and the  status is fully retroactive.  ''<small>[[User:Angela|Angela Beesley]]</small>''.
+----
-*'''The Board approves privacy policy.'''
-*:The [[Privacy policy]] on all Wikimedia projects was approved by the board at the last board meeting. It will be translated in all languages and made visible to users and visitors over the next few weeks. ''<small>[[User:Anthere|Florence Devouard]]</small>''.
+'''Statement from the Wikimedia Foundation regarding developments in Washington on SOPA and PIPA'''<br />
-*'''Yahoo! supports Wikimedia.'''
+Comments from Sue Gardner in response to developments in Washington this morning.
-*:The [[About Wikimedia|Wikimedia Foundation]] and [http://yahoo.com Yahoo!] announced on April 7, 2005 that they have reached an agreement by which Yahoo will provide hosting capacity to Wikimedia.
+[[Press releases/Statement_on_Jan_20_events_in_Washington|Read more]] (20 Jan 2012)
-*:Yahoo!'s donation is a gesture of support for the charitable goals of the Wikimedia Foundation, and does not imply any ownership of the content. Yahoo! does not expect Wikimedia to host advertisements in return for this support.''<small>[[User:Anthere|Florence Devouard]]</small>''. ''[[Press releases/Wikimedia announces Yahoo support|Read the whole of press release]]''
+----
-*'''Wikimania 2005 is waiting for you.'''
-*:Wikimania 2005, The First International Wikimedia Conference will be held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from 4 August 2005 to 8 August 2005.  It will be an insanely good time.  All contributors and fans of the Wikimedia projects are encouraged to attend.  Find out more at http://wikimania.wikimedia.org ''<small>[[User:Elian|Elisabeth Bauer]]</small>''
+'''Wikipedia blackout affirms overwhelming support for free and open Internet'''<br />
+Millions "Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge" and act to oppose SOPA/PIPA
+[[Press releases/Wikipedia blackout supports free and open internet|Read more]] (18 Jan 2012)
+----
-=== March 2005 ===
+'''English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA'''<br />
-*'''Wikiquote reaches 10,000 articles.'''
+The Wikipedia community has chosen to protest against proposed legislation in the United States — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. [[Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_to_go_dark|Read more]] (16 Jan 2012)
-*:As of March 25, [[Our projects#Wikiquote|Wikiquote]] has 10,000 articles in total, 21 months after its inception on July 2003.
-*:Other Wikimedia project milestones on March -- 100 articles: [[:scn:|Sicilian Wikipedia]], [http://os.wikipedia.org Ossetian Wikipedia], [[:br:|Berton Wikipedia]], [[:pl:n:Strona główna|Polish Wikinews]], [[:hy:|Armenian Wikipedia]], [[:pt:q:Página principal|Portuguese Wikiquote]] and [[:ka:|Georgian Wikipedia]]. 1,000 articles: [[:th:|Thai Wikipedia]].
+----
-*'''The second issue of the Wikimedia Quarto was released.'''
+'''Wikimedia Foundation Rings In New Year With Record-breaking Fundraiser'''<br />
-*:[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Quarto/2/En-1 Wikimedia Quarto], covering the last quarter of 2004, was released last Saturday, March 19. The ''[[Wikimedia Quarto]]'' was begun in September 2004 as the official newsletter of the Wikimedia Foundation. For this issue, ''Quarto'' editor-in-chief Samuel Klein tracked down Stanford law professor [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Quarto/2/En-5 Lawrence Lessig], founder and chairman of [[w:en:Creative Commons]], for an exclusive interview. In a whirlwind session, Lessig talked about copyright, copyleft, barriers to free culture, legal pitfalls for Wikipedia, and fighting the good fight. '''''[[User:Anthere|Florence Devouard]]'''''.
+This year's annual campaign raised a record-breaking US$20 million from more than one million donors in nearly every country in the world. [[Press releases/Wikimedia Foundation Rings In New Year With Record-breaking Fundraiser|Read more]] (2 Jan 2012)
+----<!-- {{News-en/2012-01}} -->}}
-*'''Wikimedia server was down for several hours on 17 March.'''
-*:On 17 March there was read only service for several hours after a disk drive used for logging on the master database server became full. Monitoring tools showed combined space for all drives and the last human check of that drive alone showed apparently sufficient space available. Improved montoring and larger disk drives are being obtained. '''''James Day''''' <br>
-[[w:en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-03-21/Database disk space|''More downtime analysis.'']]
+== 2011 ==
-*'''Wikimédia France launches officially.'''
+{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2011-12|{{News-en/2011-12}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2011-11|'''Brin Wojcicki Foundation Announces $500,000 Grant to Wikimedia'''<br />
-*:[[m:Wikimédia France|Wikimédia France]], the french chapter of Wikimedia, has been officially created and recognized as a non-profit entity. The chapter can now open bank accounts, be brought to courts by disgruntled trolls, and offer tax breaks to donors.  A vote for membership fees has been completed.  Amendments to the bylaws are being written for next month's General Assembly, at the end of the intiial 6-month transition period.  <small>-''[[User:Ryo|Nicolas Weeger]]''</small>
+The Brin Wojcicki Foundation has also funded such organizations as the Michael J. Fox Foundation. [[Press releases/Brin Wojcicki Foundation Announces $500,000 Grant to Wikimedia|Read more]] (18 Nov 2011)
+----
-* '''Jimmy Wales asked for more developers at the FOSDEM 2005 conference in Brussels.'''
-*:  As the opening speaker at the FOSDEM conference, Jimmy appealed to the development community for support in running the technical side of Wikipedia, and his remarks were published in several places last week. [[w:en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-03-07/FOSDEM|read more...]]  <small>-''[[:en:User:Michael Snow|Michael Snow]]''</small>
+'''Wikipedia's Contributors and Authors at the Center of Wikimedia's Eighth Annual Fundraiser'''<br />
-*'''Thank you for your generosity - first fund drive of 2005 a phenomenal success.'''
+The annual fundraiser brings in critical revenue so that Wikipedia and its sister projects can remain freely available to people around the world. Funds raised in this campaign by Wikimedia and its regional chapters will be used to maintain Wikimedia's server infrastructure and improve software, expand global reach, and provide direct support to a global volunteer community. The Foundation's total 2011-12 planned spending is US$28.3 million. [[Press_releases/Wikipedia's_Contributors_and_Authors_at_the_Center_of_Wikimedia's_Eighth_Annual_Fundraiser|Read more]] (16 Nov 2011)
-*:  After all sources were added together, we had brought in the equivalent of US$94,648.70 (26% more than our goal of $75.000).  We reached this amount in 11 days.  21% of the total (15,254.66 Euros, or US$20,046.15) was via Wikimedia Deutschland.  For detailed fund drive statistics, see [[Fund drives/2005/Q1]].
+----
-*:Thank you for your generosity. '''''Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia CFO.'''''
+<!-- {{News-en/2011-11}} -->}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2011-10|'''Indigo Trust awards Wikimedia a Grant for Mobile Improvements'''<br />
-*:[[w:en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-03-07/Fundraiser ended|''More fund drive analysis.'']]
+Funds will go toward upgrading Wikimedia's mobile platform, which will enable Wikimedia to better reach the millions of people in the developing world and low-income communities everywhere. [[Press releases/Indigo Trust awards Wikimedia a Grant for Mobile Improvements|Read more]] (14 Oct 2011)
+----
+<!-- {{News-en/2011-10}} -->}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2011-09|'''Stanton Foundation Awards Wikimedia $3.6 Million for Technology Improvements'''<br />
+Grant will fund major investments in the technology infrastructure that supports Wikipedia and its sister projects.
+[[Press_releases/Stanton_Foundation_Awards_Wikimedia_$3.6_Million_for_Technology_Improvements|Read more]] (5 Oct 2011)
+----
+<!-- {{News-en/2011-09}} -->}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2011-08|'''Wikimedia Foundation Announces 2011-2012 Board of Trustees and Elected Officers'''<br />
+Announcement follows Board meeting at Wikimania, the annual gathering of Wikimedia volunteers in Haifa, Israel.  [[Press releases/August 2011 Wikimedia Foundation Announces 2011-2012 Board of Trustees and Elected Officers|Read more]] (3 August 2011)
+----
+<!-- {{News-en/2011-08}} -->}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2011-07|'''The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation renews $3 million commitment to Wikimedia'''<br />
+Funds will support Wikimedia's strategic plan that focuses on increasing quality, the number and demographic diversity of its editors, and reaching more readers.  [[Press_releases/July_2011_The_Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation_renews_$3_million_commitment_to_Wikimedia|Read more]] (11 July 2011)
+----
+<!-- {{News-en/2011-07}} -->}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2011-06|{{News-en/2011-06}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2011-05|{{News-en/2011-05}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2011-04|{{News-en/2011-04}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2011-03|{{News-en/2011-03}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2011-02|'''Wikimedia Foundation selects Watchmouse monitoring service'''<br />
+"Live Health" of Wikipedia and additional websites now posted and updated in real time [[Press_releases/February_2011_Wikimedia_selects_Watchmouse_for_monitoring_services|Read more]] (9 February 2011)
+----
+<!-- {{News-en/2011-02}} -->}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2011-01|'''Half a Million People Donate to Keep Wikipedia Free'''<br />
+$16 million raised by more than 500,000 individual donations during seventh annual giving campaign.  [[Half_a_Million_People_Donate_to_Keep_Wikipedia_Free|Read more]] (1 January 2011)
+----
+<!-- {{News-en/2011-01}} -->}}
-=== February 2005 ===
+== 2010 ==
+{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2010-12|{{News-en/2010-12}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2010-11|'''Seventh Annual Campaign to Support Wikipedia Kicks Off '''<br />
+The Wikimedia Foundation ("WMF"), the non-profit behind Wikipedia, today announced the launch of its annual fundraising campaign. This year's goal is to raise $16 million so that Wikipedia and its sister projects can remain freely available to people around the world.  [[Seventh Annual Campaign to Support Wikipedia Kicks Off|Read more]] (15 November 2010)
-* On February 22, two circuit breakers blew, removing power from most of the Wikimedia servers and leading to the loss of all service for several hours, no editing for most of a day and slowness for a week.  Full recovery of database robustness took the better part of a month.  Uninterruptible power supplies could have reduced the effect of this incident (but not all power incidents; law requires an emergency power-off switch, which has caused outages for other sites, most notably for LiveJournal not long ago).  Additional UPS systems will be used for key systems, fire code willing.  <small>-''[[meta:User:JamesDay|James Day]]''</small>
+----
+<!-- {{News-en/2010-11}} -->}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2010-10|{{News-en/2010-10}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2010-09|{{News-en/2010-09}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2010-08|{{News-en/2010-08}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2010-07|'''Wikimedia Foundation announces changes to Board of Trustees'''<br />
-* The Foundation began its second global [[Wikimedia needs your help|fundraising drive]] on February 18. It was planned to continue until March 11 or until the goal of 75,000 USD was reached.  The fund drive was stopped after 11 days, but donations continued to come in, exceeding the goal by 26% once all were totalled up. Thanks to everyone who contributed! Details and daily breakdowns are available: [[Fund drives/2005/Q1]].
+Today, at the sixth annual Wikimania Conference, the Wikimedia Foundation announced important changes to the Board of Trustees.
+[[Press room/July 2010 WMF Announces Changes to the Board|Read more]] (9 July 2010)
-* The Hebrew Wikipedia received an Honor Certificate from the Israeli [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISOC Internet Society] and the National Society for Volunteering in Israel, in honor of its voluntary activity on the Internet for the benefit of man and society.  Check out the [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/he/3/3c/Othokara.jpg Honor Certificate Image (in Hebrew)].
+----
-*:
+<!-- {{News-en/2010-07}} -->}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2010-06|'''Zack Exley and Barry Newstead join the Wikimedia Foundation executive management team'''<br />
-* The [[:de:|German Wikipedia]] reached 200,000 articles.
+Barry Newstead will join as Chief Global Development Officer (CGDO), and Zack Exley will join as Chief Community Officer (CCO). Both are new positions, hired to fill out Wikimedia's senior team as it prepares to launch its new strategy, which calls for growing readership and new editors, particularly in the Global South. [[Press_releases/June_2010_Wikimedia_Foundation_appoints_new_CCO_and_CGDO|Read more]] (10 June 2010)
-* The [[:ja:|Japanese Wikipedia]] reached 100,000 articles.
+----
-*:
+<!-- {{News-en/2010-06}} -->}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2010-05|'''Wikimedia Foundation will engage academic experts and students to improve public policy information on Wikipedia'''<br />
-* The [[:be:|Belarusan Wikipedia]] reaches 1000 articles.
+A new project designed to improve the quality of public policy-related articles on Wikipedia has been announced. It is the first time the Wikimedia Foundation has launched a project designed to systematically increase the quality of articles in a particular topic area. [[Press releases/May_2010_Wikimedia_Foundation_will_engage_academic_experts_and_students_to_improve_public_policy_information|Read more]] (11 May 2010)
-*:
+----
-* The [[:an:|Aragonese Wikipedia]] reached 100 articles.
+'''Wikimedia Foundation Appoints Jing Wang and Mimi Ito to its Advisory Board'''<br />
-* The [[:lv:|Latvian Wikipedia]] reaches 1000 articles.
+The Wikimedia Foundation appointed two new members to its Advisory Board:  Mimi Ito and Jing Wang. Mimi Ito is a cultural anthropologist with a focus on new media use among young people. Jing Wang is an author and professor of Chinese cultural studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is the chair of the International Advisory Board of Creative Commons China Mainland. [[Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_Appoints_Jing_Wang_and_Mimi_Ito_May_2010|Read more]] (11 May 2010)
+----
-* The [[:it:wikt:Pagina principale|Italian Wiktionary]] reached 10,000 articles.
+<!-- {{News-en/2010-05}} -->}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2010-04|'''Indian Journalist and film-maker Bishakha Datta joins Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees'''<br />
-* The [[:ru:wikt:Заглавная страница|Russian Wiktionary]] reached 1,000 articles.
+The Wikimedia Foundation today announced that Indian journalist, filmmaker and non-profit leader Bishakha Datta has joined its Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees is the governing body that oversees the Wikimedia Foundation, the U.S.-based non-profit that operates Wikipedia. [[Press releases/Bishakha Datta to join Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees|Read more]] (5 April 2010)
-* The [[:hi:wikt:मुख्य पृष्ठ|Hindi Wiktionary]] reached 1,000 articles.
+----
-* The [[:et:wikt:Esileht|Estonian Wiktionary]] reached 1,000 articles.
+<!-- {{News-en/2010-04}} -->}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2010-03|{{News-en/2010-03}}}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2010-02|'''Wikimedia Foundation announces $2 million grant from Google'''<br />
+Donation will support capacity investments in Wikipedia and other free knowledge projects.
-* [[:de:b:Hauptseite|German Wikibooks]] reached 200 books in 1300 chapters.
+[[Press releases/Wikimedia Foundation announces $2 million grant from Google|Read more]] (17 February 2010)
+----
-* The [[wikisource:|Wikisource]] reaches 10,000  pages with Japanese language document [[wikisource:北海道舊土人保護法|北海道舊土人保護法]], about a Japanese law.
+'''Telefónica and Wikimedia Foundation Partner to Advance Learning and Increase Access to Free Knowledge'''<br />
+Strategic partnership will improve access to Wikimedia educational and informational content in Latin America and Europe.
-* Polish, Portuguese, and Romanian editions of [[Our projects#Wikinews|Wikinews]] are set up: See also [http://www.wikinews.org/ Wikinews portal]
+[[Press_releases/Telefonica_and_Wikimedia_partner_February_2010|Read more]] (1 February 2010)
+----
+<!-- {{News-en/2010-02}} -->}}{{#ifexist:Template:News-en/2010-01|'''Wikimedia Foundation Hires Danese Cooper as Chief Technical Officer'''<br />
+The Wikimedia Foundation today announced that it has hired open source evangelist and experienced technology manager Danese Cooper as CTO.
+[[Press_releases/Danese_Cooper_joins_Wikimedia_as_CTO|Read more]] (28 January 2010)
+----
+'''Wikipedia Annual Fundraiser Goal Supported by Record Number of Donors'''<br />
+Over US$8 Million Raised by 230,000 donors in Campaign to Protect Wikipedia.
+[[Press releases/2009 Fundraiser Closing Release|Read more]] (5 January 2010)
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+<!-- {{News-en/2010-01}} -->}}
-*''See also '''[[Wikimedia Quarto]]''', our newsletter.''
-*''News till December 2004 are found on [[past events]].''
+*''News before 2010 may be found on [[past events]].''
+== Other news ==
+These news are maintained by volunteers on an independent basis.
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+* [[:en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|''The Wikipedia Signpost'']], weekly news by English Wikipedia based volunteers.
+* [[meta:Wikimedia News|Wikimedia News]]. Cross-project news, primarily project milestones.
+* [[meta:Goings-on|Goings-on]]. More cross-project news.
+* [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/view/Server_admin_log Server admin log]. Technical software/hardware news.
+__NOTOC__